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    Trump administration denies Western Maryland federal flood aid
    Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday that Maryland will appeal Trump’s decision after the administration denied federal flood aid.
    Waterlogged cars sit in the flooded parking lot of Westernport Elementary School after a catastrophic storm hit the area on Tuesday.
    A Maryland lawmaker wants to up the ante on partisan congressional redistricting
    It’s not guaranteed that Maryland lawmakers would be able to shift the balance of power through redistricting, as other states are contemplating.
    Majority Leader David Moon holds a press conference in the hallway of the Maryland State House on Sine Die in Annapolis, Md. on Monday, April 7, 2025.
    The little-known state agency greenlighting utility rate hikes
    The Maryland Public Service Commission approves the proposed rate hikes on customers of BGE and other utility companies. Here’s how it works.
    PSC commissioners question Staff witness Roger Austin about a proposed transmission line project during a Maryland Public Service Commission meeting on May 21, 2025.
    BGE and the $17.5 million truck it says it can’t get anywhere else
    BGE raised customer bills to cover a $17.5 million Ford F-150 — a vehicle that state utility regulators at first said was worth about $100,000.
    Pictured is a specialized Ford-150 that BGE uses to check for stray voltage in the area. The cost of using the car has swelled to millions of dollars per year.
    Moore disputes criticisms of reparations bill talks
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s team is pushing back on criticism that the governor considered his own plan to study the thorny issue of reparations before ultimately vetoing a similar proposal from state lawmakers.
    Gov. Wes Moore's chief of staff is challenging lawmakers and advocates about the details of conversations over a General Assembly reparations bill.
    How a daring audit sparked Maryland’s reckoning over police custody deaths
    Research by a psychology professor from Towson University shed new light on how the work of medical examiners suffers from bias.
    Jeff Kukucka, Associate Professor of Psychology at Towson University
    Before Gov. Moore vetoed a reparations study, he drafted his own plan
    Before Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was opposed to creating a commission to study reparations — saying it would slow down action — he had drafted his own executive order creating a similar commission.
    Gov. Wes Moore takes questions from reporters on Maryland’s sweeping audit of police-custody deaths during a news conference at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md. on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
    State police investigate inmate’s death at Western Maryland prison
    Maryland State Police launched an investigation into the death of a 30-year-old man incarcerated at North Branch Correctional Institution in Allegany County.
    North Branch Correctional Institution, Cumberland, Maryland, on May 11, 2025.
    Free for 15 years, Tyrone Jones finally compensated for wrongful conviction in Baltimore
    Tyrone Jones was initially denied compensation under the Walter Lomax Act because at the time in Maryland, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder had been considered a misdemeanor instead of a felony.
    Tyrone Jones is photographed after dropping off his son at a therapy session in Parkville, Md. on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
    Maryland Medicaid programs could lose $2.7 billion under new federal law
    A new analysis by Maryland health officials finds a potential loss of $2.7 billion over time from the new law passed by Congress.
    Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, shakes hands with Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., as he celebrates with fellow Republicans after final passage of President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 3, 2025.
    One year later, residents still oppose ‘70-mile extension cord.’ Some things to know.
    Del. Nino Mangione this week hosted his third town hall on a proposed 70-mile power line project. One year after residents started to learn about the plan, many remain vehemently opposed to the project that would cut through rural Maryland.
    An existing set of transmission lines crosses over Old York Road near the start of the proposed route of the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP) in northern Baltimore County.
    GOP senators tank Van Hollen’s attempt to preserve FBI HQ funds for Greenbelt
    Van Hollen said he’d hoped his colleagues would have rejected the administration’s attempt to undo years of work by members of both parties.
    WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 8: The J. Edgar Hoover building, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters, is photographed on October 8, 2024 in Washington, DC.
    An entrepreneur had big plans for a West Baltimore grocery store. Then rent came due.
    Mario Minor, a former concert promoter with no experience opening a grocery store, sold Poppleton residents in Baltimore City a dream.
    An unopened grocery store in the La Cite development in the Poppleton neighborhood of Baltimore on February 26, 2025.
    State senator’s former aide gets probation in scholarship theft case
    A former aide to a state senator was granted probation before judgement Thursday in a case of an alleged theft of $20,000 in scholarship money that she routed to herself.
    The seal of the Senate of Maryland on a podium in the Miller Senate Office Building in Annapolis.
    Maryland streamlines application for food, cash, health assistance
    It’s now an all-in-one process, no matter which benefits a Marylander is hoping to sign up for.
    State officials have upgraded the application website for Marylanders to apply for government benefits.
    Moore picks former Fort Meade commander to be state veterans secretary
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is tapping a former high-ranking Army officer who commanded Fort George G. Meade to be the state’s next secretary of veterans and military families.
    Carroll County Commissioner Ed Rothstein
    Van Hollen, Raskin wade into MAGA rift over Epstein files
    Two Democratic congressmen from Maryland joined the growing call for the Department of Justice to release files related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.
    U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen got an amendment to a federal spending bill requiring the Justice Department to preserve Epstein-related records.
    Baltimore’s wake-up call: How the mass overdose unfolded
    Audio from emergency dispatches show a single call for help for a 27-year-old woman quickly spiraled into a much larger crisis.
    First responders, the mayor's office and community members gather at the intersection of Pennsylvania and North Avenues on July 10, 2025 after an alleged mass overdose took place in the area.
    Maryland now mandates detention for teens with repeat offenses while on ankle monitoring
    Previously, detaining a Maryland child already on ankle monitoring was optional, even if police requested they be detained.
    Betsy Fox Tolentino is the newly appointed acting secretary of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services.
    Governor’s offer to state workers: $20K plus $300 per year of service to quit
    The buyout offer is one element of Moore’s plan to trim personnel costs by over $120 million to meet requirements of the state budget.
    Gov. Wes Moore outlined a buyout offer to state employees: a payment of $20,000 plus $300 per year of state service, as well as six months of health insurance.
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