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Gov. Larry Hogan offered four kinds of tax relief in the first State of the State speech of his nascent administration, promising to push for breaks that impact the environment, small businesses, some retirees and transportation funding.

With about a third more constituents and a lot more territory to cover, Sate Sen. Wayne Norman finds himself with a significantly larger workload since the Maryland General Assembly's 2015 legislative session began last month, compared to his seven prior years as a state delegate.

Officials from the Hogan administration said the Office of Appointments is planning on sending a letter to every central committee which has the responsibility of recommending someone for a vacant legislative seat requesting they submit multiple names for the position.

Gov. Larry Hogan outlined a budget plan Thursday that would cut school aid to Baltimore and state workers' pay but preserve — for now — funding for two light rail lines.

Road repair and maintenance money, Hatem Bridge tolls and concerns about rising tuition are on the agenda of Harford County's legislators as they prepare for the 2015 session.

Republican Barry Glassman took a quick and commanding lead in his bid to become Harford County's next county executive as early general election returns began to trickle in Tuesday. By 9:30 p.m., he declared victory.

With early voting coming to a close and the official election day around the corner, Harford's residents will be getting a new County Executive, as well as a mostly new County Council come Nov. 5.

Republican state Sen. J.B. Jennings of Joppa, who has spent more than a decade in the Maryland General Assembly, is being challenged for his Senate seat by Democrat Kim Letke of Joppa, a former police officer and current government contractor.

Three incumbent Republicans running for the three seats in the House of Delegates in District 7, which encompasses western Harford County and eastern Baltimore County, are being challenged in their party primary by two other candidates, one with Harford County ties who has been campaigning across the district for months and ruffling the incumbents' feathers in the process.

After a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Maryland election officials said Friday they won't enforce the state's $10,000 limit on aggregate campaign contributions.

It's seven days and counting until the 2014 session of the Maryland General Assembly ends at midnight Monday, and the fates of a number of Harford County centered bills remain to be decided in those waning days.

Residents in Bowerman-Loreley Beach want compensation for living near Eastern landfill, and state lawmakers are considering it. A measure is currently before the General Assembly to authorize the county to grant about 120 families near the landfill relief from property taxes.

One of my goals, once upon a time, was to write one of those scholarly type articles that got reprinted and handed out to legions of college students in first level political science classes, forever immortalizing the obscure author to the annals of the irrelevant, not unlike a one-hit wonder in the recording world.

With about five hours to go until Tuesday night's deadline for candidates to file to run in the June 24 primary election for county and state offices, most local races had candidates from both parties, with a few notable exceptions

Harford County voters are likely to see a number of familiar names plus a smattering of new ones when they vote for their representatives to the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis later this election year.

State Senator Nancy Jacobs, a Republican representing District 34 that includes parts of Harford and Cecil counties along the Route 40 corridor, announced today that she will not be seeking reelection next year.

Criticism mounted Thursday over the gift of a National Rifle Association lifetime membership from Anne Arundel County Republicans to a boy who was suspended from school in March when he chewed a pastry into the shape of a pistol.

At least 60 people came out to downtown Bel Air Saturday afternoon to take part in the Harford County Republican Central Committee's Second Amendment Rally, and meet many of the legislators who tried to defeat the state's new gun control laws.

In a long-sought victory for Baltimore, the Maryland Senate voted Friday for a plan that will provide $1 billion to launch an unprecedented systemwide drive to rebuild and renovate the city's crumbling school buildings.

A state senator told a his colleagues Wednesday that a bill to prohibit schools systems from suspending children who make gun gestures or have objects that look like a gun is needed because, "I believe this has gotten out of hand."

An attorney for an Anne Arundel County 7-year-old suspended for allegedly nibbling a pastry into the shape of a pistol has filed a formal appeal with the county Superintendent to have the suspension overturned and the student's record expunged, saying he will "go all the way to the Maryland Court of Appeals" if the school system does not comply.

With all three of Harford County's state senators having voted against proposed sweeping statewide gun control legislation, local delegates on the House side are now taking their turn with it.

With more than 16,500 early voters and the highest number of registered voters in Harford's history polling locations saw record turnouts Tuesday for the 2012 presidential election.

When Baltimore County Republicans vote in primary elections every four years, they also cast ballots for the chairman of their local party. Party leaders want to change that.

Harford County delegation back to work Jan. 11, want answers on hold up of funds for HCC's Towson building project

With designs to bring the long, controversial process to a close, the task force that is charged with examining the selection process of the Baltimore County School Board will meet to discuss a potential resolution on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 4 p.m. at the Randallstown Community Center.

With designs to bring the long, controversial process to a close, the task force that is charged with examining the selection process of the Baltimore County School Board will meet to discuss a potential resolution on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 4 p.m. at the Randallstown Community Center.

Harford senators, delegates could be affected

Long before this week, chairman Tony Campbell had lost control of the Baltimore County Republican Central Committee. Campbell and the committee have spent nine months squabbling over many issues.