State government

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.

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.

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

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.

The NTSB will discuss probable cause of the Key Bridge collapse during a meeting Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, nine crew members of the Dali ship that struck the bridge are stuck in Baltimore under a deal between the ship owner and U.S. government.

The new bridge is now expected to open by the end of 2030 and cost between $4.3 billion and $5.2 billion — more than twice initial estimates — Bruce Gartner, executive director of the Maryland Transportation Authority, said Monday.

Maryland's Democratic Senate leader has taken a redistricting position that’s at odds with his party.

A small airline is raising a big stir at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall airport.

Members of Gov. Wes Moore’s redistricting advisory commission sat stone-faced Friday as dozens of Marylanders weighed in for two hours.

Baltimore social media influencer and small-business owner Bobby LaPin will challenge Senate President Bill Ferguson in the Democratic primary in June.

The federal government shutdown is over, but it’s going to take some time for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to get back on track.

“This is not something we can aid and abet here in the state of Maryland,” Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson said.

Republicans, in the minority in Maryland’s Senate and House of Delegates, say their plan will codify congressional map-making rules in state law.

A member of the Baltimore City Democratic State Central Committee for the 41st District, Ronald Rosenbluth, 62, is a fixture in political and Jewish civic circles.