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A conservative group trying to force a referendum on a transgender rights law scheduled to take effect this fall did not get the required signatures needed to bring the issue to a vote.

Gov. Martin O'Malley told graduates of the University of Maryland, College Park to be ready for a world in the midst of rapid transformation from climate change, technological advancement and global connectedness.

The two opponents of Del. Jon S. Cardin in his race for the Democratic nomination for attorney general chastised him during a debate Monday night over his skipping almost 75 percent of his committee votes this year

Opponents of equality need to get their minds out of the bathroom and recognize the very real discrimination, violence and alienation transgender people suffer.

At 53 years old in 1972, Jackie Robinson died much too soon. Too soon to receive his presidential Medal of Freedom, too soon to see his friend Dr. King recognized with a national holiday, and too soon to witness the election of the first black president. Yet, Robinson deserves recognition not only for his athletic accomplishments, but also for his commitment to justice. The price of a baseball ticket is a nice gesture toward such recognition, but emulating Robinson's approach, as we seek to

Building on the Dream Act approved by voters in 2012, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Anthony G. Brown proposed Thursday that Maryland provide low-interest college loans to the children of immigrants who are in the country illegally.

Maryland has allowed many of the very largest multi-state, multi-national corporations operating here to use a tax avoidance scheme resulting in the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in state corporate taxes and, sadly, placing Maryland-only businesses at a distinct competitive disadvantage.

Maryland's high school graduate rate rose significantly this year, with particularly large increases for minority and special education populations.

What's fair about Maryland's estate tax?

Howard County Executive Ken Ulman and other candidates for statewide elected office came to make their pitch to the Columbia Democratic Club at Ridgely's Run Community Center in Jessup.

In the next few weeks, beginning Jan. 2, 13,000 immigrants in Maryland will take tests for drivers licenses. The so-called "second-tier" licenses allow undocumented immigrants who pay taxes to drive cars on Maryland roads, but the licenses cannot be used for federal identification. The MVA is seeing the greatest demand for these licenses in the Washington suburbs.

A deal is still possible if House members don't insist on blocking a path to citizenship

Tea party antics in Congress got you down? There's plenty of reason for optimism in the Free State.

Retiring NAACP President Benjamin Jealous transformed the group by refocusing it on contemporary concerns

NAACP president Ben Jealous announced Sunday he will step down from his position at the end of this year.

Lovely vistas, destination dining and a hard line on undocumented workers for Frederick County.

The fight for marriage equality benefited from being considered part of the civil rights movement; now gay rights activists must remain engaged in that broader struggle by fighting incursions on voting rights.

Maryland House Republicans elected a new minority leader, but they aren't going to make much progress if their strategy is to find a new messenger for the same message.

No one, including illegal immigrants, is above the law.

State has a long way to go to make up for past discrimination against black-majority schools

Baltimore, coming off six decades of population decline, grew by 1,100 residents in 12 months, according to government estimates released Thursday.

If the nation adopts comprehensive immigration reform, it should also consider the barriers faced by those who want to visit the U.S. but not stay.