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State government

    Rep. Andy Harris enters partisan fray in Somerset County schools battle
    The monthslong tug-of-war between state and county officials has caught the attention of Andy Harris, Maryland’s lone Republican in Congress.
    WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 18: Rep. Andy Harris (R., Md.) speaks during a news conference on the proposed continuing resolution to extend government funding through March 14, on Capitol Hill on December 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. Allies of President-elect Trump criticized a massive government funding bill unveiled Tuesday, urging lawmakers to oppose it ahead of a looming deadline and complicating efforts by House GOP leaders, while Trump himself has yet to weigh in.
    Moore blasted Trump’s use of the National Guard in D.C. The president took notice.
    "If the president wants to have a real conversation about how to reduce violence like we have had in the state of Maryland ... I'm ready to have that conversation any time, Mr. President," the governor said in a response video.
    Gov. Wes Moore clapped back at President Donald Trump in a video posted to social media.
    Baltimore’s hottest spot for Maryland Dems is... a Residence Inn rooftop?
    Why are Maryland’s Democratic glitterati flocking to an extended-stay hotel whose other primary clientele are hospital patients and their families?
    The Residence Inn Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus, located at 800 N. Wolfe St., had its grand opening in October 2017.
    Maryland members of Congress visited ICE again. This time they got in.
    Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Reps. Kweisi Mfume and Sarah Elfreth, all Democrats, said they are seeking transparency from an increasingly opaque deportation process under the Trump administration.
    Rep. Kweisi Mfume, center, Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Sarah Elfreth address media following a tour of Baltimore’s ICE detention facilities on Wednesday.
    As Trump targets states for immigration enforcement, Maryland is high on the list
    Maryland and other blue states have been met with funding denials, program cuts and other means that hurt their constituents under the Trump administration.
    President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport, in Allentown, Pa., Aug. 3, 2025.
    Van Hollen welcomes home Baltimore man exchanged in prisoner swap
    Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat, said he and a bipartisan team of senators worked with Trump administration officials to secure the release of citizens wrongfully detained.
    Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen during a press conference he held on August 12, 2025 with Erick Oribio.
    Orioles, state have yet to begin negotiations on development around Camden Yards
    The Baltimore Orioles and the state of Maryland sides are mandated to meet if they do not rekindle talks before Dec. 31.
    A new Orioles ownership group, led by David Rubenstein, indicated it would move swiftly to complete a deal for ground lease at the Camden Yards complex.
    Trump, again, calls out city. Baltimore says, ‘You’re wrong, hon.’
    President Donald Trump included Baltimore on a short list of Democratic-led cities he cast as crime-ridden, on the same day he deployed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.
    President Donald Trump arrives to speak with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington.
    Poll: 50% approve of Gov. Wes Moore, but support softens with Democrats
    Just 68% of Democrats said Moore is doing an “excellent” or “good” job.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore takes questions from reporters on the first day of the General Assembly session in the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md. on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
    Sen. Chris Van Hollen to headline Iowa Democrats’ annual steak fry
    The Polk County Democrats’ annual steak fry draws party faithful from across the country. Chair Bill Brauch said Van Hollen was “a big get.”
    Baltimore City Councilman Mark Parker talks with Sen. Chris Van Hollen in Patterson Park during one of the many No Kings protests being held around the country in opposition to President Trump.
    Annapolis can do more to atone for its racist past. This election is voters’ chance.
    Thirty-two years ago, Orlando Ridout IV organized the rescue of the Maynard-Burgess House in Annapolis as a form of reparations.
    The Maynard-Burgess House was built in the mid-19th century and was the home of two middle-class Black families over the next 143 years.
    Feud between Anne Arundel judges heads toward finale. Unfortunately, they dragged me into it.
    The two-year feud between two Anne Arundel County Orphans Court judges heads toward a denouement this month, when a disciplinary commission considers complaints against one of them. Unfortunately, they dragged me into this.
    The sign outside an obscure office building near Annapolis points toward the Anne Arundel County Orphans Court.
    New leader makes changes at Juvenile Services following oversight report
    The Maryland agency made three personnel changes after an Office of the Correctional Ombudsman report found fault in DJS operations.
    Betsy Fox Tolentino, acting secretary of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, said she has made personnel changes in response to a critical report.
    Math in Maryland is about to change
    Board President Josh Michael, a former math teacher, said he expects the standards to foster deeper learning and greater equity across the state’s classrooms.
    Students in an eighth grade math class at KIPP Harmony Academy last year.
    Raskin lawsuit challenges congressional restrictions at ICE facilities
    The lawsuit comes days after members of Maryland’s federal delegation were denied a tour of Baltimore’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office.
    From left, Rep. Johnny Olszewski, Rep. Sarah Elfreth, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Glenn Ivey await entrance to the ICE field offices at the George H. Fallon Federal Building in Baltimore on Monday, July 28, 2025. The group aimed to test whether they would be allowed to see conditions in which detainees are being kept.
    Baltimore recorded fewest youth homicides in a decade in first half of 2025
    Baltimore City officials and community groups have invested in prevention programs meant to divert kids away from gun violence.
    Anti-violence programs, such as the Group Violence Reduction Strategy, have also brought down the number of youth homicides in Baltimore.
    Bit by bit, what’s left of the Key Bridge is coming down
    Sixteen months after the bridge’s main span was knocked down by a massive container ship, killing six construction workers, demolition of the remaining structures has begun.
    An excavator lifts a slab of roadway as work continued on demolishing the southwest ramp to the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Wednesday.
    Staff failed to prevent sexual activity at youth detention center, watchdog finds
    The report also criticized the agency for mismanaging an evacuation during a flood risk and rising assaults on staff.
    A state watchdog has found significant safety failures at a Western Maryland youth facility.
    Maryland members of Congress denied tour of Baltimore ICE detention site
    A half-dozen Maryland members of Congress were denied access to a federal immigration field office used to temporarily hold people facing deportation.
    Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation walk up the steps of the George H. Fallon Federal Building in Baltimore on Monday morning.
    Gov. Moore takes leadership role at national bipartisan governors group
    Moore will take over the chairmanship next year from Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks at the South Carolina Democratic Party's Blue Palmetto Dinner in Columbia, S.C., on Friday, May 30, 2025.
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