State government

Gov. Wes Moore and Mayor Brandon Scott earned high marks from city voters for their response to the Key Bridge collapse, according to a new poll by Goucher College in partnership with The Baltimore Banner.

Maryland’s lone Republican in Congress, U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, said he thinks it’s acceptable for the federal government to front the money for the bridge while pursuing payment from liable parties.

Del. Shaneka Henson has been urged by an ethics panel to apologize for discussing state funding for a nonprofit organization that paid her to be its legal adviser.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and other officials provided an update Wednesday on cleanup efforts at the Key Bridge, which was toppled by a massive container ship on March 26.

A majority of voters indicated strong feelings about abortion, but more expressed concerns about crime and the economy.

The House and state Senate both unanimously passed legislation approving the name change for the 40-year-old Banneker-Douglass museum.

Here’s a roundup of this year’s changes that made it through and one that began the session with strong momentum then fizzled out in the final days.

With the 2024 Maryland General Assembly in the books, Gov. Wes Moore signed the first of hundreds of bills into law, including an act that would temper the economic impact of a devastating bridge collapse.

The Victim Compensation Reform Act of 2024 will overhaul the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, a body that’s supposed to help victims of crime in Maryland.

Maryland’s delegation on Capitol Hill is preparing legislation that would ensure that the federal government pays the full cost of replacing the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed into the Patapsco River two weeks ago.

The devastating collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge prompted racist falsehoods to spread like wildfire online. Maryland Port Commissioner Karenthia Barber found herself in the crosshairs of a far-right disinformation campaign against “DEI” — diversity, equity and inclusion — alongside her co-commissioner Sandy Roberts.

The last bills have been considered, the last amendments have been offered and the final votes have been taken. Here’s what Maryland lawmakers did — and did not — do during their 90-day General Assembly session this year.

Heading into the final hours of the final day Monday, legislators were closer to resolving questions about the long-term future of Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course and financial aid for Baltimore's port workers.

The Caucus of African American Leaders unanimously voted to ask that two bridges in the state, including the Francis Scott Key Bridge, be renamed.

“I mean, that moment still takes my breath away,” Moore said of first seeing the empty place where the Key Bridge had stood.

The Maryland Office of the Attorney General is investigating a fatal crash on the Baltimore Beltway.

The bill decides consequences for children aged 10 to 12 years old caught carrying guns and stealing cars, gives courts the ability to expand probation, decides when state’s attorneys can review cases, and sets up sweeping juvenile legal system oversight and data collection.

The horse racing bill is perhaps the highest profile of hundreds of bills that are unresolved in the final hours of the General Assembly session.

Partisan divides exist in Maryland's General Assembly, but senators and delegates pride themselves in respectful debate and disagreement. Some lawmakers go further, forging bipartisan alliances to address problems large and small.

By Monday night comes, a group of lawmakers, lobbyists and staffers are ready to get out of the stuffy confines of the Maryland General Assembly and convene a meeting of the sweatiest group in Annapolis: the Basketball Caucus.