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What are likely to be the final bond ratings of the Gov. Martin O'Malley's term offer a validation of his fiscal policies.

Maryland aid to non-public schools should be discontinued.

Republican candidate for governor should be more forthcoming about his views on contraception and family planning

Instead of the federal CO2 level, Maryland must focus on the state level to eliminate the toxic pollutants nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide. This can only be achieved by retiring the Charles P. Crane and Herbert A. Wagner coal power plants that produce them.

Anne Arundel County school board member Andrew Pruski, who recently won the Democratic nomination for a County Council seat, announced his resignation from the board Wednesday, citing a state law prohibiting candidates from appearing on a general election ballot simultaneously for more than one paid position.

The federal government will run out of money to deal with the influx of Central American children crossing the U.S. border illegally this summer if lawmakers fail to approve $3.7 billion in emergency funds, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told a Senate panel Thursday.

The University of Maryland University College is considering a proposal to transition from being a University System of Maryland state entity to an independent nonprofit organization with ties to the system.

Baltimore officials will open two youth centers in advance of the strict new curfew law that takes effect Aug. 8, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Thursday.

Maryland Democrats have scheduled an "unity" rally to for next week mend fissures exposed by the party's rancorous primary contest.

Maryland election officials have determined Republican Larry Hogan broke no laws in converting his Change Maryland advocacy organization into a campaign operation.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan's decision to accept public financing is a victory for good government — unless his campaign is a flop.

Republican Larry Hogan will be the first candidate in two decades to mount a statewide general election bid using taxpayer donations. Hogan's campaign said Tuesday it will accept public financing, an unusual move that reflects the GOP's uphill political fight against the state's better-funded and more powerful Democratic Party.

David R. Craig marked the start of his 10th year as Harford County executive on Tuesday, adding to his record length of service in Harford's top elected post.

Republican Larry Hogan will pay for his bid for governor with public financing, the first candidate to mount a state-wide general election bid on taxpayer dollars in two decades.

Thousands of unaccompanied minors from Central America are crossing illegally into the U.S. not because they want a better life but because they want to stay alive

President Barack Obama asked Congress Tuesday for $3.7 billion in emergency funding to address the influx of children from Central America entering the country illegally, a first step in what the White House described as a broader effort to speed deportations.

Johns Hopkins Hospital reached a "tentative agreement" early Tuesday morning on a new contract with the labor union that represents 2,000 of its service workers, ending months of contentious wage negotiations that included a three-day strike in April.

Larry Hogan says he is committed to access to birth control but calls the Hobby Lobby decision a manufactured political issue.

The Hobby Lobby case may not affect Maryland directly, but the next governor's views on women's reproductive health matter.

In settling its labor dispute, Johns Hopkins Hospital demonstrates that paying a living wage to service workers can be mutually beneficial

With the opening this week of the 15-screen theater at Towson Square, Towson will get a look at the first wave of visitors drawn by nearly $800 million due in new investment that will transform the town center of the county seat of government. The theater is the first in a series of density-boosting projects. The county is preparing to fend off gridlock — and not just traffic jams in the street. We think pedestrian congestion looms as a problem requiring attention.

A state correctional services van carrying six inmates and a correctional supervisor to a work detail on Tuesday morning was involved in two-vehicle collision that sent the passengers to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, corrections officials said.

The conflict in Israel is turning increasingly personal as calls for revenge flourish after the killings of innocent teens on both sides.

County's restrictions on snacks and sugary drinks at county-sponsored events and venues are no ban but a measured response to obesity epidemic

Efforts to standardize and update educational standards are crucial if U.S. is to stay competitive in the global economy

Fifty years after passage of Civil Rights Act, Baltimore still working toward equality

Asking employers to pay for contraception makes it their business, along with the business of taxpayers and a bunch of bureaucrats in Washington.

Ralph Jaffe vows that his loss in the Maryland gubernatorial primary will not be the end of his political movement.

A one-of-a-kind deal between the federal government and a cash-strapped Maryland university was supposed to deliver big benefits for both agencies. But interest so far has been minimal, with only about 300 federal workers nationwide signed up for online courses this summer. Advocates for the new program are not daunted.

You haven't heard the last of Heather Mizeur

Two laws sunset this year no longer requiring law enforcement to provide Maryland with information on traffic stops and SWAT operations

The concerns of senior citizens ought to be at the forefront of the next election

As Lievinne Mongu listened to the speakers at her naturalization ceremony on Friday, she reflected on her 14-year journey, from fear in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo to asylum in the United States, a home in Silver Spring and a job with the International Monetary Fund in Washington.

Failure to approve Keystone XL pipeline and other misadventures suggest U.S. needs a change in leadership

WASHINGTON -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley will organize a fundraiser for three at-risk House Democrats later this month on the Eastern Shore in the run up to this year's midterm election.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. is asking for the fourth rate increase in as many years.

Johns Hopkins Hospital and the labor union that represents 2,000 service workers ended contract talks without an agreement Tuesday night, despite intervention by the governor.

Atholton High School's Miles Walker recently captured the state's top prize in an American Legion national government instruction program, an accomplishment that for the 16-year old rising senior is nearly 16 years in the making.

Maryland's sex offender registry needs to be part of a larger crime-fighting strategy to protect vulnerable children and adults

The cuts O'Malley made were necessary and may prove insufficient; nonetheless, state finances are in better shape than they've been in years.

I returned to my old community of West Baltimore, under the shadow of Bon Secours Hospital near the intersection of West Fayette and North Payson streets, to visit a native I had not seen for three decades. David Brown, who lived across the alley from me in the old neighborhood, had years ago opened a small store directly across from the sprawling hospital. The New Fayette Street Market & Deli is like a small fortress, with a Plexiglas bastion from which he can sell sundries and essentials in

In the aftermath of an eight-year court battle, a major change to the way Maryland's justice system operates finally boiled down Tuesday to one simple question.

Gov. Martin O'Malley's recent decision to step into the wage fight between Johns Hopkins Hospital and its service workers may have signaled worries of the community consequences if the dispute brews on too long.

James Rogers Miller Jr., a former state delegate from Montgomery County who spent 15 years as a federal judge in Baltimore for the District Court of Maryland, died of congestive heart failure June 25 at HeartFields Assisted Living at Easton. He was 83.

Service workers at Johns Hopkins Hospital will begin a new round of negotiations with the medical institution Tuesday, several days after a strike was averted when Gov. Martin O'Malley asked both sides to take a one-week cooling-off period.