State government

Food banks and pantries say they already are seeing unprecedented demand for help. They expect demand to increase with the loss of federal food aid.

Here’s how changes to federal food assistance amid the government shutdown will affect Marylanders who rely on SNAP.

Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday that he was confident in Maryland Human Services Secretary Rafael López, despite the many challenges the embattled state agency has faced.

Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson wrote of redistricting: “The legal risks are too high, the timeline for action is too dangerous, the downside risk to Democrats is catastrophic, and the certainty of our existing map would be undermined.”

Maryland has more than $2 billion in a Rainy Day Fund that’s been tapped before for emergencies like the Key Bridge collapse and the coronavirus pandemic.

On Oct. 22, Human Services Secretary Rafael López issued a policy directing social services providers to “immediately stop facilitating stays in unlicensed settings.”

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is asking the federal government to cover SNAP benefits with money already set aside by Congress.

With federal food assistance set to dry up at the end of the month, Maryland lawmakers are convening a hearing to see what, if anything, they can do to help.

The Maryland Port Administration is auctioning off the Mary Lynn, a 1962 wooden Trumpy yacht it used for tours of the harbor for 40 years. It can be yours, as is, for as little as $50,000.

Human Services Secretary Rafael Lopez issued the new directive last Wednesday, exactly one month after a 16-year-old girl living in an East Baltimore hotel was found dead.

The state’s first secretary of service and civic innovation is leaving his post, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced Monday.

Shaina A. Hernandez will become CEO and president of the Baltimore Public Markets Corporation.

One in nine Marylanders puts food on the table with the help of SNAP, but with benefits soon running out as a federal government shutdown drags on, Gov. Wes Moore is not planning to tap state money to keep the program running.

Marylanders voted to allow sports betting in the state in 2020.

Maryland has not yet entered the national redistricting fray, but a poll commissioned by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee could put pressure on leaders to try to eke out one more Democratic member of Congress.

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland called on his state to fight back against GOP-led redistricting efforts across the country.

The rapid rise of data centers is hitting the region’s power grid. Maryland lawmakers are concerned that utility ratepayers will pay the $100 billion price for them.

Maryland’s state government has $3.5 billion in “fully liquid cash” available for emergency needs, but the governor has not indicated whether he would use the money for SNAP.

Gov. Wes Moore’s comment on Marilyn Mosby came during an appearance on ‘The Breakfast Club’ Tuesday.

Lawmakers mandated that the state issue cards with chip technology to Marylanders who receive food assistance and cash assistance, but the implementation has been stalled amid legal challenges.