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    Former banker Ed Hale Sr. plans 2026 primary challenge to Gov. Wes Moore
    “I think the general consensus is that he’s going to run for president and that makes him ... someone that is not fully invested in Maryland,” Hale said.
    Baltimore Blast owner Ed Hale, shown in 2024, said he is close to launching a campaign for governor to challenge Gov. Wes Moore in the 2026 election.
    Lawsuit tracker: How Maryland, Baltimore are suing the Trump administration
    Maryland and Baltimore are suing the Trump administration. Here's where things stand.
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has joined other Democratic attorneys general in several lawsuits challenging Trump administration actions.
    Defense attorney: Bribery case at state Labor Department involves ‘much larger fish’
    An ongoing corruption investigation involving bribery at the state Department of Labor could involve “much larger fish,” a defense attorney involved said.
    The Maryland Department of Labor building at 1100 N. Eutaw St. is part of the State Center complex in Baltimore.
    Is Maryland the answer to DC’s MAGA woes? Jamie Raskin says maybe.
    When Rep. Jamie Raskin said D.C. should become part of Maryland again, I had to ask. That’ll never happen, right? Then I learned about retrocession.
    The Washington Monument is seen on the mall in Washington would be in Maryland if retrocession were ever to happen.
    The Commanders are leaving Prince George’s County. There’s a plan for what’s next.
    The impending move is a loss for Prince George’s County and the state of Maryland, though officials are painting it as not-so-bad.
    Washington Commanders controlling owner Josh Harris, from left, signs a helmet along with District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after an announcement about a new home for the NFL football team on the site of the old RFK Stadium, Monday, April 28, 2025, at the National Press Club in Washington.
    Commanders, District agree to a deal to build at RFK Stadium site
    D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the District and the Commanders reached an agreement to construct a new home for the football team in the city.
    RFK Stadium in 1992.
    Maryland overhauls process for releasing aging and sick prisoners: ‘It’s about mercy’
    Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, this week signed a bill that make changes to medical and geriatric parole.
    A guard tower and barbed wire are seen outside the Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
    Maryland lawsuit challenges federal threats to withhold education funding
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined attorneys general from 18 other states to sue the Trump administration.
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined 18 other states challenging the U.S. education department’s threats to withhold school funding.
    How a Maryland voter priority was left behind in a busy legislative session
    The Wes Moore administration struggled to repeat its success with housing policy in 2025.
    Gov. Wes Moore, right, during the first day of Maryland’s legislative session in January.
    Parents of young children will be able to defer jury duty under new state law
    Maryland's governor has signed a law allowing new mothers to be excused from jury duty for up to three years, making the policy uniform across the state.
    Photo collage shows close up of woman’s face in profile, her eyes look right. On right side of collage are a breast pump and baby bottle with a jury box seats in the background.
    After toxic cocktail of complaints, changes are coming to Anne Arundel’s liquor board
    A state senator says he has been "flooded" with complaints about Anne Arundel's Board of License Commissioners. It prompted him to push for changes, including expanding the board's size.
    Anne Arundel County alcohol sales are regulated by the Board of License Commissioners, a three body panel now being changed after complaints.
    Maryland seeking bids for ‘world-class’ appeals court building in Annapolis
    Maryland is seeking bids to construct a towering five-story, approximately $200 million building in Annapolis to relocate the state’s two appeals courts.
    Maryland is seeking bids to construct a towering five-story, approximately $200 million building in Annapolis to relocate the state’s two appeals courts.
    Moore set to expand ways for ex-offenders to clear their criminal records
    In 2022, the Appellate Court of Maryland, the state’s mid-level level appeals court, ruled that people whose probation is unsatisfactorily closed after a violation cannot receive an expungement.
    Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, on Tuesday is set to sign a bill that his administration put forward called the Expungement Reform Act of 2025.
    Moore’s maglev support angers Marylanders in path of high-speed train: ‘Can’t stop fighting’
    About 100 people packed a stuffy library meeting room in Greenbelt to vent frustration about the Democratic governor's enthusiasm for a maglev train between Washington and Baltimore.
    Susan McCutchen of Bladensburg, who has been fighting maglev for eight years, speaks at a community meeting at the Greenbelt library on Saturday, April 19, 2025. Next to her, from left, are Dels. Anne Healey and Ashanti Martinez and Prince George's County Councilman Eric Olson.
    Van Hollen says improperly deported man ‘traumatized’ by time in dangerous prison
    Sen. Van Hollen is the first person Kilmar Abrego Garcia has spoken to see being unlawfully deported and imprisoned in El Salvador. He told the senator he wants to talk to his wife.
    Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks during a news conference upon his arrival from meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
    Moore’s Asia trip helped by baseball talk and a slight football gaffe
    Sports were frequent cultural touchstones on Gov. Wes Moore's trip to Japan and South Korea.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore presented Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa of the Kanagawa Prefecture a signed Tomoyuki Sugano Baltimore Orioles jersey. A pitcher for the Os, Sugano is from the Kanagawa Prefecture and is a three-time MVP in Japan.
    Judge rips Maryland Health Department plan for psychiatric bed crisis: ‘This is about people’
    An Anne Arundel County judge has ripped the Maryland Department of Health for its presentation of what he described as a woefully inadequate plan to address the state’s psychiatric bed crisis.
    The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
    Lawmakers hope changes bring more stability, transparency to Howard Community College
    After a tumultuous seven months, the Howard Community College board is at full strength and set to expand by two members, with new rules in place to ensure more transparency over its decision making.
    The Howard Community College board is set to expand by two members.
    Van Hollen lands in El Salvador, hopes to see Maryland dad wrongly deported
    The senator said he plans to meet with government officials to discuss Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release.
    Sen Chris Van Hollen posted a video to social media from the airport before boarding a flight to El Salvador on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
    As Wes Moore sells Maryland to Asia, Trump’s tariffs cast shadow
    Recently proposed tariffs on computer chips and other electronics complicate Gov. Wes Moore's hallmark economic initiative.
    From left, Moore, Peter Chapman, executive chairman of IonQ, and Hirobe Masahiro, Deputy Director of the Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum-AI Technology (G-QuAT), National Institute of of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.
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