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Republican Gov.-elect Larry Hogan on Thursday painted a grim portrait of the financial house he'll inherit next year, saying Maryland needs "strong medicine" to end an era of outsized spending.

Stressing he doesn't intend to "park" his beliefs at the door, incoming Attorney General Brian E. Frosh spoke up Thursday in defense of two controversial environmental initiatives that Gov.-elect Larry Hogan has vowed to repeal or block.

State officials on Wednesday announced $10 million in state tax credits that will fund nine historic restoration projects across Maryland, including three in Howard County.

While Larry Hogan triumphed in the Maryland governor's race, his fellow Republicans won legislative and the county council seats in Dundalk for the first time in decades, completing a dramatic partisan shift in one of the state's once reliably Democratic Party strongholds. The realignment culminated after years of disaffection and may create a lasting transformation.

Hogan warns of 'tough choices' ahead on budget

Republican Gov.-elect Larry Hogan and Democrat Peter Franchot, the state's comptroller, met up Monday in this historic Eastern Shore town for a joint tour of downtown businesses and a public show of bipartisan holiday spirit.

Governor-elect Larry Hogan promised Maryland farmers that he would "fight" costly new farm pollution regulations put forward by his predecessor, even as environmental groups released new data showing many chicken farms on the Eastern Shore could be fouling the Chesapeake Bay.

Maryland's second-highest court is weighing the future of Jody Lee Miles, one of four men left in limbo on death row after lawmakers abolished the death penalty.

Former one-term Maryland governor hardly a credible candidate for the White House

A public-private partnership to replace outdated government office buildings with a mixed-use, transit oriented development made sense when Ehrlich proposed it, and it makes sense now.

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, encouraged by whopping awards and settlements in other states, could join what one analyst calls a "nationwide cascade" of litigation against the oil industry for its use years ago of a gasoline additive that has contaminated ground water across the state.

WASHINGTON -- Gov. Martin O'Malley, who is considering a run for president in 2016, raised $581,550 into a pair of political accounts in the weeks leading up to and immediately following the midterm elections.

A proposed wind farm in Somerset County would endanger national security and must be scrapped or altered.

Zirkin named to head Senate Judicial Proceedings panel

When Senate President Mike Miller says a big tax repeal isn't happening for Larry Hogan, he's being more honest than partisan

Film production credits have supported many good jobs in Maryland, but they will never create an industry that will stand on its own.

Gov. Martin O'Malley's announcement that the state will move forward with establishing regulations for hydraulic fracturing — fracking — in Maryland leaves behind a terrible legacy. He has secured his place in history as the one who opened up the state to the inherent risks of the practice, which involves horizontal drilling and the fracturing of underground rock with pressurized water and chemicals to release gas deposits, despite Marylanders' growing opposition to it.

On his last full day in the office where he spent much of his long public service career, Harford County Executive David Craig sounded content with his legacy and quietly modest about his achievements.

Maryland's fracking report is an example of prudent governance.

An advisory commission studying how to drill safely for natural gas in western Maryland will take public comments Dec. 8 on its recommendations to proceed, but with strict oversight.

If the Great Bay wind project is killed, it will be a terrible loss for Maryland. Governor O'Malley's visionary plan for Maryland to lead in clean energy jobs and investment will be set back. Somerset County, Maryland's poorest, will be deprived of a $200 million investment, 500 construction jobs and $44 million in new tax revenues. Over 200 landowners would lose untold millions in royalty payments. Mr. Hoyer created this fake crisis by meddling in a process that he himself passed a law to

Maryland is only state in Chesapeake Bay region with a 'rain tax' and it should be the first to rescind one, too

The 59th Carroll County Board of Commissioners has come and is nearly gone. During their four-year term, they dubbed themselves as the "Fighting 59th" citing their duty and desire to protect the residents of Carroll County, especially their rights as stated in both the state and federal constitutions.

New rules proposed by the State Board of Elections would forbid candidates from dipping into their political funds to pay for such things as foreign travel, tuition or mounting a legal defense to charges unrelated to the campaign.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Dan Rodricks lists the reasons why he's thankful.

Latest state-sanctioned study approves of natural gas development in Western Maryland but risks to local economy are considerable

Maryland agencies have concluded that natural gas production from the Marcellus Shale by hydraulic fracturing (fracking) can be accomplished without unacceptable risks, but only if a suite of best practices is required, monitoring and inspections are rigorous, and enforcement is ironclad. The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) released their conclusions yesterday in a draft report written in close consultation with the Marcellus Shale Safe

Capping more than three years of study, the O'Malley administration declared Tuesday that hydraulic fracturing for natural gas can be done safely in Western Maryland, but only after regulations are tightened to reduce air and water pollution and protect residents from well contamination, noise and other disruption associated with an anticipated drilling boom.

The much-maligned 'rain tax' is an appropriate fee to stop harmful runoff

A Western Maryland woman whose parents were killed by man on death row said she urged Gov. Martin O'Malley in a phone conversation Monday afternoon not to commute the man's sentence.

Proposal to lease Eastern Shore farm to Democratic donor is not a 'pretty good idea'

O'Malley's new phosphorous rules are key to a clean bay.

Hogan's options on the budget may be limited but he can still roll back O'Malley's immigration policies

From 2002 until last summer, only one line in one piece of Baltimore City Council legislation was vetoed.

Led by West Virginia's attorney general, 21 states have joined a legal effort seeking to overturn Maryland's tough new gun-control law. The Maryland statute has no effect on gun laws in their states, but the attorneys general argue in amicus briefs filed this month that Maryland's ban was written too broadly and violates the Second Amendment rights of their citizens.

Anthony Brown lost because he did everything wrong in his campaign to be Maryland's next governor

Dems clout dims

With two months left in office, Gov. Martin O'Malley has asked to meet with at least two families whose loved ones were killed by men on Maryland's death row — a move that may signal the governor is poised to take action on death penalty cases.

Despite the barrage of political ads that assailed the eyes and ears of Marylanders in the recent governor's race, Democrat Anthony G. Brown and Republican Larry Hogan did not set a spending record.

Gov.-elect Larry Hogan said Monday that new budget figures show Maryland's economic picture is even bleaker than he had warned during his campaign, and will make it tougher to devise a plan to cut taxes.