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State government

    Moore’s proposed education revamp faces key test
    On Wednesday, Maryland lawmakers will begin reviewing Gov. Wes Moore’s proposed revamp of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, the state’s plan to improve public schools.
    Gov. Wes Moore delivers his annual State of the State address in the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md. on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.
    How Maryland legislators would fix the child care workforce shortage
    Since the pandemic, Maryland has hemorrhaged day care and preschool teachers. These are some of the ways the state can rebuild its early childhood workforce.
    The child care industry struggles to attract educators.
    It’s the Maryland tax hell argument again. This time, it might be different.
    Is Maryland a tax hell? This question has defined the conversation about taxes and spending in Maryland for decades.
    The Old Treasury Building lights up and early winter evening in Annapolis with the State House dome illuminated behind it. The state is restoring the colonial building.
    We tracked every MTA bus Baltimore students ride to school. Here’s how.
    This first-of-its-kind analysis shows it’s nearly impossible for city students to get to school on time every day on public transit.
    A’Nya Lucas, a senior at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, rides the bus across Baltimore, MD on Nov. 14, 2024. Lucas’ bus ride takes over an hour.
    Maryland’s MAGA Republicans like what they’re getting so far from Trump 2.0
    Maryland’s own Freedom Caucus says so far, so good on Trump agenda
    Del. Kathy Szeliga, a Baltimore County Republican and vice chair of the Maryland Freedom Caucus, speaks during a press conference hosted by the caucus in Annapolis on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.
    Letter: Maryland needs a constitutional amendment to protect workers' rights
    A proposed bill to allow Marylanders to vote on a constitutional amendment to allow workers to collectively bargain would protect them against anti-union actions, both locally and nationally.
    A Union member with the International Longshoremen’s Association and Local 333 leads chants outside the Dundalk Marine Terminal during a strike on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 in Baltimore, MD. Chants included, “What are we gonna do? Shut it down!” And “We want our money!”
    Maryland inches toward reforming trans prisoner policies as it pays out legal settlements
    Trans prisoners make up a fraction of Maryland’s incarcerated population, but nearly half of its settlement payouts last year. Efforts to reform policy have been slow.
    Illustration of two sets of prison bars and door to solitary cell overlapped by silhouette of trans woman with a ponytail.
    Frank Turner, Howard County’s first Black delegate, dies at 77
    Frank Turner, who served as Howard County’s first Black delegate for over two decades, died early Friday morning. He was 77.
    Then-Del. Frank S. Turner at the 2014 dedication ceremony of the fields at Blandair Park in his name.
    Maryland House passes bill on health, sex education requirements
    The largely party-line vote represented the third year in a row that state delegates have sought to weigh in on curriculum.
    The Maryland House of Delegates on opening day of the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis, Md., on Wednesday, January 8, 2024.
    Gov. Moore posts job help for Maryland’s federal workers
    The digital hub lists legal resources, job hunting support and ways to get financial help, and it reminds job seekers that the state of Maryland is hiring.
    Gov. Wes Moore responding to questions during an event at Bowery Farming in Nottingham, MD. 03/06/2024
    Live coverage: Trump backers support cutting Maryland’s federal jobs
    Now in the sixth week of the legislative session, lawmakers face several lengthy bill hearings as they consider policy changes large and small.
    Members of the Maryland Freedom Caucus hold a press conference in Annapolis to discuss their proposed energy legislation on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.
    State apologizes, awards $3 million to man wrongly imprisoned for murder
    Marando Warthen won an official apology and $3 million in compensation from the state of Maryland on Wednesday, after serving decades in prison for wrongful murder convictions in 1984.
    Marando Warthen looks down the row at his lawyers and others who accompanied him to Wednesday's Board of Public Works Meeting.
    Violent assaults are spiking in state prisons. Could body cameras be a solution?
    Drugs? Staffing? Lack of air conditioning? Maryland corrections officials and union members differ on reasons behind surge in violence.
    Barbed wire is seen outside the Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
    Poll: Maryland voters cite housing as top concern
    Two polls in the last month found housing was the top concern.
    A new housing complex in Bowie.
    Constellation to spend $100 million upgrading Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant
    The Baltimore-based energy company is looking to relicense its Southern Maryland reactors beginning in the 2030s.
    One of the two concrete-encased reactor vessels at Constellation’s Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center in Lusby.
    Maryland agencies checking access to federal funds daily under Trump
    Access to funding from bipartisan Biden administration initiatives has also been paused, officials say.
    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 07: U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House on February 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump is expected to attend Super Bowl this weekend in New Orleans between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs.
    How bad is Maryland’s housing affordability crisis? Ask this Baltimore couple.
    The U.S. lacks about 7.3 million homes for renters with extremely low incomes, according to estimates from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
    Christina Cikins and her partner David Edge sit on their bed in Baltimore, MD on Jan. 29, 2025. Cikins and Edge are facing homelessness after receiving an unexpected eviction notice.
    Maryland AG speaks of ‘need to act’ as he pushes back against Trump agenda
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has joined a series of lawsuits that have so far sandbagged the flood of executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown addresses legal measures taken by his office related to federal funding and the integrity of the federal payment system regarding actions taken by the Trump administration.
    Live coverage: Senate president says federal Medicaid cuts would be ‘devastating’
    Gov. Wes Moore delivers his third State of the State speech on Wednesday. It’s a chance for Moore to pitch his plan to close the state’s $3 billion budget shortfall.
    Gov. Wes Moore delivers his State of the State address at the state house in Annapolis on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.
    Workplace hazards for Maryland parole agents: Getting shot, stabbed, punched or strangled
    State inspectors have cited the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services with health and safety violations after parole agent’s killing.
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