State government

State Republicans will make two attempts to suspend the gas tax, one with a bill and another with a budget amendment.

The pause on construction came shortly after the DHS awarded a $113 million contract for the build-out of the facility.

Maryland’s troubled state agency for foster children inked more than a billion dollars’ worth of contracts Wednesday with private providers to expand capacity in hopes of reducing reliance on controversial hospital or hotel stays.

Price spikes and uncertainty are hitting Maryland farmers just as spring planting season begins.

Tristan is now in a specialized foster home, his grandmother said.

The mother of the child, Markeia Scott, filed the negligence lawsuit on Friday in Baltimore Circuit Court against those including Maryland Capitol Police Lt. Carlos Gomez.

Del. Gary Simmons alleges his opponent in the District 12B Democratic primary, John Dove Jr., doesn’t live in the district. The first round in court ended in Dove’s favor, but an appeal is expected.

Incarcerated women who are near the end of their sentences remain housed at the state women’s prison in Jessup, and advocates are pushing the state to open a facility to help these women prepare to return to their families and communities.

The monthslong search for missing Baltimore boy Tristan King ended Friday morning in the Curtis Bay neighborhood, several people familiar with the case said.

Gov. Wes Moore and legislative leaders are backing a bill aimed at lowering Maryland energy bills, offering rebates and imposing new rules on utilities and data centers.

For months, the overcrowded, bleak conditions on the sixth floor of the George H. Fallon Federal Building have drawn attention from Maryland lawmakers, a federal judge and the state’s top prosecutor.

It’s part of a plan to close a $1.4 billion shortfall by taking money from other state accounts, freezing spending and making cuts.

Tristan King ran from a caseworker in Baltimore and has been missing since September. Brooklyn residents have seen him, but authorities can’t find him.

Immigration agents are arresting drivers on ‘routine’ traffic stops in the Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia area.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore called it “tragic.” Mayor Brandon Scott said the situation has him “pissed.” Baltimore Schools CEO Sonja Santelises is “heartbroken” because of the Tristan King story.

The bill would allow for PILOTs lasting as long as 25 years and would set the payment at a property’s current tax bill.

DHS purchased the warehouse in January and recently awarded a $113 million contract to turn the commercial space into a detention center.

Maryland is one of the few states in the U.S. that don’t allow beer and wine sales in most grocery stores. Here’s why.

Clay Kearns and his mother, Erica, want lawmakers to require local governments to address safety issues.

The Maryland Democratic Party has fielded a candidate for all 188 seats in the General Assembly, a key goal of its “Contest Every Seat” initiative.