State government

The state spends a total of $16 billion on Medicaid, with $9 billion from federal sources — but cuts could be coming.

A provision tucked into the state budget bills during final negotiations zaps the authority.

The Maryland General Assembly passed revisions to the Child Victims Act Saturday, just two years after the law lifted the statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse claims and opened the courthouse doors to thousands of survivors.

Maryland lawmakers are on their way to closing a massive state budget gap — the largest since the Great Recession — by raising a slew of taxes and fees and cutting government spending.

Lawmakers have until the end of next Monday to wrap up work on bills or they’ll most likely have to start over again in 2026.

A Washington Post-UMD poll found support for establishing countywide voting centers.

A Republican amendment would make people convicted of killing a first responder ineligible.

A proposed authority to oversee the Baltimore Convention Center could also control other parts of downtown Baltimore.

Advocates say Howard County's police accountability board has not pushed hard enough to address apparent racial disparities in policing and failed to fulfill some of their basic duties in 2024.

The backlash underscores the tension between curbing antisemitism and supporting free speech.

The petition asks for an executive order and emergency legislation to protect students from federal immigration enforcement.

If it passes, the bill would require Maryland's housing agency to post public housing targets on its website and publish an annual report assessing the progress.

Survivors said the debate over money has obscured the true purpose of the law: identifying predators and the institutions that shielded them.

Republican lawmakers proposed new campaign fundraising restrictions Wednesday, targeting Gov. Wes Moore on the same day he planned to attend an event for his federal political action committee.

Of Maryland’s 1 million immigrants, many are under a giant umbrella of temporary student or work visas, as well as humanitarian protections.

Wrapped in a deal over football and fighter jets, or the end of 104 years of aviation history in Marland, is Donald Trump and his 2020 use of the National Guard as a presidential force to quell public dissent.

“We know who you, Governor Moore, can be for us. And I am begging you to do it,” Lee Blinder told Moore.

Maryland lawmakers are considering a slate of proposals aimed at protecting immigrants, but their options are limited.

A reader says a proposed power transmission line that crossed three protected Maryland wildlands will not benefit our state and would encourage future environmental exploitation.