State government

Maryland State Police Lt. Col. Roland Butler has a confirmation hearing in the Maryland Senate, where he’ll hope to win enough support to be approved as the agency’s superintendent.

The Trans Health Equity Act, which appears headed for final passage, would require Maryland Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care and procedures for transgender patients.

The Moore-Miller transition team gathered input from more than 5,000 Marylanders to identify the state’s biggest challenges, develop solutions and help set priorities, says Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, who chaired the transition team.

Political insiders, law enforcement and others fascinated with McGrath’s case quickly started reading the 52-page book, which author Ryan Cooper claims was written with cooperation from McGrath.

The Maryland General Assembly must pass legislation this session to continue providing communities with the economic and environmental benefits of solar energy, Del. Luke Clippinger and Sen. Ben Brooks say.

Maryland needs bold action to achieve Gov. Wes Moore’s ambitious plan to generate 100% of the state's energy needs from renewable sources in little more than a decade from now, Del. Stephanie Smith says.

A book about former state official — and fugitive — Roy McGrath goes on sale Wednesday. Here’s what The Banner learned from previewing two chapters.

The community school model has grown exponentially in Maryland. But even some of the strongest supporters acknowledge that the rapid growth comes with some downsides.

The legislation would extend coverage of gender-affirming care to residents on Medicaid, the health care plan for low-income and disabled people.

An author claims he worked with Roy McGrath on a tell-all book about former Gov. Larry Hogan. Is he telling the truth?

While all of the governor’s bills remain in play with three weeks to go in the annual legislative session, some of them have been altered or whittled down by lawmakers.

As the dust settled on a flurry of lawmaking, here’s where some key initiatives stood.

Marylanders overpaid $1 billion in excessive utility bills. Some lawmakers and advocates are demanding answers.

The Trans Health Equity Act would not create any new standards of treatment; rather, it would enable residents without private insurance to obtain comparable gender-affirming care.

Political goings-on from Baltimore and around the state.

Corrections department director Walt Pesterfield flatly denied the center confines minors for 23 hours a day and fails to give them basic services.

Across the United States, various institutions that have faced sexual abuse allegations ranging from the Boy Scouts of America to USA Gymnastics have filed for bankruptcy. Could the Archdiocese of Baltimore follow?

U.S. Marshals and FBI agents have sought McGrath since Monday when he failed to show to federal court in Baltimore for his fraud trial.

Read what Moore had to say some key issues facing the nation and the state he is governing.

Legislation would enable more civil lawsuits against churches, schools and other institutions that employed or supervised perpetrators of child sexual abuse.