State government

The monthslong search for missing Baltimore boy Tristan King ended Friday morning in the Curtis Bay neighborhood, several people familiar with the case said.

Gov. Wes Moore and legislative leaders are backing a bill aimed at lowering Maryland energy bills, offering rebates and imposing new rules on utilities and data centers.

For months, the overcrowded, bleak conditions on the sixth floor of the George H. Fallon Federal Building have drawn attention from Maryland lawmakers, a federal judge and the state’s top prosecutor.

It’s part of a plan to close a $1.4 billion shortfall by taking money from other state accounts, freezing spending and making cuts.

Tristan King ran from a caseworker in Baltimore and has been missing since September. Brooklyn residents have seen him, but authorities can’t find him.

Immigration agents are arresting drivers on ‘routine’ traffic stops in the Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia area.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore called it “tragic.” Mayor Brandon Scott said the situation has him “pissed.” Baltimore Schools CEO Sonja Santelises is “heartbroken” because of the Tristan King story.

The bill would allow for PILOTs lasting as long as 25 years and would set the payment at a property’s current tax bill.

DHS purchased the warehouse in January and recently awarded a $113 million contract to turn the commercial space into a detention center.

Maryland is one of the few states in the U.S. that don’t allow beer and wine sales in most grocery stores. Here’s why.

Clay Kearns and his mother, Erica, want lawmakers to require local governments to address safety issues.

The Maryland Democratic Party has fielded a candidate for all 188 seats in the General Assembly, a key goal of its “Contest Every Seat” initiative.

Attorney General Anthony Brown is asking a court to stop work at a Washington County immigration detention center until a separate legal challenge is decided in court.

After weeks of calling lawmakers, rallying outside the State House and making their case, thousands of people with developmental disabilities will soon find out if they’ll face budget cuts that they say could be devastating.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown sued DHS, alleging it blocked a state probe into immigrant detention conditions at Baltimore’s Fallon Federal Building.

The visit follows a federal judge’s Friday order to limit the number of detainees in the Baltimore facility to 56 across all five holding rooms.

Three of Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s cabinet secretaries wrote they have “serious concerns that ICE is proceeding with this project in a secreteve and rushed manner” that will have negative effects on the state.

The Maryland Senate’s version of the bill would shorten the list of charges that automatically land teens in adult court but not by as many offenses as advocates wanted.

Legionella bacteria have been detected in Baltimore’s George H. Fallon Federal Building, which houses ICE holding rooms, prompting Maryland lawmakers to raise concerns.

Gov. Wes Moore’s office has hinted that there’s a “plan B” for redistricting in the works, but no one is sharing any details publicly.