State government

The tech industry is suing to block the Maryland Kids Code, a law that requires companies to put guardrails on their apps and websites that children use.

As many as 83 Maryland children died from abuse or neglect in 2023, making the state’s published rate of child maltreatment fatalities among the worst in the nation.

Anne Arundel County Democrats on Saturday selected Dylan Behler, a party activist and former General Assembly staffer, as their choice to fill a vacancy in the House of Delegates.

Maryland's attorney general got $1 million to dedicate to federal litigation. It's looking like that money will be increasingly important as Trump's executive orders take effect.

Navy facilities in the Annapolis area, including the U.S. Naval Academy, were locked down on Friday afternoon due to threats, military officials said.

Seeing the significance of 47 guns accidentally brought to BWI can be hard. It’s not at the airport. You would have seen it if you had been with me Monday in an almost empty Annapolis courtroom.

Moore enthusiastically shared his commitment to education, highlighting a $550 million bump in funding for public schools next year. There was no mention of the losses local school system leaders say they will face if the governor’s budget plans are approved.

Following the discovery of stockpiled bodies at a Southern Maryland crematory, Gov. Wes Moore is ordering an independent review of the state board that oversees the industry.

Lawmakers will dig in this week on moving legislation through the pipeline.

Members of Congress are hearing the latest twists in the news.

Estimates are the state would bring in $225 million in the first full year,

What we know about President Donald Trump’s temporary pause on federal spending and its impact on Marylanders.

Gov. Wes Moore has proposed new ways to get Maryland schools 15,000 more educators. But some educators aren’t convinced the new plan would work.

The central committee for Baltimore County Democrats has affirmed a recommendation that Gov. Wes Moore appoint Del. Carl Jackson to an open state Senate seat.

State officials and nonprofit leaders reported they were locked out of federal systems used to draw down federal funds for Medicaid reimbursements and financing basic needs for low-earning Marylanders.

The order from U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan came minutes before the funding freeze was scheduled to go into effect.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on social media that the Trump administration is aware of the issue and that no payments had been affected.

After a former employee at Pikesville High School was accused of using AI to impersonate the school’s principal, lawmakers are considering a bill to target the practice.

Two state delegates, Carl Jackson and Harry Bhandari, are seeking to fill Kathy Klausmeier’s old seat in the Maryland Senate.

Gov. Wes Moore is proposing to rewrite major portions of Maryland’s landmark education law, cutting nearly one-fifth of the new funding the state promised schools by 2029.