Politics

Anne Arundel County Republican Corine Frank to be Maryland GOP director when Patrick O'Keefe leaves next month

U.S.-Iran crisis: What Maryland lawmakers are saying about Trump and what happens next in uneasy standoff

Former Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake defends Joe Biden after controversial comments

Jack Evans to resign from Metro board after probe shows he ‘knowingly’ violated rules

Maryland Republican Party to host Vice President Mike Pence at annual fundraising dinner

U.S. Supreme Court upholds cross on public land in Maryland

Reminder: Raised transit fares for Maryland buses, subways, light rail, Mobility shuttles start June 23

In reversal, D.C. Metro chair Jack Evans acknowledges he violated board's ethics code

Maryland Jockey Club seeks $4.4 million in state reimbursement for improvements — all for Laurel Park track

Maryland Gov. Hogan names 11 new members to UMMS board plagued by contracting scandal

Maryland Senate President Miller: Health news is 'largely good'

Legislative leaders call on Gov. Hogan to release funding for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Maryland legislative leaders called on Gov. Larry Hogan Friday to release $1.6 million in funding set aside for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra — even as they criticized orchestra management for failing to disclose earlier the depth of the organization’s financial problems. A day after the symphony...

UMMS adopts new conflict-of-interest policy for board members, will bar board leaders from having contracts

Baltimore County School Board joins condemnation of state delegate's 'hang them high' Facebook post

'Women Against Private Police' faces deadline this week in effort to stop Hopkins police force in Baltimore

'Hang them high': Baltimore County delegate draws fire for Facebook comment aimed at school officials

The Rev. Jesse Jackson says of reparations proposal, it's time 'to take seriously the damage done' by slavery

'Making amends': Baltimore native Ta-Nehisi Coates makes case for slavery reparations before Congress

U.S. House committee declines amendments by Rep. Anthony Brown to block Gov. Hogan's toll lanes project

Three UMMS board members put on leave amid contracts review will return to board

Three University of Maryland Medical System board members who took leaves of absence during an internal review of their companies’ contracts with the system have accepted the board’s invitation to return. August J. Chiasera, an executive at M&T Bank; James A. Soltesz, CEO of a civil engineering...

Maryland spending board approves $27 million contract to demolish closed Baltimore jail

A Trump tax cut meant to help poor areas could pay off for Kevin Plank and Goldman Sachs thanks to misaligned maps

Document: Maryland Jockey Club's reimbursement request

Maryland Gov. Hogan sets up new computer security office to protect state networks

WMATA chair violated ethics codes, probe finds; Maryland Gov. Hogan calls for resignation, further details

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has called for the chair of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to immediately resign and for further transparency in the investigation that found he violated multiple ethics codes. In a statement released Tuesday, the Republican governor repeated his call...

Maryland seeks dismissal of federal lawsuit by company blocked from building natural gas pipeline

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a company that wants to build a natural gas pipeline in Washington County that the state’s top officials have rejected. Columbia Gas Transmission, which is owned by TransCanada Corp., filed the lawsuit...

Amid UMMS leadership shake-up, a longtime Democratic insider holds on — despite questions

For two decades, Mark Wasserman’s job has been to know the University of Maryland Medical System’s business and to bolster it by leveraging his long-standing connections with elected officials, lawmakers and other influential people. A consistent face in Democratic power circles in Baltimore and...

New study urges Baltimore to act against rising water rates that disproportionately affect African Americans

A new study on race and water affordability, which focuses part of its findings in Baltimore, suggests African Americans are disproportionately negatively affected by rising water bills and concludes by urging city leaders to pass new legislation to address the issue. “Water/Color: A Study of Race...

Donald G. Hammen, former Baltimore City Council member, dies

Donald G. Hammen, who represented Southeast Baltimore in the City Council and who later served in the Maryland House of Delegates, died of kidney failure May 18 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Perry Hall resident was 79. Born in Baltimore and raised on South Clinton Street, he was the...