State government

Rochester gave up lanes of highway traffic to turn a trench into green space — and wants to do more.

The order does not prevent the filing of new lawsuits under the Child Victims Act of 2023.

“I'm not running,” Gov. Wes Moore insists when asked about the 2028 presidential election. But he keeps making moves that a presidential hopeful would make.

Moore told South Carolina Democrats their party could learn something from Donald Trump.

Under the law effective July 1, signed by Gov. Wes Moore last week, the Maryland Department of Health must detail in annual reports how the state agency is improving oversight and regulation of the treatment field.

The Maryland Public Service Commission is ordering Baltimore Gas and Electric to mitigate the effects of an impending supply-side rate increase by shifting cost recovery to less expensive times of year.

The role would put Mfume in a sweet spot to take over as committee chair if Democrats take back the House of Representatives next November.

Eight counties and 10 Maryland towns given “sanctuary” moniker by Department of Homeland Security and their federal funding could be at threat.

Police are investigating a break-in at the state Department of Health headquarters building at State Center in Baltimore — the second break-in in less than a year.

Internal emails and memos over two weeks following the storm sent conflicting messages to staff about their future assignments.

S&P Global affirmed Maryland’s AAA rating on its bonds Wednesday, following a similar decision from Fitch Ratings last week.

Economic development is a bit like quantum physics in that it’s hard to make sense of most of the time.

Shipping plans are made months in advance and without assurances that the Locust Point pier will be open for business in 2026. Companies may soon opt to route their deliveries elsewhere.

Ken Ulman, chairman of the Maryland Democratic Party, is stepping down and switching to a role boosting Gov. Wes Moore’s “economic growth agenda.”

About half of the staff at Green Ridge Youth Center is on leave injured, union reps said, and morale has plummeted

Maryland lawmakers joined a call from the Office of People’s Counsel for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to stop supply costs from surging this summer.

Multiple existing programs will be folded into the state's new Department of Social and Economic Mobility, which was signed into law Tuesday.

During a full day of racing capped by a dramatic come-from-behind Preakness Stakes win by the horse Journalism, dozens of fans watched the action in a trackside tent paid for by Maryland taxpayers.

Flooding devastated Western Maryland last week, and now the Maryland Insurance Administration is invoking emergency powers to help those affected get access to drugs and medical equipment.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore vetoed a bill requiring a study of reparations for the lingering effects of slavery and state-sanctioned discrimination, pledging he’ll move forward with his own proposals.