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Gov. Larry Hogan announces Annapolis road project without inviting Speaker Busch.

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.

Primary races settled this week reflect the underlying divide in the Maryland's minority party, pitting Republicans who stand on conservative principle against those who are willing to be more pragmatic as the underdog in a blue state.

Several General Assembly incumbents were trailing opponents after early primary voting results were released Tuesday evening — but many incumbents worked to turn back tough challenges.

Congressional delegation warned project threatens military base.

Acting Natural Resource Secretary Joseph P. Gill's confirmation as the department's permanent chief appears back on track, as a Senate committee Monday approved his nomination after Gill apologized for remarks that angered watermen and vowed to work on closing what he called a "communication gap."

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings urged state lawmakers Monday to raise Maryland's minimum wage to $10.10, arguing that lower wages will continue to strain government programs that help the poor.

Harford County State Sen. Barry Glassman says he will co-sponsor legislation in this Maryland General Assembly session that will allow individual counties to set their own minimum wage rates subject to enforcement by the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.

Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent turned Republican activist, set his sights Tuesday on taking back Maryland's 6th District congressional seat for the GOP. But state Sen. Nancy Jacobs, one of the state's longest-serving Republican lawmakers, said she will not seek re-election in 2014, adding to the attrition of the GOP's small band of senators.

After an emotional debate that centered on two horrific Maryland murder cases, the Senate rejected an attempt Friday to create exceptions in Gov. Martin O'Malley's bill that would repeal the death penalty.

The Senate began its floor debate Friday on a bill that would make Maryland the 18th state in the nation to eliminate the death penalty.

Senate votes to ban drunken sailing

Gov. Martin O'Malley urged the General Assembly Wednesday to approve an unabashedly liberal agenda including repeal of the death penalty, new curbs on guns and spending for construction projects that create jobs.

A bill would make soft-shell crab the state sandwich, but some wonder why not the crab cake?

The Maryland Senate passed Gov. Martin O'Malley's gambling expansion bill on a 28-14 vote Friday, sending the legislation to a more closely divided House of Delegates for a decision when the General Assembly's special session continues into a second week Monday.

Business owners and residents throughout the Easton region are preparing to fight plans to shutter a U.S. Postal Service processing hub, which has been threatened with closure twice before. Many residents describe the facility as an essential economic link between the mostly rural shore and the rest of Maryland.

Determined to avoid deep cuts to state spending, a Senate committee voted Thursday to approve an increase of roughly one-quarter of a percent in Maryland's income tax rate and to shift part of the state's teacher pension costs to the counties, though at a more gradual pace than proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley.

State Senator Jim Brochin of Towson introduced a legislative package on Thursday in Annapolis that is designed to reform both the state legislative and Congressional redistricting processes.

Governor calls action against Eastern Shore farmer and Perdue 'costly litigation of questionable merit'