State government

Federal student loan payments are due to resume Oct. 1, and an additional burden confronts some borrowers, including some Marylanders, because of inequities in student loan programs, says Ian Williams, a consumer protection paralegal at the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service.

The leading Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate are ramping up their campaigns as 2024 approaches. Here’s a look at their latest moves.

Maryland Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz explained in a legislative hearing on Sept. 20, 2023 that he has undertaken reforms to change the culture in the state’s troubled park service.

The Maryland Cannabis Administration will have less than a month to evaluate applications for new licensees before issuing those licenses.

Even after being cleared of a murder and an assault he did not commit, Demetrius Smith of Baltimore faced legal hurdles in getting compensation from the state. He was vindicated on Wednesday with a payment and an apology from the governor.

Significant portions of Maryland are either under a drought watch or drought warning, the Maryland Department of the Environment said Wednesday.

Fresh off of the Orioles clinching a spot in the playoffs Sunday, CEO and chairman John Angelos expressed confidence that the team and the state would nail down a new lease for the Camden Yards stadium.

“The man is very generous with his time and absolutely gives back to the party,” said Adam Wood, executive director of the Maryland Republican Party. “It seemed like it made sense to do something for him; he’s doing so much for us.”

President Joe Biden can take three steps — on tax credits, revenue sharing and permits — to help the nascent wind industry deal with challenges like inflation, supply chain and other issues, according to the letter Wednesday from Gov. Wes Moore and the governors of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

A community wealth fund would provide a financial lifeline for Baltimore’s working poor, says a union leader for this region’s service workers.

Lawmakers, public defenders, police, prosecutors and state officials faced gathered in a marathon video meeting on Wednesday to confront Maryland’s problems with juvenile crime head-on.

Lawmakers will meet Wednesday to weigh juvenile reforms against a wave of gun violence against teens and a spike in teens stealing cars.

“It hurts us more when kids are the ones perpetrating or falling victim, because we feel like we failed them,” said state Del. Luke Clippinger, a Baltimore Democrat who is leading a review of whether juvenile laws need adjusting.

A new Fells Point business is teaching people how to cultivate cannabis and selling plants. Is it legal? That answer isn’t so simple.

Surrounded by union workers in Baltimore on Saturday, the governor and mayor pledged to refill the ranks of government employees but offered little evidence of the progress they’re making.

A federal jury found this week that two Anne Arundel County politicians owe a former worker at a gym they co-own nearly $5,000 after she said she was improperly fired.

A key state board approved a revised contract for Maryland’s vehicle emissions stations on Wednesday, allowing the stations to implement a change in the program: New cars, trucks and SUVs will be exempt from testing for the first six years instead of the first three years.

As Democrats under Gov. Wes Moore have remained on track with an approach to governing that allowed them to reclaim single-party rule in Maryland, Republicans continue to grapple with all that went wrong, says Mileah Kromer, director of the Sarah T. Hughes Center for Politics and associate professor of political science at Goucher College.

When Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band play at Oriole Park on Saturday, the Orioles will be keeping the revenues after the Maryland Stadium Authority opted out of their contractual share. It could be a sign of how the Orioles and the stadium authority will operate when a new lease gets done.

The Public Service Commission decided that residents could choose whether the regulators, which maintain a set pressure in a gas system, can be located outside or inside their homes.