State government

Some people might be confused about how to make sure their ballot counts for the June 23rd primary, so let’s take this step-by-step.

The Maryland correctional officers union is criticizing plans to deal with staffing shortages by giving incarcerated people unsupervised recreation time, saying the move would place both prisoners and officers in danger.

This year’s crop of Republican gubernatorial hopefuls are largely putting together low-dollar campaigns as they vie for a chance to go up against deep-pocketed incumbent Democratic Gov. Wes Moore.

David Trone has loaned himself $10 million for this race while April McClain Delaney has loaned her campaign $2.2 million.

President Donald Trump waded into Maryland’s mail ballot mishap on Monday, blaming the vendor’s error on Gov. Wes Moore and announcing that he would ask the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate.

The board of elections instructed affected Maryland voters to throw away their first ballot and its return envelope. They are sending a new ballot and return envelope.

A task force of state and local leaders is recommending a roughly $1 billion convention center modernization to boost spending and tourism in downtown Baltimore.

There have been few clues from federal prosecutors about why a former campaign manager worried the state senator and co-defendants so much — until now.

Some Maryland residents received ballots for the wrong party. The vendor will pay to replace ballots ahead of the June 23 primary.

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State Del. Chao Wu said he has no regrets about participating in democracy after two Republican colleagues, Del. Mark Fisher and Del. Brian Chisholm, refused to apologize for a racist video they posted about him.

Federal prosecutors face significant hurdles in the Key Bridge criminal case against a Singaporean company and an employee believed to be in India, experts say.

Ron Owens, who had been the Democratic governor’s campaign manager since last summer, will exit at the end of the week.

A heated Senate hearing between U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and FBI Director Kash Patel escalated onto social media after Van Hollen challenged Patel over reports of alcohol use and Patel fired back with personal attacks.

Maryland approved what is believed to be the nation’s first law requiring storm drain safety measures after a 13-year-old Mount Airy boy died when he was swept into a drainage inlet during a flash flood.

Del. Brian Chisholm defended the video as asking “basic questions” about the motivation behind a lawmaker’s legislation. He said that asking questions should not be off-limits.

PJM Interconnection, the power grid operator for 13 states and Washington, D.C., is hosting its annual meeting in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

The Maryland bill would encourage medical providers to learn about menopause and is part of a nationwide campaign to raise awareness.

House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk condemned the video in which Dels. Mark Fisher and Brian Chisholm made the comments.

When Maryland Gov. Wes Moore rolled out dozens of election endorsements Thursday, one name was conspicuously off the list: Senate President Bill Ferguson. A disagreement over redistricting tanked a deal the two Democrats had to endorse each other.