State government

The Maryland agency made three personnel changes after an Office of the Correctional Ombudsman report found fault in DJS operations.

Board President Josh Michael, a former math teacher, said he expects the standards to foster deeper learning and greater equity across the state’s classrooms.

The lawsuit comes days after members of Maryland’s federal delegation were denied a tour of Baltimore’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office.

Baltimore City officials and community groups have invested in prevention programs meant to divert kids away from gun violence.

Sixteen months after the bridge’s main span was knocked down by a massive container ship, killing six construction workers, demolition of the remaining structures has begun.

The report also criticized the agency for mismanaging an evacuation during a flood risk and rising assaults on staff.

A half-dozen Maryland members of Congress were denied access to a federal immigration field office used to temporarily hold people facing deportation.

Moore will take over the chairmanship next year from Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican.

Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday that Maryland will appeal Trump’s decision after the administration denied federal flood aid.

It’s not guaranteed that Maryland lawmakers would be able to shift the balance of power through redistricting, as other states are contemplating.

The Maryland Public Service Commission approves the proposed rate hikes on customers of BGE and other utility companies. Here’s how it works.

BGE raised customer bills to cover a $17.5 million Ford F-150 — a vehicle that state utility regulators at first said was worth about $100,000.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s team is pushing back on criticism that the governor considered his own plan to study the thorny issue of reparations before ultimately vetoing a similar proposal from state lawmakers.

Research by a psychology professor from Towson University shed new light on how the work of medical examiners suffers from bias.

Before Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was opposed to creating a commission to study reparations — saying it would slow down action — he had drafted his own executive order creating a similar commission.

Maryland State Police launched an investigation into the death of a 30-year-old man incarcerated at North Branch Correctional Institution in Allegany County.

Tyrone Jones was initially denied compensation under the Walter Lomax Act because at the time in Maryland, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder had been considered a misdemeanor instead of a felony.

A new analysis by Maryland health officials finds a potential loss of $2.7 billion over time from the new law passed by Congress.

Del. Nino Mangione this week hosted his third town hall on a proposed 70-mile power line project. One year after residents started to learn about the plan, many remain vehemently opposed to the project that would cut through rural Maryland.

Van Hollen said he’d hoped his colleagues would have rejected the administration’s attempt to undo years of work by members of both parties.