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Republicans in Congress must address threats to our democracy and help give states the tools and resources they need to protect our elections.

The state of Maryland has filed suit against the owner of the former St. Vincent’s Infant Asylum, alleging its illegal demolition violated asbestos laws.

By Luke Broadwater

Jul 2, 2019

We will see if Democrats will allow redistricting reform now that the Supreme Court said it will not take up the issue of gerrymandering.

The U.S. Supreme Court is forbidding President Donald Trump's administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, for now.

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal courts are not the appropriate venue to resolve allegations of partisan gerrymandering.

By Luke Broadwater

Jun 27, 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule Thursday morning on a high-profile case alleging unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering in Maryland.

By Luke Broadwater

Jun 26, 2019

State Attorney General Brian Frosh has asked a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit by a company seeking to build a pipeline in western Maryland.

By Doug Donovan

Jun 18, 2019

Several Maryland Cybersecurity Council members and other experts have offered their free service to the Baltimore City Council, which has not responded.

By Doug Donovan

Jun 17, 2019

Maryland will recoup millions spent on the disastrous roll-out of the state’s health exchange created under the Affordable Care Act.

By Meredith Cohn

Jun 14, 2019

Two Baltimore women were convicted in connection with a retail theft conspiracy in which they pleaded guilty to stealing $100,000 worth of merchandise.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jun 13, 2019

Maryland has joined a 44-state lawsuit alleging an expansive generic drug price-fixing scheme perpetuated by 20 corporations and 15 individual defendants.

A retired Baltimore Police sergeant has agreed to cease soliciting money for a police charity that the Maryland Attorney General’s Office says misled the public about its operations.

Mayor Catherine Pugh is not going to leave office willingly so Attorney General Brian Frosh needs to give Gov. Larry Hogan the authority to legally remove her.

Prosecutors say Cash-N-Go Inc. offered "title loans" at rates more than 10 times the state's maximum legal rate of interest. Title loans are short-term, high-interest loans secured by consumers' vehicles.

Three Marylanders decided a few weeks back that April 1 could not come soon enough and chose to make fools of themselves a little early this year.   

A retired public corruption investigator has filed a complaint with his former state agency against Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, alleging she perjured herself by not reporting her Healthy Holly company in annual ethics disclosure forms when she was a state senator.

By Doug Donovan

Mar 25, 2019

Maryland Attorney General announces a settlement with fast food franchisors to end "no poach" agreements.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Mar 13, 2019

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh says a coalition of nine states that joined a federal lawsuit in December to prevent underwater seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean is asking a judge to halt the practice while the case proceeds.

By Doug Donovan

Mar 6, 2019

Volkswagen Group of America plans to develop a new vehicle import facility at Tradepoint Atlantic in Sparrow Point.

Maryland's governor and attorney general should not be interfering with President Trump's emergency declaration to enable more money for border wall construction.

In challenging President Trump's border 'emergency,' Maryland's attorney general did what voters elected him to do - look out for the interests of Maryland and the nation.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a federal court's decision that struck down a unique Maryland law to curb price gouging for generic prescription drugs. The General Assembly passed the law in 2017 at the urging of state Attorney General Brian Frosh and health care advocates.

By Jeff Barker

Feb 19, 2019

Saying President Donald J. Trump “has veered the country toward a constitutional crisis of his own making,” the attorneys general of Maryland and 15 other states sued the president Monday over Trump’s recent declaration of a national emergency.

By Christina Tkacik

Feb 18, 2019

A federal judge has dismissed Maryland's attempt to protect the Affordable Care Act, known as "Obamacare," from any Trump administration efforts to dismantle it. The office of Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh had sought a declaration that the national health care act is constitutional.

By Jeff Barker

Feb 1, 2019

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said in his State of the State address that he's cut taxes, but experts say the claim stretches the meaning of a tax break. For instance, businesses and residents saved $240 million because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Other cuts came from Democratic bills Hogan signed.

By Doug Donovan

Jan 30, 2019

Md. attorney general: Let us come together to ensure that federal workers are never again held hostage to the whims of a president who believes he can ransom their health and well-being to get his way.

Maryland Democrats are moving forward with emergency legislation to allow federal employees forced to work without pay during a government shutdown to collect unemployment insurance in the state.

Maryland and other states have reached a $209 million settlement with Walgreens over over-dispensing of insulin pens

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jan 25, 2019

The U.S. Supreme court has set a date to hear oral arguments in Maryland’s high-profile case centered on gerrymandering in the congressional voting districts map.

A recent executive order signed by Gov. Larry Hogan and Attorney General Brian Frosh that denies government contracts to businesses that boycott Israel only applies to procurement contracts.

Howard County has filed a petition against the Federal Aviation Administration in federal court, opposing the agency’s approval of a plan to expand BWI Marshall Airport over neighbors’ noise concerns, the county announced Wednesday.

By Colin Campbell

Jan 23, 2019

Lawmakers need to take action by creating criminal penalties to make sure predators don't target lead victims with quick payments.

A Chevy Chase company that made millions of dollars from deals with victims of lead poisoning targeted an “entire generation of youth coming of age in Baltimore” with its deceptive practices, Maryland’s top law enforcement official alleges.

A psychotherapist sued Maryland on Friday saying the ban on conversion therapy — a controversial practice that seeks to change gay people's sexual orientation — violates his First Amendment rights to free speech and practice of religion.

By Jean Marbella

Jan 18, 2019

Archbishop William Lori encouraged the more than 500,000 Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore to report wrongdoing by clergy at all levels as part of an effort to regain public trust as church leaders worldwide confront a sexual abuse crisis.

By Sarah Meehan

Jan 15, 2019

Baltimore County authorities seek dismissal of claims against them in class-action sexual assault lawsuit.

By Catherine Rentz

Jan 15, 2019

Maryland’s Attorney General Brian Frosh announced Thursday the creation of a new hotline where people can report child sexual abuse. 

By Christina Tkacik

Jan 10, 2019

A former Maryland state representative has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Governor Larry Hogan and Attorney General Brian Frosh, taking aim at a controversial executive order denying contracts to businesses that boycott Israel.

By Lillian Reed

Jan 10, 2019

A former Maryland state representative has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Governor Larry Hogan and Attorney General Brian Frosh, taking aim at a controversial executive order denying contracts to businesses that boycott Israel.

Attorneys general in Maryland and other states have reached a $1.5 million settlement with retailer Neiman Marcus over a payment card data breach that affected more than 8,300 Maryland consumers.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jan 8, 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a high-profile case in March alleging unconstitutional, partisan gerrymandering in Maryland’s redistricting process. State Attorney General Brian Frosh appealed the case to the high court in November after a panel of federal judges threw out the 6th District map.

Maryland’s Board of Public Works has approved a deal in which outside lawyers will help the state investigate the opioid industry for potential litigation — and share in a percentage of whatever money they help recover. The state spending panel approved a deal with three law firms.

By Luke Broadwater

Jan 2, 2019

The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted a halt to proceedings in the so-called Emoluments Clause lawsuit brought against President Donald Trump on Thursday.

By Christina Tkacik

Dec 20, 2018

Although President Donald Trump has little to do with running local governments in Maryland, he played an outsize role in politics here in 2018. Trump’s actions prompted backlash among the electorate, which in November voted out several high-profile Republicans in the state.

By Luke Broadwater

Dec 20, 2018

The Maryland attorney general's office is seeking to preserve its suit sustaining the Affordable Care Act while challenging the legality of Matthew Whitaker's appointment as acting U.S. attorney general.

By Jeff Barker

Dec 19, 2018

Frosh's push for emoluments is a case of self-aggrandizing politician gone around the bend.

Rooting out corruption is always in the public interest - even when the target is the nation's president.

Maryland's attorney general has more interest in Donald Trump's profits than in anything that might profit Maryland residents.

Dozens of subpoenas have been issued to business entities related to President Donald Trump — as well as to others — in a lawsuit by Maryland and the District of Columbia alleging the president has violated a constitutional prohibition on profiting from his position.

Hogan and Frosh have a common goal of fair elections but the question is whether states are positioned to fix gerrymandering.