Combatting crime is a top issue among the candidates battling to become Maryland's next governor.

Maryland is selling the Spring Grove psychiatric hospital and its 175-acre Catonsville campus to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County for $1 even though the state has struggled for years with a lack of psychiatric facilities and services, particularly for people facing criminal charges or held in state prisons.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's administration proposes transferring the Spring Grove Hospital Center and its desirable 175-acre campus to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County for $1, a move that could shutter the centuries-old psychiatric facility.

In Maryland's gubernatorial race, there's no obvious Democratic front-runner in a crowded and experienced field. Who, if anybody, will emerge before primary day?

Maryland gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore said Friday "desperate attacks" by political opponents are fueling stories questioning his past statements.

The Maryland law will ban perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in paper products for food packaging and in rugs and carpets, as well as in firefighting foams, starting in 2024.

Feds: Did Maryland illegally underpay state employees at multiple state institutions run by two separate state agencies?

Maryland gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore, dogged by accusations of embellishing his childhood ties to Baltimore, said Friday he stands behind his words in a decade of media appearances and a best-selling autobiography.

Laura Neuman, the former Republican county executive for Anne Arundel County who launched a potential run for governor of Maryland as a Democrat, has decided to drop out of the race.