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“She has the grit that it takes. She has the intelligence that it takes. She has the experience that it takes. She has the empathy that it takes,” said Del. Ben Barnes.

In all the rhetoric spilled over suspension of food benefits, I never heard a discussion about the root causes. Why, in a wealthy nation, in wealthy Maryland, do people not have enough to eat?

The 102-member House Democratic caucus is planning to meet Dec. 16 to vote on a speaker to succeed Adrienne A. Jones.

As Adrienne A. Jones steps down from the top position in the Maryland House of Delegates, those who have worked closely with her say she’s left her mark as someone who has quietly built coalitions, nurtured talent and set a high bar for integrity in the sometimes unwieldy House chamber.

The suit argues the state has failed to remove the names of deceased voters or people who have moved and are no longer eligible to vote in Maryland.

With Maryland House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones resigning from her leadership post, delegates will need to elect a new leader to preside over the chamber as they face challenging issues from redistricting to a budget deficit.

Hemlock woolly adelgids can slowly bleed a grove of the flat-needled evergreens dry, wiping out the mini ecosystem that relies on the tree.

Jones, 71, has been a member of the legislature since 1997 and ascended to the top position in 2019 following the death of longtime House Speaker Michael E. Busch.

The detention center in downtown Baltimore houses children who have been charged as adults and are awaiting criminal trials.

Attorney General Pam Bondi is suing Maryland Elections Administrator Jared DeMarinis to get the state’s voter rolls.

Maryland’s secretary of human services, Rafael López, pleaded guilty on Monday to driving under the influence as part of a deal that could result in no jail time and an eventual dismissal of the case.

A Bloomberg study found a new link between housing and health care.

Ask Maryland Democrats if they would support a president who breaks all the rules, behaves like a despot and uses America’s divides for personal and political gain — but did it to advance ideas they support — and they would say no. Yet here we are, on the precipice of an unwise change to congressional boundaries.

Despite Gov. Wes Moore’s repeated commitments to keep the Key Bridge rebuild on time and on budget, the project’s image took a hit last week as officials revealed that initial estimates were off by years and billions of dollars.

The cost and duration of the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild significantly increased due to a larger span and extra pier protection.

Monday was first time the three defendants appeared in court together since indictment last month.

Joe Dominguez took shots at the investor-owned utility company Exelon as competition to build more power plants in Maryland reaches a pivotal moment.

The longtime owner of Tov Pizza resigned from the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office a day after a news story showed his involvement in the Sen. Dalya Attar case.

Nearly 20 months after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River, federal officials are poised to make a final ruling about how it happened.

Emails detail a pitch to turn Sagamore Farm into a state-owned horse training facility.