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- State Insurance Commissioner and Republican candidate for Baltimore County executive Al Redmer Jr. is continuing to play up his endorsement from Gov. Larry Hogan in a new digital ad.
- Gov. Larry Hogan signed a bill that would require insurers to pay to preserve the eggs and sperm of people with cancer, who undergo treatments that could hurt their chances of one day having children.
- Maryland became the 11th state to ban conversion therapy for LGBT youth on Tuesday as Gov. Larry Hogan signed legislation passed earlier this year. He gave one of the ceremonial bill-signing pens to Del. Meagan Simonaire, a Republican who came out as bisexual and urged colleagues to pass the bill.
- Maryland General Assembly leaders say they are willing to consider a special session devoted to possibly legalizing sports betting, after the Supreme Court struck down a law barring New Jersey and other states from offering it.
- As news broke that Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa had resigned, Gov. Larry Hogan was signing into law a bill to launch an investigation into city police corruption. The law creates a commission with subpoena power to probe revelations about the Gun Trace Task Force.
- Maryland's expanded Medicare waiver will help make health care in the state more effective and more affordable. Other states should follow its lead.
- Maryland and federal officials Monday announced the approval of Maryland's Total Cost of Care All-Payer Model, the continuation and expansion of Maryland’s unique-among the states experiment in controlling rising health care costs.
- Harford County Public Library Foundation elected Stacy Bowen, Tim E. Braue and Robin
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Kevin Kamenetz dies of cardiac arrest; Baltimore County executive and gubernatorial candidate was 60
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz died at age 60 of a cardiac arrest after waking up early Thursday morning. - Governor Larry Hogan and his cabinet showed solidarity this morning as they kicked off a day’s tour of Howard County, packed with more than 100 visits to county businesses and institutions.
- Before he suddenly died early Thursday, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz was a leading contender in the crowded Democratic primary race for governor. His absence will shake up the race.
- In one of his last interviews, the county executive and candidate for governor defended being a "career politician."
- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan visited Main Street Mount Airy Wednesday afternoon, his tour taking him to the Mount Airy fire company, Wagner’s Meats and Moxely’s Wooden Bowls during his time in town.
- Attending Carroll Community College has always been a wise decision for high school graduates looking to continue their education without breaking the bank. Now, thanks to Gov. Larry Hogan and the Maryland General Assembly, access to an affordable community college education will improve even more.
- Maryland's Republican governor will never revive the Red Line in any shape or form because he'd have to admit to his mistake.
- Transportation is in a bad way in Baltimore. The elephant in the room, however, continues to be the cancellation of the proposed Red Line and its aftermath. Here's a path forward.
- Republican Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday enthusiastically signed more than 200 bills passed by the Democratic-led legislature, including major initiatives to enhance education funding and help victims of sexual harassment or assault.
- A collapse of Maryalnd's ACA marketplace would have ripple effects far beyond those who buy individual Obamacare policies. We can take steps to prevent it.
- Gov. Larry Hogan is scheduled to sign more than 200 bills Tuesday morning — including legislation to offer tuition-free community college to thousands of Marylanders.
- While there are many actions needed to address the opioid crisis, a common sense first step is to stop fentanyl, carfentanil and other dangerous synthetic drugs from reaching Maryland streets through the global postal system.
- Gov. Larry Hogan will sign a bill next week offering a chance for a free community college education to thousands of Marylanders.
- It’s time for State School Superintendent Karen Salmon to admit she acted precipitously and without all the facts when she declined to approve Verletta White as Baltimore County’s school superintendent, as the county board requested. She should immediately reconsider her decision to interject.
- There's something a little fishy about the surprise rejection of Verletta White by the state superintendent.
- Almost immediately after the Baltimore County School Board voted 8-4 to hire Verletta White as superintendent, dissenting members ignited a grassroots lobbying effort to ask the state schools superintendent to block the appointment.
- The state superintendent rejected the Baltimore County school board’s choice for a permanent superintendent on Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know the decision.
- In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Verletta White said that superintendent Karen Salmon had told her the ethics review panel’s findings are cause for “concern.”
- The decision by the state not to confirm Verletta White as Baltimore County schools superintendent set off a round of political finger-pointing Thursday.
- The embattled leader of Prince George’s County’s public schools will give up his post at the helm of Maryland’s second-largest school system, a school district spokesman said Tuesday.
- Gov. Larry Hogan joined state Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer Jr. in downtown Towson on Tuesday to support Redmer’s campaign for Baltimore County executive, appearing with him on a tour of small businesses.
- Baltimore's struggle to eliminate blighted, vacant houses both exemplifies the city's broader problems and belies its strengths.
- Jill Carter, a former state delegate and current civil rights chief at the Baltimore mayor's office, has been appointed to the Maryland senate seat vacated by Nathaniel Oaks.
- Ground was broken for the Merriweather District redevelopment project in downtown Columbia on Monday. The mixed-use development includes a new office tower and housing.
- Governor Hogan made a good call in signing legislation to put an end to mass breeders of dogs and cats.
- The University of Maryland School of Medicine opens cancer research lab named after the sister of Orioles owner Peter Angelos.
- Maryland environmental regulators are requiring the owner of the Conowingo Dam to find a way to limit pollution that flows down the Susquehanna River from reaching the Chesapeake Bay, because the structure is no longer effectively trapping the sediment and nutrients washing down from Pennsylvania.
- Catherine Pugh’s criticism of corner stores in West Baltimore recalls another blunt-spoken, confrontational mayor: William Donald Schaefer. And that’s good — for about a minute.
- The seven Democratic contenders for their party's nomination for governor struggled Thursday night to differentiate themselves from the herd. Nobody clearly succeeded.
- Gov. Larry Hogan spoke with young adults with substance abuse problems who had been clean for months after connecting with treatment programs through Anne Arundel County’s Safe Stations program.
- The Board of Education voted on Tuesday to extend the school system’s calendar year by two days, after the state’s school board denied its request to waive two makeup days.
- When it comes to protecting the health and safety of the 2.5 million workers across our state, the main cop on the beat, the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) division, is exhibiting lackluster performance.
- Crime and public education were among the top issues Tuesday night as the two Republican candidates for Baltimore County executive faced off at an Essex forum.
- The Maryland State School board gave Baltimore County high schoolers a break, saying they didn't have to return to school for an extra day at the end of the year.
- Carroll County's sheriff's and state's attorney's offices applied for a grant from the Governor's Office of Crime, Control and Prevention to join the Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network, as part of Gov. Larry Hogan’s battle against gang-related crimes out of Baltimore city.
- Gov. Larry Hogan made time for puppies outside the State House Tuesday before going in to sign a trio of bills intended to protect animals in Maryland.
- Some people are voting against Larry Hogan no matter what. Some will vote for him no matter who runs against him. Neither side's base is big enough to win. Here's what each needs to do.
- The latest Goucher Poll puts Gov. Larry Hogan in a strong position to win a second term.
- In Baltimore County's school construction debate, as the Board of Education faces an important vote May 8, the fates of Lansdowne and Dulaney high schools are deeply intertwined.
- Gov. Larry Hogan, widely perceived by Marylanders as a moderate, is dominating all of his prospective Democratic rivals by double digits in a Goucher Poll released Tuesday.
- After a snow-filled winter, Maryland school districts are taking two routes to meeting the state's 180-day instructional requirement. They'll either extend the school year or seek a waiver from the state.
- Top Democrats took from Peter Franchot a possible future chairmanship of state's pension board but they may also have stumbled into rational policy.