State government

Fulfilling a campaign promise, the Democratic governor transferred about $2.5 million of stocks and other holdings into a blind trust that will manage his investments while he's in office.

U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin will not seek reelection to the U.S. Senate after three terms, ending a career in public service that spanned more than half a century and opening up a potential scramble among politicians to replace him.

A Q&A with a cannabis expert about the benefits, best approaches and warnings about the soon-to-be-legal drug.

Health insurance would help the undocumented get the care they need, before it’s an emergency. But legislative efforts are stalled.

Victims of alleged sexual abuse by clergy and others in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are finally being heard, says Gemma Hoskins, an alumna of Archbishop Keough High School who was featured in “The Keepers.”

Book-banning and other censorship efforts were a threat to journalistic freedom 100 years ago, and they still are today, DeWayne Wickham, The Banner’s public editor, says.

The White House so far has announced funding for 25,000 projects across the country, the president said.

Lawmakers say yes. Education officials say they’re protecting student privacy.

The Western Maryland Democrat spent nearly three decades in the House of Delegates, including nine years as speaker.

New governance models for Baltimore’s water run the risk of further harming Black and low-income neighborhoods, say David Wheaton, an economic justice policy fellow at the Legal Defense Fund, and Mary Grant, campaign director at Public Water for All.

The video corroborates statements later from McGrath’s attorney that those closest to the former aide to Gov. Larry Hogan knew nothing of his intention to go on the lam.

Pinsky said he has already told the agency staff to get ready for taking bold steps in order to achieve state renewable energy targets and, where necessary, agreeing to disagree with external partners such as the utilities or Maryland Public Service Commission, which, he said, “has been very friendly with the utilities.”

Two councils of a Maryland labor union representing thousands of public service workers announced they will merge, beginning in April.

It's 4/20 and there are just a few months until July 1, when Marylanders can legally purchase and use recreational cannabis. Here's what Baltimore Banner readers want to know.

The new details suggest Roy McGrath made no spur-of-the-moment decision to skip trial and take off on the run.

Many advocates believe the restrictions on gay men giving blood, put in place when HIV emerged in the 1980s, are outdated and need to better reflect medical advances.

Inspectors found the private operator of Charlotte Hall Veterans Home failed to report abuse allegations and failed to maintain a rodent-free environment.

Legislation that would have overhauled the processes for releasing chronically ill and elderly prisoners did not pass again in the Maryland General Assembly in 2023, despite support from those including the chairman of the parole commission.

Moore touts his newly-established Department of Service and Civic Innovation at a gathering of “social innovators” in Oxford.

Angela Crenshaw, named acting superintendent of the Maryland Park Service April 14, is the first Black person to hold the role.