State government

The Maryland Republican Party has to look for a new nominee to put on the State Board of Elections, after Gov. Wes Moore rejected the party’s pick of a self-described “election integrity activist.”

The president plans to address Democratic members of the House of Representatives during an "issues conference" they're holding in town on March 1.

The governor and his children, Mia and James, arrived at the Maryland SPCA to pick up the newest resident at Government House.

Butler, who takes over a department rife with problems, had retired from the Maryland State Police at the end of 2022 as chief of the Field Operations Bureau.

The Democratic governor’s support comes as lawmakers heard from the loved ones of Baltimore native Josh Siems, whose overdose death inspired legislation.

With severe COVID cases dropping, Maryland health officials have decided to close the State Center testing, vaccination and treatment site in downtown Baltimore.

Gov. Moore and his wife listed their nearly 8,000-square-foot home in Baltimore's Guilford neighborhood for sale for $2.75 million.

More than 3,000 children receive state-funded scholarships to attend private schools, but Gov. Wes Moore is reducing funding for the program.

The Republican had asked the nation’s highest court to consider his appeal of a ruling that allowed Maryland elections officials to count mail-in ballots as they arrived ahead of Election Day last fall.

My agrarian heritage is still enough a part of me that I work until I drop, but the pandemic taught me about self-care.

Baltimore native Josh Siems died from a drug overdose, but was never tested for fentanyl in the hospital, even though loved ones knew he used it. They want to make fentanyl testing a required component of toxicology screens.

But Senate Republicans, who are outnumbered nearly 3-to-1, made it clear during floor speeches Vincent Schiraldi’s philosophies didn’t align with theirs.

Davis said as ”one of the guardians of public dollars,” he'll make sure that Marylanders’ taxes are spent efficiently and equitably.

The Maryland General Assembly is considering legislation, backed by Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates, that would mandate longer prison sentences for illegal gun possession. Heather Warnken, executive director of the Center for Criminal Justice Reform at the University of Baltimore School of Law, and Joseph Richardson, a professor of African-American studies and anthropology at the University of Maryland, say longer sentences will only serve to damage communities while having little or no deterrent effect on gun violence.

Sponsors and supporters of the bill say it would help people who were incarcerated and later released reintegrate into society and make Maryland jury pools more representative.

Mayor Brandon Scott has hired his third communications director in two years. Cirilo R. Manego III will start with the mayor’s office on Tuesday.

The ceremonial handoff of names between the coequal branches marks a Maryland tradition researchers have traced back well over a century.

Until the new Democratic governor’s nominees are confirmed by the state Senate, appointees of former Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, will continue holding all five seats on the Public Service Commission.

Craig A. Thompson, a lawyer and partner with the Venable firm, says he’s “willing to work night and day” to reach a deal for the Orioles to remain at Baltimore’s Camden Yards.

More than 75% of millennial-aged women report having received unsolicited lewd imagery.