The Key Bridge collapse temporarily closed a shipping channel. One year later, it's clear leaders' forecast of economic doom largely didn’t come to pass.
By Zephan Matteson, Matt Cohen and Andrew Mollenauer, Capital News Service
Failing to attract the attention of Republican Congressman Andy Harris, hundreds of people flocked to a middle school gymnasium on Maryland’s Eastern Shore to hear from a willing Democratic stand-in — U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin.
As national Democrats remain fractured about their focus and strategy, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen inched closer to calling for a change in leadership in the Senate.
The Maryland Senate approved a bill that would bar employers from punishing firefighters or rescue workers for using medical cannabis as prescribed by a doctor.
Administration officials said that the business services tax as introduced — a 2.5% tax on services that business entities sell to one another — is off the table.
As state leaders have come together behind four nominees to fill vacancies on the Howard Community College board, a bill that would aims to bring more transparency to the board has the support of the county's senators and delegates.
In a long and emotional session Saturday, the Maryland House of Delegates advanced a bill giving more incarcerated people a chance to petition for shorter sentences.
Lawmakers will be back and forth between committee hearings and floor sessions to get bills through — and there’s a chance they could meet on Saturday as well.