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The Maryland Senate gave final approval Wednesday to a study of whether the comptroller should have authority over alcohol regulation — legislation inspired by a fight between state delegates and Comptroller Peter Franchot over beer policy.

By Scott Dance

Mar 28, 2018

Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot and state lawmakers clashed at a hearing over beer regulations Friday in Annapolis.

By Michael Dresser

Feb 23, 2018

A year after the Maryland General Assembly passed regulatory reforms intended to help craft breweries grow, a debate over beer is set to be renewed on Friday. But while last year's discussions were focused on Guinness' plans for a Baltimore County brewery, this time, the goal is less clear.

By Scott Dance

Feb 22, 2018

State officials awarded a lucrative contract Wednesday to operate the Maryland Lottery to the highest bidder, over the objections of the company that offered

By Michael Dresser

May 10, 2017

Effort to accommodate craft brewers could be a disaster for retailers and wholesalers

Progressive activists staged a protest at a Board of Public Works meeting in Annapolis Wednesday as they demanded that Gov. Larry Hogan speak out against the Trump administration's policies.

By Michael Dresser

Feb 22, 2017

The Board of Public Works voted unanimously Wednesday to terminate lease agreements at the $1.5 billion State Center in an action that Gov. Larry Hogan vowed would clear the way for major redevelopment in midtown Baltimore.

By Michael Dresser

Dec 22, 2016

An appeals court this week dealt another blow to Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz's plan to sell an old government center in Dundalk to a shopping center developer.

By Pamela Wood

Dec 1, 2016

Baltimore's Maggie McIntosh, a veteran Democratic state lawmaker, is weighing whether to take on Maryland's popular Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in the 2018 election.

By Erin Cox

Nov 17, 2016

Hogan's executive order forcing local schools to open after Labor Day sets a troubling precedent — and cost the state school board a prized member

What school construction projects will Hogan and Franchot kill to feed their window AC mania?

A commission set up by General Assembly leaders has launched the first comprehensive examination of Maryland's school construction program in 12 years, looking for ways to hold down costs while building better places to learn.

By Michael Dresser

Apr 28, 2016

Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot has stopped processing electronic and paper tax returns from four more private tax preparers, the latest move in the office's efforts to stop tax fraud and identity theft.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Apr 5, 2016

Christina Delmont-Small, former president of the PTA Council of Howard County, and Vicky Cutroneo, creator of the "Mold in Howard County Schools-Information for Parents" Facebook page, are running a joint campaign for the Howard County Board of Education. Both parents believe they've done as much as they could from the outside to improve the county's school system, and now want to make change from the inside.

By Lisa Philip

Feb 23, 2016

Gov. Hogan issued an executive order Wednesday establishing a commission to reform what he called the state's "increasingly unworkable" policies for purchasing good and services and to replace it with a system that gets the most bang for the taxpayer's buck.

By Michael Dresser

Feb 11, 2016

With all the focus on the presidential campaign the equally important legislative races are a bit neglected. If Chris Van Hollen wins the vacant senatorial seat then the 8th Congressional District seat will necessarily become vacant.

Kathleen Matthews' campaign for the 8th Congressional District picked up several high-profile endorsements on Monday, including two senators, the state comptroller and a former lieutenant governor.

By John Fritze

Jan 11, 2016

The nation's largest daily fantasy sports sites are lining up top Maryland lobbyists and attorneys – including the state's former chief gaming regulator – to build support for keeping the games going as the state attorney general prepares to weigh in and the legislative session looms.

By Jeff Barker

Jan 4, 2016

Nick Stewart is back to where his education began in new role

By Heather Norris

Sep 30, 2015

To those who followed him into the governor's mansion, Marvin Mandel was a wise and generous adviser — regardless of your party. To all manner of local, state and federal officeholders who gathered for his funeral in Baltimore on Thursday, he was a master technician of their game.

By Jean Marbella

Sep 3, 2015

To those who followed him into the governor's mansion, Marvin Mandel was a wise and generous adviser — regardless of your party. To all manner of local, state and federal officeholders who gathered for his funeral in Baltimore on Thursday, he was a master technician of their game.

By Jean Marbella

Sep 3, 2015

Here's a look at what others are saying about the passing of former Maryland Gov. Marvin Mandel.

The governor of Maryland didn't make it this year. Nor did the two leading U.S. Senate candidates. But there was a special guest at the J. Millard Tawes Crab and Clam Bake Wednesday – a cooling breeze off the Chesapeake Bay.

By Michael Dresser

Jul 15, 2015

City officials and police are gearing up for large downtown celebrations on July 4 that come amid a federal terror warning and increased violence in the city since the death of Freddie Gray.

Comptroller praised for his fiscal policies, support of community

Baltimore's metro area has dominated statewide politics in Maryland for more than a century, but the 2016 race for retiring Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski's seat is getting under way after decades of demographic forces have shifted the political center away from the state's largest city and toward Montgomery and Prince George's counties.

By John Fritze

Mar 16, 2015

President Barack Obama offered his praise of Sen. Barbara Mikulski

Hundreds of people, including top city and state officials, on Monday mourned the death of longtime Baltimore Circuit Court Clerk Frank M. Conaway Sr. at a funeral held at Morgan State University's Fine Arts Center.

By Luke Broadwater

Feb 23, 2015

As Gov.-elect Larry Hogan and his team begin tackling the state's budget, they will soon turn their attention to one of its most pernicious challenges: the underfunded employee pension system.

By Carrie Wells

Jan 20, 2015

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.

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

The Sparrows Point steel mill's L Blast Furnace -- the largest and most identifiable building on the property -- will be imploded in early of December, the mill's new owners announced Monday.

By Pamela Wood

Nov 24, 2014

Maryland's new governor is Republican Larry Hogan, after his upset of Democratic Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown

Delaying the opening of schools in Maryland until after Labor Day is a short-sighted way to boost tourism at the expense of public education

Comptroller Peter Franchot on Wednesday urged Gov. Martin O'Malley to veto a bill that would halt a major wind energy project on the Eastern Shore, arguing that Somerset County desperately needs the jobs the project would generate.

After a marathon voting session that lasted into the early morning hours Thursday, the Columbia Democratic Club has made its endorsements for this June's Democratic primary elections.

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen marked Friday, the first day his agency started to accept 2013 returns, by urging Baltimore families to seek free tax prep.

The Democratic primary race is on in District 9B, where the two candidates for a newly drawn state delegate seat both held Ellicott City-based fundraisers within a week of each other earlier this month.

Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot visited Carroll County Public Schools Tuesday as part of his Maryland Masters Art Program, which recognizes students' achievements in art.

Board OKs plan to build Purple Line with private partner

President Barack Obama will make his case for reopening the federal government at a construction firm in Maryland on Thursday as a political solution to end the two-day-old shutdown remains elusive.

Despite a state policy to send troubled teens to small, regional facilities for treatment, the Maryland Board of Public Works on Wednesday voted to allow a Carroll County treatment center to double its size to 96 beds — twice the state cap of 48.

The Senate voted Monday to allow states to assess a sales tax on purchases from Amazon.com, eBay and other online retailers in a bipartisan measure that would also reduce the increase planned for Maryland's gas tax.