MARYLAND POLITICS

Governor’s budget invests in child care, job training, affordable housing but pares back scores of programmed spending his administration deemed ineffective.

Democratic lawmakers want gun manufacturers to help foot the bill for trauma injuries, including gunshot wounds, following an example set by California last year.

County executive Mark Elrich’s budget proposal includes a major expansion to the county’s bus rapid transit network along two new routes.

Prince George’s County isn’t alone in grappling with a confluence of challenges from the pandemic recovery, dwindling federal aid and increased expenses.

A top Maryland elections official was arrested and charged this week with felony and misdemeanor counts.

Lawmakers till take up granting health care to undocumented people, subsidizing childcare and granting terminal patients the right to end their lives.

Maryland lawmakers convene Wednesday with big policy ambitions in-progress and inadequate funds to pay for them.

Gov. Wes Moore emphasized the need to hold children accountable for violence while keeping rehabilitation in mind.

Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D), Maryland’s longest-serving congressman and a former House majority leader, filed to run for reelection Tuesday.

Gov. Wes Moore’s embrace and warning about generative AI comes as state lawmakers also debate guardrails for responsible use of the technology.

Harry Dunn, a former U.S. Capitol Police officer who testified before the House Jan. 6 committee, is running for Congress in Maryland.

A first-of-its-kind report from Comptroller Brooke E. Lierman (D) says Maryland’s economy lags far behind the nation, with women disproportionally leaving the workforce.

Peters (D), who left office in 2021 to join the University of Maryland’s Board of Regents, was remembered by former colleagues as a dedicated, driven leader.

Though little is changing in the District, lawmakers in Maryland and Virginia passed more than a dozen new laws that take effect Monday.

A Prince George’s County Council member made waves when she asked to vote remotely while pregnant. Now she’s focused on making sure other pregnant people have it easier.

Former planning director Gwen Wright was weeks away from retiring after a 30-year career when she was terminated by the board.

Tawanda Jones has refused to let her brother’s name fade, waging an enduring fight for a criminal investigation that only now seems like a possibility.

A “millionaires” tax, the end of corporate loopholes and other revenue ideas are on the table to close Maryland’s long-standing budget trouble.