State government

The Supreme Court of Maryland upheld a lower court ruling removing John Dove Jr. from the ballot for the June Democratic primary. He was hoping to unseat Del. Gary Simmons.

Exelon, whose subsidiaries include Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. and Potomac Electric Power Co., became a punching bag — in one case literally — for Democrats looking to establish populist bona fides in an election year defined by affordability.

The Community Trust Act would block corrections officials and law enforcement from holding or detaining an individual for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unless a judge has issued a warrant.

Over the next four years, the salary for state senators and delegates will gradually increase from $56,636 to $61,905. The governor, lieutenant governor, judges and other top state officials are in line for raises, too.

Maryland lawmakers move to block police from detaining immigrants for ICE, focusing on public safety and civil rights protections.

A Jan. 12 letter to the Maryland Historical Trust from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security carried the heading “New ICE Baltimore Processing Facility.”

If Gov. Wes Moore signs the bill into law, these educators will be the first granted collective bargaining rights at Maryland’s four-year public colleges.

Federal authorities are weighing in on a lawsuit between Howard County and Genesis GSA Strategic One LLC, a case with implications for the future location of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Baltimore field office.

Empower is an app people can use to hail a car similar to Uber or Lyft, but it promises to do it for cheaper without taking money off the top.

Legislative bumps and political infighting in Annapolis shroud passage of a NyKayla Strawder memorial bill, a teen killed by a 9-year-old with access to his grandmother's gun.

The state insurance administration estimates Maryland is missing out on at least $2.3 million per year from hospital insurance companies not paying the 3% tax.

Maryland’s bill would not require current Glock owners to get rid of their guns or modify them.

Staff turnover and vacancies at the Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists are creating major problems in Maryland’s drug addiction treatment field and hindering the state’s fight against overdoses.

COLUMN | Baltimore County violated the state constitution last year when it awarded $30,000 raises to its three orphans’ court judges. It should have known better. But when it comes to the orphans’ court, getting the law wrong is a common outcome.

The Youth Charging Reform Act heads to Gov. Moore, shifting most teen assault and gun cases to juvenile court under new Maryland law.

The candidate, Democrat John Dove Jr., said he intends to move to a Pasadena home within the district and argued that he had until May to do so.

The Maryland Hospital Association asked lawmakers to exclude hospitals from paying a tax on their affiliated for-profit insurance companies. A revised bill moving forward would pause the tax collection for two years.

In a rare move, a Maryland lawmaker is attempting to oust a colleague, Del. Christopher Eric Bouchat, who has refused to show up for votes and hearings in Annapolis for weeks.

The federal government is “reconsidering the precise scope” of a planned immigration processing and detention facility in Washington County, according to new court records.

COLUMN | By the time James Appel, a top Maryland Republican finance expert, set off for the Bahamas in November 2023, he and his wife had upgraded to a 65-foot luxury yacht. That’s what got the Annapolis man in trouble.