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President Donald Trump, at a rally in Montana on Thursday night, criticized Jealous over immigration — though not by name.

A coalition of Maryland superintendents representing large school districts is asking Gov. Larry Hogan and other elected leaders to protect the rights of undocumented students and their families.

Several Maryland universities have begun pushing back and pledging to explore ways to protect “dreamers” on their campuses.

Maryland gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous was arrested Tuesday in Washington during an immigrants rights demonstration, his campaign said.

Despite the significance of public policy in our lives, university-based schools of public policy have recently come under criticism for allegedly being irrelevant to what really matters in government. The critiques are, in my view, flawed in many ways, but they rightly point out a need to provide future public servants with the tools that they require to research, craft, execute and evaluate policies that affect our everyday lives. After all, schools that provide this training help make our

The Sun endorses Brochin for Senate, Lafferty, Aumann and West for House of Delegates and Kach for County Council

After inquiries made by The Baltimore Sun, Towson University has changed its policy on which undocumented immigrants qualify to pay in-state tuition under a federal program.

Elizabeth C. Bellavance, educator, social activist and patron of the academic and arts communities, died July 24 of cancer at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, Va. She was 77.

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.

Opponents of equality need to get their minds out of the bathroom and recognize the very real discrimination, violence and alienation transgender people suffer.

Martin O'Malley came to Annapolis with an executive mindset, but he'll mostly be remembered for what he did when the General Assembly was in town.

Maryland's high school graduate rate rose significantly this year, with particularly large increases for minority and special education populations.

Benjamin Jealous leaves the NAACP a revitalized and relevant institution that is at the forefront of the social justice struggles of our time.

Benjamin Jealous leaves the NAACP a revitalized and relevant institution that is at the forefront of the social justice struggles of our time.

Retiring NAACP President Benjamin Jealous transformed the group by refocusing it on contemporary concerns

Proposed expansion of Maryland's two-tier licensing system will make the roads safer

Welcoming immigrants is not only kind but smart — a lesson Baltimore can teach its suburban neighbors

Public should support driver's licenses for all immigrants as a matter of self-interest

More African-American students in Maryland successfully passed a rigorous Advanced Placement exam in 2012 than ever before, as the state continues to lead the nation in the percentage of students deemed college- and career-ready, according to data released by the national College Board on Wednesday.

The legislature needs to fix an unintended consequence of the law allowing some undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates

Carroll County leaders offer peculiar reasoning behind English-only proposal

Local officials in Frederick County and elsewhere shouldn't be enforcing immigration law.

A broad coalition of donors — including casino giant MGM, Delta Airlines, a Washington nightclub and thousands of individuals across the country — together gave nearly $6 million to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland, providing a financial advantage that supporters say was critical to the campaign's success.

Kevin Hernandez was 11 when he left his grandmother's home in El Salvador, traveling by bus and on foot – and alone – to meet his mother in Maryland, whom he had not seen since he was 6.

Hoping to build on their success in Maryland, about 200 immigration advocates rallied in front of the White House on Thursday in support of a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigration policy.

For the first time in its history, Cecil County will have a county executive and, based on early unofficial election returns from Tuesday night, Republican Tari Moore will be the first to hold that office.

The Dreamers — students brought to the United States illegally as children, who now want to pursue higher education here — gathered at a Mexican restaurant in Fells Point Tuesday evening and ended up celebrating approval of the Maryland Dream Act

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler argues that the Dream Act is a proper extension of the American Dream.