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The Senate was speeding toward final approval of a $1 trillion spending bill late Saturday after muscling past opposition from conservative Republicans — an effort that would end any possibility of a government shutdown until next fall.

Two years after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., it's tempting to think of the horrific incident as a remote, rare event, unlikely to ever hit home. That would be naive. There have been at least two gun-related incidents in my children's Baltimore County school district in the past two years alone. And while school systems nationwide, including in Baltimore County, have spent a fortune on security measures since Sandy Hook, often following the NRA's advice of

NRA-backed effort of attorneys general to overturn Maryland gun law poses questions about where new governor stands

In too many states, the voting restrictions being imposed are not actually protecting the right to vote, they are only trying to insure that the right kind of people vote.

Gubernatorial hopefuls Larry Hogan and Anthony Brown spent the weekend making a final push before Election Day.

The issue of gun regulation, which has already made news at the state level in the race for governor and locally in the Howard County executive campaign, has made its way to Ellicott City.

Why should the NRA know more about Larry Hogan's views on guns than voters do?

Larry Hogan's drive to become governor of Maryland received an infusion of Republican star power Tuesday as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stumped on his behalf.

We don't know what Larry Hogan told the NRA, but we do know what the gun rights group asked, and it's hard to square his endorsement with his public statements.

NRA endorses Hogan, the Brown campaign announces

Democrat Anthony G. Brown and Republican Larry Hogan brought their combative disagreement on Maryland's future to their third and final televised debate in the race for governor. Hogan launched another testy exchange over Brown's role in the O'Malley administration's flubbed online health insurance marketplace. Brown, in turn, bashed Hogan for his role in an Ehrlich administration's personnel controversy.

The two men running to be Maryland's next lieutenant governor traded barbs and accusations Thursday in their first and only formal debate of the campaign.

It wasn't until a mentally ill woman killed her father that she got the help her mother had long been asking for, writes Leonard Pitts Jr.

Critic of state's gun control measure fails to recognize its most important elements

A desperate Anthony Brown is smearing Larry Hogan on gun control.

This Election Day, there is a clear choice between me and Republican Larry Hogan when it comes to preventing gun violence.

Woman facing prison for having a gun in her car is a victim, Ray Rice was not

With less than two months to go until the general election, Howard County voters have been hearing a lot lately from both county executive candidates. Early this week, each campaign released a new TV ad.

Howard County Times, Columbia Flier letters to the editor

A 9-year-old girl should not have been firing an Uzi — and especially after she complained that it was hurting her

State Sen. Jim Brochin of Baltimore County face a re-election challenge from Republican doctor Tim Robinson.

Tapping the amateur sniper market

A physician wonders if his patient is armed and whether doctors should be

Zombie Survival Camp in New Jersey teaches how to defeat flesh-eating foes

Veteran Montgomery County legislator Brian Frosh has the experience, temperament and intelligence to excel as the state's top lawyer.

the practice of bringing long guns into public places "dubious," "scary" and "downright weird."

Carrying assault rifles into Texas fast food restaurants as a form of protest goes too far even for the National Rifle Association

When carnage becomes routine, we lose more than lives. We lose some essential element of our very humanity.

Louis J. "Jack" Foudos, former owner of a cleaning and dyeing company who played a pivotal role in the founding of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Parkville, died May 21 of complications from cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 77.

Graduates can learn from commencement speakers they disagree with.