State government

Requiring just cause for residential evictions would protect Maryland renters and help ensure fair practices in the rental market, Del. Jheanelle Wilkins says in calling for approval of just cause eviction legislation.

Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland’s lone Republican in Congress, must have hoped no one would fact check his Ocean City disinformation event about wind turbines.

The language that would be added to the state constitution would declare that “every person ... has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom.” And that freedom includes, but is not limited to, “the ability to make and effectuate decisions to prevent, continue, or end one’s own pregnancy.”

Dozens of Marylanders urged Secretary of State Susan Lee to keep Donald Trump off of the state’s Republican primary election ballot, citing the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which bans anyone who engaged in “insurrection or rebellion” from holding office.

Vincent Harrington led organizing efforts for the state’s majority political party for just under a year. Before that, he served as political director for Gov. Wes Moore’s 2022 campaign for governor.

Bringing back the children's office fulfills a campaign promise.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and lawmakers can learn from previous fiscal policies to get state spending under control, former Gov. Larry Hogan and former Comptroller Peter Franchot say.

“We are spurring and leading change and a more just society in our work here in Annapolis every single day, as well as in our communities,” said Del. Jheanelle Wilkins of Prince George’s County, chair of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.

Gov. Wes Moore's first year, in photos

The spending plan sets up the state to deal with a shortfall both in the budget year beginning July 1 and for the increasing budget gaps expected in future years.

“Drafting this budget wasn’t easy. It was hard,” Moore said during a State House press conference. “We are operating under very tight constraints and very tight realities.”

Gov. Wes Moore helped raise more than $4 million combined for himself, Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller and the Maryland Democratic Party in the past 12 months, according to his team. Full campaign finance reports are due at midnight on Wednesday.

Candidates for the board positions are recommended to the governor’s office by the main political parties and vetted by the executive and legislative branches before the Senate decides whether to confirm them.

Twenty state lawmakers have created the Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus, joining their voices to speak out against antisemitism and hate crimes, while also promoting Jewish culture and heritage.

The state will divert $150 million from the state’s general fund to shore up the state Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2025, rather than implement transportation cuts previously announced.

Twelve months ago, the state government was so awash in money that Gov. Wes Moore and state lawmakers were able to sock away hundreds of millions of dollars in savings and future needs. But what was once a surplus has turned into a deficit,

“It’s time for the party to get behind Nikki Haley,” Hogan said on CNN on Sunday, one day before the Iowa caucuses.

Advocates like the Moore administration’s ambitious plan to combat climate change, but some wonder if the new governor has the strategy to implement it.

The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled in 2022 that people whose probation was unsatisfactorily closed are not entitled to expungement, or the removal of a case from court and law enforcement records.

The case helped catalyze a new state law that took effect in October requiring landlords who evict tenants be licensed in jurisdictions where rental licenses are required.