Pamela Wood

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has announced two proposals he says will improve public education in the state by building schools and providing opportunities for creativity in turning around low-rated schools.

Sen. William C. Smith Jr. of Montgomery County will lead the Maryland Senate's high-profile judicial committee, the incoming Senate president announced Wednesday.

Maryland’s Republican Party was socked with unexpectedly high costs for hosting Vice President Mike Pence at a fundraiser earlier this year, forcing party officials to run up a line of credit.

State Sen. Bobby Zirkin, who has led the Maryland Senate’s high-profile justice committee for five years, is resigning from office.

The prospect of legalizing recreational marijuana use in Maryland is growing dim for 2020.

Maryland is allowing medical cannabis dispensaries to resume selling vaping products, after testing products for vitamin E acetate, which may be linked to vaping-related lung injuries.

A Maryland commission studying how to improve the state's education system on Thursday endorsed a plan that will eventually require $4 billion more to be spent per year on public schools.

Maryland’s comptroller says his agents have completed the largest bust of untaxed tobacco products in state history.

Political leaders had a muted reaction Wednesday upon learning that Catherine Pugh — a former Baltimore mayor and longtime politician — was indicted on 11 federal charges related to her sales of self-published children’s books.

An audit is faulting the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention for not having clear guidelines for awarding crime grants and not always following up to ensure that the money was spent properly.

Maryland state Sen. Will Smith returns from a six-month U.S. Navy deployment to Afghanistan with new perspectives on his role as a lawmaker.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan named a new delegate for Prince George's County, replacing a delegate who pleaded guilty to a campaign finance violation.

Maryland Democrats will elect a new party chair on Dec. 7 to replace Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, who vacated the seat to run for her late husband’s seat in Congress.

Politicians and educational advocates have been debating the merits — and costs — of recommendations for Maryland's public schools made by the Kirwan Commission. What's this all about?

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is turning to Baltimore's Keiffer Mitchell to lobby state lawmakers to advance his agenda.

The Kirwan Commission that's proposing expensive programs to boost Maryland's public schools, hears the public's input on Tuesday night.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has named a new state prosecutor to head an office that investigates political corruption: Charlton T. Howard III.

More than 100 Marylanders now have their gender listed as “X” or “unspecified” on their driver’s licenses and identification cards under a law that went into effect on Oct. 1.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the Hogan Administration have been feuding over wage negotiations that never got off the ground in fall 2018. A state judge's proposed decision could get them back to the bargaining table.

The wireless industry is pushing local governments to allow small cell facilities to be installed on streetlights and utility poles, in preparation for the next generation of cell technology, known as 5G.

Democratic leaders of Maryland’s General Assembly have announced plans to spend billions of dollars more on public school construction — at the same time they plan to significantly boost spending inside classrooms.

Members of the largest union of state government employees, who are locked in a contract dispute with the governor, took their complaints of understaffing to Annapolis on Tuesday.

Maryland’s Handgun Permit Review Board was found in violation of the state’s open meetings law after going into a closed session this summer.

Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday announced the special primary election for the late Rep. Elijah Cummings’ seat representing Maryland’s 7th Congressional District will be held on Feb. 4, with a special general election on April 28.

Here are some key facts about Sen. Bill Ferguson, who is tapped to become the next president of the Maryland Senate.

For decades, as Baltimore lost thousands of residents, its political power in Annapolis dwindled. But the Baltimore region’s sway in state politics looks to be returning.

Longtime Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller announced Thursday that he will relinquish his gavel and seat at the front of the historic Senate chamber, and a liberal senator from Baltimore half his age was named as his successor.

Before being honored by lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol and before thousands pack New Psalmist Baptist Church for his funeral, the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings wanted the people of Baltimore to have a chance to bid him farewell. The congressman got his wish Wednesday, lying in repose at Morgan State University.

Maryland officials are considering adopting restrictions on e-cigarettes as the number of cases of vaping-related lung illnesses continue to rise.

Maryland's Medical Cannabis Commission is planning two independent investigations into the latest process for awarding licenses, a process that's been put on hold following complaints and litigation.

Longtime Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, who is battling cancer, is likely to announce his future political plans Thursday — potentially kicking off a succession scramble.

The late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings tangled repeatedly with President Donald Trump over the past few years. Here are some of the memorable exchanges between the Democratic congressman from Baltimore and the Republican developer who became president.

U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings practiced his faith the same way he practiced his politics, according to his pastor: Steadfastly and always in the front row.

Top Maryland officials pledged Wednesday to come up with a compensation plan by the end of the month for five men who were wrongly convicted and imprisoned for years.

A work group for a state commission is recommending the state of Maryland and county governments should spend $4 billion extra on public schools, a significant step in an ongoing debate over how to return the state’s education system to the best in the nation.

Under a statewide $4 billion education funding proposal that a work group advanced Tuesday, Carroll County would not be required to increase its spending on public schools over the next decade.

The city of Baltimore would be required to nearly double its spending on public schools over the next decade under a statewide $4 billion education funding proposal that a work group advanced Tuesday.

A Baltimore homicide prosecutor and an assistant attorney general have been nominated to become the next state prosecutor, who investigates political corruption.

A 25-year-old man was shot dead in Baltimore's Perkins Homes community on Saturday afternoon in one of multiple shootings in the city.

Tropical Storm Melissa, slowly rotating off the Atlantic Coast, has pushed water up the Chesapeake Bay, resulting in coastal flooding.

Howard County police have arrested two more people in a fatal shooting in Columbia in March.

A committee chaired by Carroll County’s state’s attorney has submitted two nominations for the next state prosecutor, who investigates political corruption.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday that he’s “very troubled” by the actions of President Donald Trump that are being investigated in a congressional impeachment inquiry.

Here's a look at how money from slot machines would be used to pay for an ambitious proposal to renovate Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore and Laurel Park in Anne Arundel County.

While Baltimore leaders celebrate a deal to keep the Preakness Stakes in the city, tough questions await the proposal in next year’s General Assembly session.

Gaines, a Democrat, used a PayPal account that she controlled to take money from her Friends of Tawanna P. Gaines campaign finance account, U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur alleged in U.S. District Court.

Baltimore, overcoming steep odds, has come up with a way to keep horseracing’s prestigious Preakness Stakes in the city through a landmark agreement that would have the owners of the 149-year-old Pimlico Race Course donating the entire racetrack site to the community for development in and around the track.

Maryland is barred from issuing any additional licenses to companies for growing and processing medical cannabis until Oct. 17, a judge ordered Friday.

Here are several key elements of the plan proposed plan to redevelop Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's administration is set to announce plans next week for spending $900,000 to promote the U.S. census.