State government

The cost of a speeding ticket in parts of Maryland will increase Oct. 1.

“We’re not going to go and set expectations that we don’t think we can meet,” says Andy Ellis of Baltimore. Gubernatorial candidate Ellis and running mate Owen Silverman Andrews aim to rack up votes, increase influence.

President Donald Trump’s administration is questioning the cost of replacing Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge and criticizing Maryland laws that require some of the work be contracted out to minority-owned businesses.

The Locust Point pier needs millions of dollars worth of repairs, and the lease that Canton Stevedoring has held since 2011 is set to expire at the end of the year.

The governors of Maryland and Virginia — a Democrat and a Republican — professed an interest in civil dialogue and sidestepped questions about their political futures during a joint event in Washington.

Maryland failed to protect children under state care from being placed in homes where registered sex offenders lived. It’s one of numerous findings listed in an audit out Wednesday.

Microsoft is opening a new quantum research center near the University of Maryland, part of a push to make the state a hub for quantum science.

So far, Brooke Lierman is facing no competitors in the 2026 election, though candidates have until February to file.

Senator’s Iowa speech criticizes minority party leaders for “spineless politics”

High-ranking, retired military officers have warned the president’s use of troops against residents politicizes an apolitical institution and erodes Americans’ trust in its military.

In a sweeping speech, Van Hollen assailed a long list of President Donald Trump’s policies and blasted his Republican colleagues for “rubber-stamping” them.

Maryland lawmakers are reconsidering security in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing.

Maryland’s transportation department incorrectly assumed the federal government would reimburse hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of highway repairs, according to a new audit, potentially leaving the state on the hook.

The presiding officers of Maryland’s General Assembly were targeted by bomb threats on Thursday, amid rising concern about political violence in the nation.

A book ban in Harford County Public Schools was the Baltimore area’s first test of Maryland's Freedom to Read Act.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore launched his re-election campaign on Tuesday with a video posted online highlighting his accomplishments and promising to do more.

The deadline to apply for up to $5,000 in relief for the Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit for the 2025 tax season is Monday.

Columnist Rick Hutzell has a few questions for Maryland Gov. Wes Moore after he was photographed sunbathing topless with his wife on George's Clooney's boat?

Davis has extensive experience in city and state politics, having worked previously with the Moore campaign and for various roles in City Hall

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott tour the city in a community walk, pushing back on President Trump's narrative of Charm City.