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Renovating Pimlico and keeping the Preakness in Baltimore is not only about keeping our history of almost 150 years intact, it's also about improving quality of life for Park Heights residents, creating jobs, offering an opportunity to those without opportune circumstances,

While most of the conversations surrounding education in Annapolis have been about the Kirwan Commission and their high-priced, pie-in-the-sky recommendations, Del. Rose’s education bills would improve the lives of students and bring Maryland’s public education into the 21st century.

The proposed commission would study myriad issues about the well-being of college athletes, including whether Maryland colleges and universities are providing enough academic support for athletes and if there are enough resources for those suffering from injuries.

Rec Sports Spotlight for March 3, 2019.

The chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland says Del. Mary Ann Lisanti, a Democrat from Harford County censured by the House for using a racial slur, is now a “lame duck delegate” and should resign.

After failing in past years, a bill to permit terminally ill Maryland residents to obtain prescription drugs to end their own lives is moving forward in the state's General Assembly. Two House of Delegates committees jointly voted to advance the “End of Life Option Act" to the full chamber.

Del. Mary Ann Lisanti won't resign after using the n-word to refer to part of Prince George's County. But she makes one good point: Why did nobody speak up when she first said it?

We need to do more to protect our farming industry and to encourage our youth to consider the farm life, Harford Del. Lauren Arikan writes. We’re still not doing enough, she says.

In Annapolis, there are new moves to impose small cells on Marylanders. Essentially low-powered stations meant to improve wireless service, small cells are usually positioned at most a few hundred feet away from one another. But the personal cost for such service is high.

Baltimore leaders plan to bus residents to Annapolis for a “big rally to keep the Preakness in Baltimore.” It comes as General Assembly lawmakers consider bills central to the future of horse racing in Maryland — and pivotal to the location of the Preakness Stakes, part of the Triple Crown.

State and local lawmakers have said for years they do not want to see the Preakness leave Baltimore. Yet no one raised any alarms as Pimlico's owner was focusing most of its finances of turning Laurel Park into a "super track" that would host the third leg of the Triple Crown.

As Harford County delegate Mary Ann Lisanti faced a censure vote in the House of Delegates, community leaders and elected officials in Harford County — and across the state — are calling for her resignation.

Amid settlement talks between Gov. Larry Hogan and advocates for Maryland’s four historically black institutions, the House of Delegates is scheduled to hold a hearing Friday on legislation that would force the governor to appropriate more than $16 million in the state budget for each university,

Motorcyclists would be allowed to ride between lanes of highway traffic and between vehicles stopped at traffic lights under a bill scheduled for a first hearing in the Maryland House of Delegates on Thursday.

The Maryland Senate has advanced a bill that would ban the use of the foam products by restaurants and grocery stores. The Senate will consider the bill again Monday before taking a final vote. A similar bill is pending in the House of Delegates.

The Maryland House of Delegates has approved a bill revamping the practices of the University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents. The legislation was prompted by the 2018 death of Terrapins football player Jordan McNair, who collapsed during practice.

Maryland’s House of Delegates has approved a bill that would put an end to the practice in Baltimore of putting homes up for tax sales due to unpaid water bills.

Maryland county leaders, including Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr., testified Wednesday in Annapolis in support of a bill that could add $1.8 billion to the state’s school construction funding over the next four years.

The General Assembly needs to pass legislation that would make University of Maryland Board of Regents more transparent.

Howard County’s government operates a school system, a police department with nearly 500 sworn officers, a fire department, a water and sewer system, a landfill and six branch libraries that have the highest per-capita circulation rate in the state.

Who is U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, head of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform?

Gov. Larry Hogan’s legislation to expand the number of schools participating in the state’s technology education program died in a Senate committee — sparking harsh criticism from the governor’s office.

The Maryland House of Delegates gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill gradually increasing the state's minimum wage from $10.10 per hour to $15.

Baltimore can save Pimlico and the Preakness by getting the state to allow casino gambling there.

Baltimore schools clearly need to do more to protect kids in the wake of the Frederick Douglass High School shooting, but arming school police officers isn't the right approach.

Del. Mary Ann Lisanti should resign over use of a racial slur.

In 2017, the legislature appointed a group of educators and experts to analyze school disciplinary practices in Maryland and study best practices with respect to restorative approaches to school discipline that foster school climates most conducive to learning. Here's what we found.

A long-serving Maryland inmate was approved for parole 15 years ago but denied release by Hogan's predecessor.

LaToya Holley and fellow members of Anton Black’s family came to the State House in Annapolis on Tuesday to press for passage of the proposed law, which would require Maryland State Police to develop a uniform citizen complaint process

Two weeks after a shooting in a Baltimore high school, the city’s school board reversed its position on whether school police should be allowed to carry weapons, voting 8-2 in support of legislation that would amend state law to allow officers to patrol schools with guns.

With the leaders of the General Assembly promising to begin livestreaming sessions of the House of Delegates and state Senate over the next two years, lawmakers are withdrawing a bill that would have forced them to do so.

Maryland lawmakers and civil rights leaders are condemning Harford County Del. Mary Ann Lisanti’s reported use of a racial slur during an after-hours gathering in January at an Annapolis cigar bar.

The House of Delegates will begin debate on a bill to gradually increase Maryland's minimum wage from $10.10 per hour to $15 an hour. The revised bill falls short of what worker advocates and unions hope for, because it would slow the rate of the increase and allow a lower wage for servers.

Disabled community supports higher minimum wage but will need help to keep up.

The following local students were named to the dean's list for the fall 2018 semester at Bridgewater College, in Virginia: Kayla E. Boswell, a sophomore

The National Popular Vote compact will make every vote equal, compel candidates to campaign nationwide, and guarantee the presidency to the candidate receiving the most popular votes in all 50 states and D.C. Md. Senate Bill 582 does not deliver any of these three benefits.

Md. senator: I recently introduced legislation in the Maryland General Assembly that commits our state to awarding its Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote, contingent on a state with a similar number of electoral votes that voted for Trump in 2016 doing the same.

Maryland lawmakers are advancing a bill that gradually increases the minimum wage to $15 per hour —  but does it at a slower rate that advocates had hoped for.

It is time to ban foam food containers to protect the environment.

Combining the purchasing power of school systems, including health insurance, could free up dollars to improve education in Maryland.

Del. Mary Lehman, a former Prince George's County Councilwoman, is a dedicated public servant who is an education and environmental advocate.

Maryland cigarette smokers are taxed $2 a pack but cigar smokers who buy from out-of-state go tax-free.

"Lives just come to a halt. Parents can’t function, a class can’t function, siblings can’t function,” said Dr. Susan Schulman, a pediatrician who specializes in PANDAS.

House Speaker Michael Busch has withdrawn the amendment from consideration this year, but plans to introduce it again next year.

Maryland state Sen. Bill Ferguson, a Baltimore Democrat, is sponsoring a bill that would authorize Maryland's 10 Electoral College votes to go to the winner of the national popular vote for president.

Maryland House of Delegates Speaker Michael Busch is withdrawing his legislation to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution, his chief of staff said Saturday.

Ten weeks after a study recommended that the city, state and Pimlico Race Course owner negotiate over the track's uncertain future, the dialogue has become strained and elected officials now say they are battling to prevent the Preakness Stakes from ditching Baltimore.

The Maryland Senate has refused to confirm Gov. Larry Hogan’s appointment of three members to a board that reviews decisions by state police on permits to carry concealed handguns, with several senators citing the board’s rate of granting appeals.

Maryland is a step closer to becoming the first state to ban foam food and drink containers. A state Senate committee has approved the proposed ban, sending it to the full Senate. Supporters of the legislation say it would help the environment by reducing litter.

A day after 12 people were shot in Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels told lawmakers in Annapolis that the city’s “unrelenting” violence shows the need for his institution to create its own police force. Opponents argue armed officers would do more harm than good.