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- Md. environment secretary: Under Gov. Larry Hogan’s leadership, Maryland is living up to its strong commitment to environmental protection and climate change progress — and to protecting the health of our citizens.
- Baltimore’s Democratic party has scheduled a process for replacing former Sen. Nathaniel Oaks, who resigned from the Maryland General Assembly and pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges last week.
- Legislation would stop a practice dating back for years in which Maryland confiscates foster children's Social Security benefits to pay for their care.
- The Maryland ACLU declared victory after Gov. Larry Hogan settled a case over banning people from his Facebook page or censoring their comments,
- Gov. Larry Hogan has a pile of bills on his desk that Democrats are itching for him to veto. Should he do it?
- Maryland state lawmakers have just a week left to resolve some of the costliest and most controversial problems of the year: shoring up Obamacare, alleviating an expected rise in income taxes, expanding the medical marijuana industry and bolstering school safety.
- Coverage of second annual Governor's Cup Taekwondo tournament Saturday at Harford Community College APG Federal Credit Union Arena.
- Maryland lawmakers have agreed to invest millions in boosting a long-neglected child care voucher program that advocates said had relegated poor families to the cheapest and lowest-quality child care available.
- With the approval of the governor’s budget comes capital funding for a number of local projects.
- Comptroller Peter Franchot, who has taken repeated political hits during this year's General Assembly session, slammed Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller in a radio interview Friday and accused the Democratic "machine" in Annapolis of corruption.
- Preview of the second annual Maryland Governor's Cup Taekwondo tournament, scheduled for Saturday at the APGFCU Arena at Harford Community College. Gov. Larry Hogan is expected to attend.
- An extremely revealing article appeared in the Thursday, March 29 paper. It was tucked away on page A3, and headlined "DNC sends $85,000 to Maryland for 2018
- Gov. Larry Hogan has 10 days to decide whether to sign or veto a dozen bills General Assembly leaders sent him on Thursday.
- A Maryland court case before the Supreme Court could help curtail gerrymandering, but we shouldn't limit ourselves to what the justices decide. We have the power to create a fairer process.
- Nearly 20 years ago, a federal judge declared the Maryland lawmakers and lobbyists tolerated a “culture of corruption,” and decried the State House as a “mess” in need of reform. Today, some say, not much has changed.
- Nathaniel Oaks resigned from office at a time that makes it almost impossible for the residents of the 41st District to be represented in the Maryland Senate in the waning days of this year's session.
- Five members of Maryland’s congressional delegation are pressing Gov. Larry Hogan to provide more information about the high-speed transit system called Hyperloop that entrepreneur Elon Musk wants to build between New York and Washington.
- The Maryland Senate voted Thursday to overhaul the way the state approves funding for school construction projects, ending a legislative flurry that has provoked Gov. Larry Hogan and Comptroller Peter Franchot to direct sharp accusations of cronyism at the legislature.
- An Army vet says automatic voter registration would benefit everyone, but particularly those in the military.
- There are real problems that need solving in how Maryland pays for school construction. There's also an election coming. One of those things is driving the bus in Annapolis.
- Opponents of partisan gerrymandering may soon have reason to rejoice after the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments Wednesday in the case of a group of Republican voters in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District who claim Democrats intentionally discriminated against them.
- A recent letter to the Carroll County Times attempted to defend allegedly Republican candidate for delegate David Ellin's generous campaign contributions to
- The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in a Maryland redistricting case that has the potential to reshape how congressional boundaries are drawn nationwide.
- The Maryland Senate and House of Delegates did little to alter Gov. Larry Hogan’s $44.5 billion budget, moving the spending plan through the chambers with minimal acrimony and unusual speed.
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Democratic National Committee sends $85K to Maryland to help challenge Gov. Hogan, other Republicans
The Democratic National Committee is sending money to Maryland to help the party in its efforts to unseat Republican Gov. Larry Hogan this year. - The General Assembly has gotten it wrong with its attack on the Board of Public Works over school construction decisions.
- Gov. Larry Hogan unleashed bitter criticism of leading lawmakers Wednesday over what he called a "simply outrageous" proposal to strip oversight authority over school construction from a board he chairs.
- A sweeping crime bill that passed the Maryland Senate with Gov. Larry Hogan's support is being attacked by critics who call it an election year ploy tainted by harsh, racist sentencing proposals.
- Guaranteeing that casino revenue goes to public education in Maryland is essential.
- Predictably, elected leaders in Annapolis decide that a backdoor tax increase is the way to deal with federal tax reform.
- Even though Gov. Larry Hogan agreed to ban fracking in Maryland, he has quietly sought to expand the infrastructure for the use of fracked gas in the state.
- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday that he was refocusing a demolition plan in Baltimore to target 500 vacant buildings that the city has identified as contributing to violent crime.
- Despite assurances from the most powerful three men in Maryland politics, not all Marylanders will be protected from paying more as a result of the new federal tax bill.
- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday that more investigation is needed to root out Baltimore police corruption, and stressed that other reforms being considered in the General Assembly are needed to fix a larger “mess” in the city’s criminal justice system.
- Some close observers of the Supreme Court thought the fix was in when the justices agreed to hear a Maryland redistricting case this term. Even if they're right, it won't completely solve the problem.
- Gov. Larry Hogan, Rep. Andy Harris and other elected leaders toured Amazon's 1.15 million square-foot fulfillment center in Cecil County, which employs more than 1,000 people in the northeastern region, for its grand opening Friday.
- Fearful that Maryland's individual insurance market could collapse weeks before Election Day, Democrat and Republican leaders have pushed a $380 million tax to shore up Obamacare in Maryland next year.
- Three people are running for the two open Harford County Circuit Court judge seats.
- Days after a triple shooting at a St. Mary’s County high school thrust Maryland into the center of a national reckoning over gun violence, state lawmakers on Thursday displayed bipartisan support for school safety legislation.
- If city school officials don't act quickly, they risk either going against Gov. Larry Hogan's mandate to have school between Labor Day and June 15 or breaking an agreement with the teachers' union.
- Maryland House of Delegates passes budget bill.
- Rather than risk leaving Marylanders in the dark, Gov. Hogan and the PSC should take steps now to build a smart, resilient, flexible grid that can easily accommodate large-scale renewable energy, the rise of electrified transportation and Marylanders’ increasing need for consistent, reliable power.
- Krish Vignarajah is the only woman running to be Maryland's next governor, and her first campaign ad opens with her breastfeeding her infant daughter. Vignarajah says, 'It's me owning the fact that I'm a woman."
- Baltimore and Wicomico counties have already asked to cut the school year short because of bad weather. Howard is trying, and more districts may soon follow. Blame Gov. Larry Hogan.
- On Monday, the Maryland House of Delegates voted to pass a bill that would put certain parameters on any effort to resuscitate the stalled State Center redevelopment project in West Baltimore. Problem is, redeveloping the site was a bad idea when first hatched and has only gotten worse.
- As school systems across the country debate arming staff, Gov. Larry Hogan and the St. Mary’s County Sheriff praised the actions of the school resource officer who fired at a gunman at Great Mills High School.
- Gunfire rang out at Great Mills High School in Southern Maryland as classes began Tuesday morning, the latest school shooting to rattle parents and set off another round of the national debate over gun control.
- We're not going to stop beating the drum for more secure schools – and schools that are designed with security in mind which historically not been the case in Harford County – until the killing stops.
- Linda Norman takes her late husband, Wayne Norman's seat in the Maryland Senate this week. Gov. Larry Hogan appointed her Tuesday, and she was sworn in Friday.
- We can all be grateful that a school resource officer intervened in a Maryland school shooting — and grateful that he had the training not to make matters worse.