State government

An emotional Hoyer took the podium on the floor of the U.S. House to make his announcement, saying his long career has had more good times than bad.

Maryland Stadium Authority official Terry Hassletine’s departure creates uncertainty for major events.

The facility operates in Gunpowder Falls State Park and has been the subject of controversy over its “trash juice” permit.

With no agreement by the year-end deadline, the Moore administration will decide what, if any, pay raises or additional perks to include in its budget plan.

Mary Dennard has served as a guardian of Harriet Tubman's history since the 2000s, when residents and later federal and state officials came together to develop a plan for the $21 million Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad historical park.

The company contracted to care for the teenage girl who had been living in an East Baltimore hotel for weeks failed to lock up her medication or properly supervise her, a state report found.

It’s been nearly a year since a Banner investigation revealed just how hard it is for Baltimore children to get to school on time, but Maryland’s most powerful lawmakers remain mum on the issue.

The report listed a slew of recommendations to prevent future explosions and fires in the city’s underground conduits.

COLUMN: When Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York on Thursday, the city will become the largest local government in the United States led by a Democratic Socialist. Til then, Montgomery County holds the title.

Amid a legislative session dominated by efforts to address the state’s budget woes, lawmakers also passed laws addressing health, workers’ rights and wages.

Thirteen incarcerated people have been killed by other prisoners this year, state officials said, marking the highest annual total in at least a decade.

AFSCME Maryland Council 3 alleges that Maryland is not following its telework policy for employees, not giving required higher pay to employees who work unfavorable shifts and more.

Maryland’s utility regulator partially denied Baltimore Gas and Electric’s request to recoup cost overruns from 2023 — blunting an increase in monthly bills.

Maryland’s district court commissioner system allows people to file criminal charges with little oversight, a Banner investigation found. The process can be abused and upend lives.

Experts say several changes could improve an unusual part of the criminal legal system in Maryland — one that allows anyone to seek charges on their own without input from police or prosecutors.

In Maryland, people can be arrested, thrown in jail and forced to defend themselves against criminal charges without input from police or prosecutors.

State government offices will be closed in Maryland on Wednesday, Christmas Eve.

Rep. April McClain Delaney is disavowing her January vote in support of a law that requires federal law enforcement to detain undocumented immigrants accused — but not convicted — of certain crimes.

COLUMN: There’s a reason we light our nighttime hours, sing and dance around the winter solstice. Yes, it’s Christmas. Yes, it’s Hanukkah. It’s Kwanzaa, Dongzhi and Yalda, too. But we do it to ward off the dark, the bad things that lurk outside our homes and our lives and to remind of us the good.

A new poll from a progressive coalition finds 54% of Marylanders support redrawing the state’s congressional district maps.