State government

General Assembly's 90-day agenda includes gun control, abortion access, newly-legal recreational marijuana and helping victims of child sexual abuse.

Local DJs also will be featured at the Jan. 18 party at the Baltimore Convention Center, DJ QuickSilva, DJ Tanz and Kristin with Shiny Entertainment.

Wes Moore will become the state’s first Black governor in Annapolis, a city with a history as a major slave port.

Ravens president says the team is ”really committed to Maryland as a whole and Baltimore.”

Brown, 61 of Prince George’s County, wants more money and authority to raise salaries in the office and double the size of the unit that prosecutes organized crime to 24 attorneys. He wants to go after civil rights violators and investigate and prosecute police misconduct.

Maryland's law legalizing recreational cannabis use and possession goes into effect July 1 and legislators have until then to set up rules for recreational purchases or risk losing market share and potential tax revenues to illicit sales.

Insulin copays dropped to $30 maximum per month for privately insured Marylanders and $35 for those with Medicare January 1, thanks to new state and federal laws.

Brown, 61, of Prince George’s County, is succeeding Brian Frosh, who served from 2015-2023.

AFSCME Maryland Council 3 expressed frustration with the outgoing Republican governor and what it called a “take it or leave it offer."

New deal could keep the NFL team in Baltimore for up to 25 years.

Frosh used his authority to take on the Trump administration, push for criminal justice reforms and protect consumers during his two terms in office.

The statewide residential and commercial combined assessment increase beat 2022’s overall jump of 12% and is the highest year-over-year value hike in several years.

State Sen. Jill P. Carter and Del. Jheanelle K. Wilkins plan to introduce legislation that would prevent law enforcement officers convicted of felonies from collecting pensions, a move spurred by the news that a former longtime state parks official facing rape charges will begin collecting a $94,500 pension while in jail.

Gov.-elect Wes Moore is adding more members to his administration, but he still has only announced two cabinet secretaries.

“The People's Ball” in Baltimore sold out of its first run of 8,000 tickets.

The lawsuit alleges that the medical examiner’s office is improperly denying access to key portions of autopsy reports that are public records under state law.

A series of breakdowns in government services, Lydia Moore said, prevented her from maintaining food benefits: mail arriving after a pivotal deadline; unanswered phone calls to the state agency; a missed interview she didn’t know had been scheduled.

The planning committee is working to secure more space for partiers in the Baltimore Convention Center.

What’s next for Maryland’s first-of-its-kind Prescription Drug Price Affordability Board, and will its innovative approach to lowering drug prices succeed?

The declaration by the outgoing governor will offer a four-day weekend for many state workers as Monday had already been designated as a holiday to mark Christmas.