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Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot is about to launch a new website, and he’s worried that some taxpayers might think it’s fake because he says it looks so good.
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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.
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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.
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The stewards of Maryland’s public records law are seeking greater authority to adjudicate disputes between government agencies and individuals who seek public records from them, without sending the matters to court.
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For six minutes after the mass shooting, killer Jarrod Ramos hid from police in the Capital Gazette newsroom. Experts say first responders face tough decisions.
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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.
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Service on the MTA’s light rail, the Penn-Camden Shuttle or Metro Subway was disrupted on all but one weekday in September, according to a tally of the agency’s service alerts by the Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, a rider advocacy group.
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Baltimore struggles to maintain and update Open Baltimore, its website for sharing data with the public about everything from crime to city salaries. Officials say it's a matter of resources.
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State agencies in Maryland are struggling to handle thousands of public records requests from reporters, attorneys and other members of the public and lack consistent policies for complying with the state disclosure law, according to a survey by the state’s public access ombudsman.
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The state’s Census Complete Count Committee is charged with an important task: Making sure every Marylander is counted in the 2020 Census. But lawmakers on the committee say it isn’t doing much of anything. With about $900,000 to spend, the committee has yet to create a budget or spending plan.
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Gov. Larry Hogan pledged this week to authorize up to 10 Maryland State Police helicopter crews to staff flights over Baltimore as part of an effort to help the city to deter crime, but the union that represents state police pilots has a message for the governor: Not so fast.
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Legislative auditors for the General Assembly are examining how the Maryland Racing Commission doled out state subsidies to the Maryland Jockey Club.
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The apartment company owned by Jared Kushner's family has refused to settle with the Maryland Attorney General's office, which has been investigating the New York company's rental practices in Maryland.
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Several of the Maryland horse racing regulators who have been winning breeders’ bonuses from an account they manage also have been winning lucrative state-subsidized purses as owners of top-performing thoroughbreds.
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Baltimore state Delegate Nick Mosby is asking Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh to investigate the Maryland Racing Commission.
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The Baltimore City Board of Ethics’s electronic filing website was back up and running, more than three months after the May 7 ransomware attack, offering the curious a look at city officials' ethics forms once again.
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Most members of the Maryland Racing Commission are financially invested in the sport they govern, including several who have won cash awards from a state program managed by the panel, a Baltimore Sun investigation has found.
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Anytime one of their own is injured—and whenever any shooting victim is transported to the hospital by ambulance—at least one Baltimore police car travels with the ambulance to help the journey
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A Delaware man has filed a complaint that the Maryland Handgun Permit Review Board improperly held part of a meeting behind closed doors last month.
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Baltimore housing authority spent nearly $200,000 to replace new toilets amid Poe Homes water outage
Baltimore spent nearly $200,000 to replace weeks-old toilets at the Poe Homes public housing complex, according to documents obtained by The Baltimore Sun.
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Maryland’s Handgun Permit Review Board may have violated the state’s open meetings laws -- but it appears no one plans to challenge it.
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The former pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Dundalk, Cameron Giovanelli, has been arrested on charges he sexually abused a child 12 years ago.
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The Maryland Transit Administration denied a public information request for surveillance video footage of a Baltimore Light Rail station collapsing into the street.
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Maryland should impose a longer “cooling off” period before state lawmakers can become lobbyists, according to the advocacy group Public Citizen.
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Emails between Baltimore Police commanders show a pattern of internal affairs detectives failing to investigate officer misconduct cases within Maryland’s one-year limit.
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A Maryland state senator who led the charge to upgrade Maryland’s 911 system says T-Mobile has been overcharging Maryland families and companies for years.
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Police agencies across Maryland have failed for years to comply with a state law mandating reporting on excessive force incidents and criminal cases brought against officers.
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A new Maryland law requires greater transparency in disclosing fees paid by the state’s pension system to investment firms.
