Luke Broadwater

Opposition is mounting in the Democratic-controlled Maryland legislature to Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s proposal for a new Washington Redskins stadium on parkland overlooking the Potomac River in Prince George’s County. House Speaker Michael Busch says the state has more pressing needs.

Maryland’s government is entering a new year with more than $1 billion in unspent revenues, but could be bracing for a potential economic recession, members of a state fiscal panel say. The $1 billion in unspent revenues are due, in part, to a $500 million surplus from last fiscal year.

A new Maryland Stadium Authority study says $424 million in upgrades are needed at Pimlico Race Course. A summary of the report obtained by The Baltimore Sun recommends adding amenities such as a grocery store, hotel, other retail shops and townhouses.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s former communications director and deputy campaign manager, Doug Mayer, is joining an Annapolis-based advertising and strategy firm that helped push the Republican governor to re-election. Mayer has been named partner at Strategic Partners & Media.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday touted a tentative agreement he’s reached with federal officials to swap park land in Western Maryland to build a new stadium for the Washington Redskins football team in Prince George’s County.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan plans to announce $3.5 billion for school construction projects across the state, thanks in part to a new state constitutional amendment that forces casino revenue to add to school funding. The governor’s office says the projects will result in 27,000 jobs.

The Maryland General Assembly is bringing in former First Lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff to conduct sexual harassment prevention training for 188 lawmakers and their staffs. The training comes after a women’s caucus report that detailed accounts of harassment in Annapolis.

In the wake of Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s re-election victory, Maryland Democrats have ousted party chairwoman Kathleen Matthews and elected Maya Rockeymoore Cummings to the lead the party as it attempts to take back the governorship in four years. Cummings is the CEO of Global Policy Solutions.

A state commission debating a recommendation to increase spending in Maryland’s public schools by $4.4 billion annually is running up against a tight deadline: the start of next month’s General Assembly session. Advocates for public school students are pushing the commission to finish by Jan. 9.

With 60 new Maryland senators and delegates taking office in January, nearly one-third of the General Assembly will be freshmen. They will be tasked with tackling some of the state’s biggest issues. But first, they have to learn the rules and customs of the State House.

This week marks the orientation for 60 new Maryland General Assembly legislators — 43 in the House of Delegates and 17 in the state Senate. Before they can decide the future of the state, they first have to find their desks, figure out their committees and learn where to park.

The number of serious automobile crashes continue continue to rise in Baltimore, even as the city is rapidly expanding its speed camera system.

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, who briefly ran for governor last year, is now challenging Maryland’s Democratic Party chairwoman Kathleen Matthews in the party’s upcoming election.

While hauling in the most votes ever for a Maryland governor, Larry Hogan had a secret weapon by his side: A focus group of 110 women who dislike President Donald Trump.

The founder of East Baltimore’s Banneker Blake Academy on Tuesday night vowed to appeal the city school board’s decision to close the all-boys public charter school that models itself on successful prep schools.

The Baltimore city school board will vote Tuesday on whether to revoke Banneker Blake Academy's charter.

Tuesday’s election results mean that in 2019 Democrats will hold the top job in seven of Maryland’s eight largest jurisdictions. Meanwhile, Republicans — still riding high from Hogan’s historic win over Democrat Ben Jealous — looked around the state to see their bench had been decimated.

After his re-election victory Tuesday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is headed to the beach.

More than 2.1 million Marylanders voted in this year's election, surpassing 2010’s midterm record of nearly 1.9 million.

The day after becoming just the second Republican to be re-elected governor in Maryland history, Larry Hogan pledged to continue governing the blue state as a centrist as he laid out some of his second-term agenda.

As Gov. Larry Hogan cruised to an easy and historic victory Tuesday, the political landscape in Maryland shifted in some key areas. Here are some takeaways from the election.

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan appeared to win a second term Tuesday, lifted by Democrats who crossed party lines to vote for his centrist approach to governing despite their anger over President Donald Trump.

With thunderstorms in the forecast, political and nonpartisan operations alike are in overdrive to get hundreds of thousands of Marylanders voters to the polls on Election Day. And political campaigns for races large and small aren’t resting until they crash Tuesday night.

Independent candidate for U.S. Senate Neal Simon says Republican Gov. Larry Hogan told him recently he voted for him. In an interview with The Baltimore Sun, Hogan declined to say who he voted for, but said he voted for an independent candidate among his choices for offices on the ballot.

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, Democratic challenger Ben Jealous and other candidates on Maryland ballots are engaging in a final blitz to persuade undecided voters and get their supporters to the polls. Hogan is rallying in Annapolis and Grasonville; Jealous in Wheaton and the Baltimore area.

During the course of an hour-long interview at the state university system’s Baltimore headquarters, football coach DJ Durkin gave a speech that dramatically changed the course of events and convinced board members he should stay, according to several sources.

In the wake of University of Maryland football coach DJ Durkin's brief reinstatement Tuesday, discord over the football program erupted in a fight among team players.

James Brady, the chairman of the University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents, resigned Thursday, overtaken by the whirlwind of controversy at the state’s flagship university that began with the June death of football player Jordan McNair.

Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday morning that he was “shocked” and “outraged” by the Maryland Board of Regents’ decision to reinstate football coach DJ Durkin and called school President Wallace Loh’s decision to defy the board and fire the coach a “big step” forward.

University of Maryland President Wallace Loh fired football coach DJ Durkin a day after the University System of Maryland Board of Regents reinstated him. Loh said he took the action after meeting with the Student Government Association, department chairs and other campus leadership.

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan issued a scathing rebuke to the University System of Maryland’s governing body, calling on it to reconsider its decisions to keep the flagship university’s football coach and athletic director while accepting the campus president's decision to retire.

James Brady, whom Gov. Larry Hogan appointed to head the University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents, threw a wrench into the final week of the gubernatorial campaign. He announced a decision to keep the University of Maryland's football coach and athletic director, despite a player's death.

Leaders of Maryland’s House of Delegates on Wednesday announced they will hold a hearing investigating the University of Maryland’s football culture and the Board of Regents decision to retain the football coach and athletic director while the president retires.

The University System of Maryland’s governing body on Tuesday will recommend that University of Maryland athletic director Damon Evans and head football coach DJ Durkin remain in their positions, according to sources familiar with the discussions.

Federal and state officials are launching reviews of hate crime laws and reporting practices after a mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh and the rise of anti-Jewish incidents here in Maryland. They're searching for what more can be done to stop a surge of anti-Semitism in the United States.

Halfway through Maryland’s early voting, turnout is more than double where it was during the 2014 gubernatorial election. That's a development Democrats are touting as a good sign for their candidates. But state officials say given past patterns, early voting is taking voters from Election Day.

University president Wallace Loh, athletic director Damon Evans and football coach DJ Durkin will speak with the University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents during a closed session Friday afternoon.

Gov. Larry Hogan reports raising more than $2.4 million in the past two months — giving him $3.3 million to spend in the last week of his re-election campaign. He maintained a significant advantage over Democratic challenger Ben Jealous, who raised $1.8 million and has $275,000 in cash on hand.

mid an investigation into the culture of the University of Maryland’s football program, power players in the state are preemptively mobilizing to defend President Wallace Loh. They worry he is being made a “scapegoat” and they say black Marylanders support Loh.

While Marylanders focus on the race for governor, political insiders have their eyes on an effort that could remake how governance works in the state. There's a Republican “Drive for Five” campaign to flip five seats in the state Senate. That would break the Democrats' supermajority.

An independent review of the University of Maryland’s football program stopped short of calling the program’s culture “toxic,” as alleged in multiple media reports, but it did find there was a “culture where problems festered because too many players feared speaking out.”

For nearly four years, Gov. Larry Hogan has done something almost unthinkable for a Republican in Maryland: maintain sky-high job approval ratings. Hogan consistently polls as one of the most popular governors in the country. Hogan, 62, has achieved popularity through a blend of factors.

Members of Baltimore’s Community Relations Council are advocating for Mayor Catherine Pugh to reinstate state Sen. Jill Carter as director of the city’s civil rights office. On the advice of the city solicitor, Carter moved from the top job to that of deputy after she joined the Senate.

Democrat Ben Jealous’ campaign for governor said its models indicate that registered Democrats will make up just 57 percent of voters by Election Day. That would be slight bump from the last gubernatorial election four years ago but hardly a dramatic “blue wave” as Jealous has predicted.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous says his ethics reform plan would prevent “conflicts of interest and end pay-to-play politics in Annapolis.” Jealous says he wouldn't meet with lobbyists convicted of fraud, such as Gerard Evans, although he sought Evans' support in the past.

The weekend before early voting begins, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan and his Democratic challenger Ben Jealous are embarking on much different campaign strategies.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous this week released two plans aimed at addressing the gender wage gap in Maryland and tightening ethics regulations.

Baltimore lawmakers voted for “Complete Streets" legislation aimed at forcing the city's transportation department to provide more bike lanes, sidewalks and public transit options. City Councilman Ryan Dorsey says his bill will help build the city "around people" instead of around driving.

The Baltimore City Council is tightening restrictions on lobbyists and requiring the City Ethics Board to post lobbying disclosure forms online for the public to view. Councilman Zeke Cohen was the lead sponsor of a bill that he says will make Baltimore "more transparent and open.

The Baltimore City Council voted to hike taxes on real estate transactions to fund a $20 million Affordable Housing Trust Fund. The move earned cheers from advocates but concern from city budget director Robert Cenname. He says the city's tax burden could lead investors to look elsewhere.