The Maryland Public Employee Relations Board said the Department of Budget and Management failed to bargain in good faith with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 3 when it denied access to information about telework eligibility. The board, in a ruling issued Wednesday afternoon, ordered the state to provide the requested […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers from Maryland vowed to continue focusing on affordable housing initiatives for state residents and beyond at a Capitol press conference Thursday, taking stabs at President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign a landmark bipartisan bill. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, along with Democratic Reps. April McClain Delaney, Johnny Olszewski, Kweisi Mfume, Sarah Elfreth and […]
Sen. Dalya Attar has her own theme song -- you heard that right -- and pumped up the volume and Gov. Wes Moore came out to stump for her opponent, the man behind Eric's ID law gets behind Wanika Fisher, in political notes.
Dan Cox, the 2022 Republican nominee for governor who was soundly beaten in that race, appears headed for a rematch with Gov. Wes Moore (D) after unofficial returns Tuesday showed Cox with a comfortable lead over GOP challenger Ed Hale Sr.
Members of the House of Delegates are being asked to consider two windows for a special session that could consider two possible amendments to the Maryland Constitution.
A campaign spokesperson for Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) confirmed Thursday that the two-term senator who has developed an increasingly high national profile is “kicking the tires” on a potential run in 2028 for the U.S. presidency.
While they wait for a reply to their request for federal aid, state officials Friday unveiled their own campaign to assist Maryland farmers hit by a "devastating" April freeze that damaged crops and wiped out some farms completely.
Maryland has ended a decades-long relationship with one of three major bond rating firms a year after that firm downgraded the state's credit rating, although state officials insist the downgrade was not the reason for the split.
The majority of Maryland's 24 sheriffs filed suit in federal court Tuesday to block the Community Trust Act, which their suit said would hamper their obligation to work with federal authorities to combat illegal immigration.
It was a good day for young people in Annapolis Tuesday, when newly enacted laws made it harder to charge juveniles as adults, added child care scholarship funds and created a commission to study treatment of Black youth at a former reform school.
Gov. Wes Moore (D) will let two major immigration bills -- the Community Trust Act and the Data Privacy Act -- become law without his signature, saying Friday he supports their objectives but has concerns about how they will be implemented.
The Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved a plan for the Maryland Park Service to expand an online registration system for state parks and shooting ranges, and it OK'd a deal for Days Cove landfill to close, but not soon enough for some environmental groups.
A debate among Republican candidates for governor Tuesday lacked fiery exchanges, name recognition -- and two-thirds of the list of primary candidates.
President Donald Trump is attacking Maryland officials after a vendor mix-up that caused a portion of voters to receive the wrong mail-in ballot for the state’s June 23 primary. State officials accuse Trump of spreading misinformation.
Less than a week after Gov. Wes Moore released a list of Democratic endorsements that snubbed Senate President Bill Ferguson, the political arm of a prominent immigrant rights and advocacy group this week endorsed Ferguson as "the right leader moving forward."
Visitors to Annapolis have always been able to stay in a historic property, but not the one Ed Hale Sr. has in mind. The GOP candidate for governor wants to turn the governor's mansion into a moneymaker, renting it out for events, overnight stays and the like.
Maryland continued its pushback against Trump administration policies Tuesday with the signing of the "No Kings Act," allowing civil suits against federal agents for violating someone's constitutional rights, one of more than 200 bills signed into law.
Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed the Utility RELIEF Act into law Tuesday, ushering in a series of changes to the state’s energy markets that officials hope will lower customers’ electric bills in the months and years to come.
For a year now, in press releases, letters, speeches and interviews, Gov. Wes Moore has had stern words for PJM Interconnection, the electric grid operator serving the state. But Monday, he took his gripes straight to PJM, which held its annual meeting in Baltimore.
Charles Richardson's 1946 testimony about conditions at Cheltenham described a weeklong confinement in a basement cell, no food for five days and severe beatings with a 24-inch leather strap. And Richardson's case was not unique.
Scores of Democratic candidates were endorsed Thursday by Gov. Wes Moore (D), but more notable than the endorsements were the handful of incumbent Democrats who did not make the governor's list, including Senate President Bill Ferguson.
A legislative panel is delaying the proposed purchase of Laurel Park by the Maryland Stadium Authority, asking for a cost-benefit review of the $48.5 million deal that was announced suddenly just over two weeks ago.
A historical marker dedicated at the old House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children, a segregated reform school for boys, not only pays homage to Black youth who endured horrible conditions there, but also touches upon the state’s racial history.
The next chapter of Baltimore County’s former Bethlehem Steel mill dawned Friday, with the groundbreaking of a new Tradepoint Atlantic container terminal that will increase Baltimore's container capacity by 70% when it is completed within the next few years.
Gov. Wes Moore said in a recent TV interview that closed political primaries like Maryland's disenfranchise voters and should be "reevaluated," but a spokesperson insisted he was just musing, not calling to blow up the state's party-controlled primaries.
Maryland Democrats were relieved that they were able to maneuver the Maryland Voting Rights Act into taking effect Tuesday, but worried how it would fare under Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling gutting racial redistricting aspects of the federal Voting Rights Act .
Eight Democratic candidates will get a preprimary boost Tuesday from Gov. Wes Moore (D), amid a push by the state Democratic Party to compete in districts across the state, including some of the reddest districts.
Climate activists test their lobbying commitment by putting their mettle to the pedal, the polls are taxing in the 6th District Democratic primary, visitation is set for former Deputy Attorney General Ralph Tyler, and more comings and goings, in political notes.
Owners of the Triple Crown's first leg now own property rights to the second. Churchill Downs Inc. has reached an agreement with 1/ST Maryland LLC to buy the intellectual property rights for the Preakness Stakes and Black-Eyed Susan Stakes for $85 million.
The owner and operator of a cargo ship that caused the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in 2024 has reached a "settlement in principle" with the state of Maryland, state officials announced Thursday. No dollar amount was released.