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Gov. Larry Hogan's business dealings have drawn criticism from Democrats, who have sought to tie Hogan to President Donald Trump, and renewed a debate about the lengths to which businessmen-turned-politicians should wall themselves off from their private enterprises.

Former Vice President Joe Biden will be the headliner as Maryland Democrats gather in Baltimore for a "post-primary unity celebration" Saturday evening in support of a victorious Ben Jealous.

Former NAACP chief Ben Jealous won Maryland’s Democratic primary for governor Tuesday, promising to deliver a progressive agenda that makes college free, legalizes marijuana and raises the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour.

More than 18,700 people will have to vote on provisional ballots in Tuesday’s election thanks to a computer glitch that failed to record their voter registration changes, state officials announced late Saturday.

From metro stops to farmers' markets to rallies, churches and pride parades, the six Democrats running for governor crisscrossed Maryland this weekend in a final push to sway voters — many who seem to have just started tuning into the race.

Supreme Court decision giving Maryland a sales tax revenue windfall could set up a political donnybrook over spending, saving or cutting taxes.

States will be able to force more shoppers to pay sales tax when they make online purchases under a Supreme Court decision Thursday.

Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan responds to border crisis, saying he called back the state's small National Guard contingent and will not send any resources while migrant children are being separated from their parents.

The six remaining Democrats running for ended their round of televised debates Thursday with few clashes and agreement on most issues.

Maryland election officials are bracing for increased turnout as early voting for the primary election begins Thursday — and campaigns are rallying their supporters to fight for every vote.

Democrats in deep blue Maryland like Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, even though they don't believe he has changed the state for the better, a new poll for the Baltimore Sun and the University of Baltimore shows.

The seven leading Democratic contenders for Maryland governor are split on releasing their tax returns.

The theme of an ad for Rich Madaleno is 'Take that, Trump." It ends with what the campaign bill as the first same-sex kiss in a political ad.

Former Gov. Martin O'Malley will endorse Rushern Baker in the race for the Democratic nomination for governor.

Some of the Democrats who want to challenge Gov. Larry Hogan went bold in a televised debate taped Wednesday, calling for such measures as impeaching President Donald J. Trump, disbanding the Baltimore police department and ordering state troopers to confront federal immigration agents.

The Democrats are about to have a primary election, but the best ad belongs to a Republican: Gov. Larry Hogan.

The Democratic candidates for governor who took part in a forum at the University of Baltimore Tuesday managed to steer clear of the urban mythology that characterized previous events, but some of them made statements that stretched the truth.

With time running out before the first votes are cast, seven Democrats hoping to be governor this week began stressing the differences among them.

The nine Democrats on the ballot agreed the state needed to invest more Baltimore's schools and communities,

The Democratic candidates seeking to win the June 26 primary election to challenge Republican Gov. Larry Hogan are set to meet tonight in the second televised debate.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Valerie Ervin is threatening “immediate legal action” if ballots are not reprinted for the June primary showing her name in place of her deceased running mate, Kevin Kamenetz.

The Maryland Democratic Party on Thursday announced that the nine candidates vying to win the June 26 primary election for governor have agreed to four televised debates, a scheduled that begins Monday.

Maryland became the 11th state to ban conversion therapy for LGBT youth on Tuesday as Gov. Larry Hogan signed legislation passed earlier this year. He gave one of the ceremonial bill-signing pens to Del. Meagan Simonaire, a Republican who came out as bisexual and urged colleagues to pass the bill.

Getting a jump on his six Democratic rivals for Maryland governor, state Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr. is up with the first cable TV ad in the 2018 primary election campaign.

Gov. Larry Hogan, widely perceived by Marylanders as a moderate, is dominating all of his prospective Democratic rivals by double digits in a Goucher Poll released Tuesday.   

Khizr Khan, who made national headlines when he criticized then-candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 Democratic National Convention, is set to appear at a campaign event for Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz next week.

Maryland lawmakers in the Maryland General Assembly are seeking to ban bump stocks, take guns from domestic abusers and create a "red flag" system to intervene when a gun owner's behavior is threatening but not criminal.

Maryland Democrats face a host of problems in unseating Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, but disunity doesn't appear to be one of them. AT a forum Saturday in Baltimore, all seven contenders for the Democratic nomination for governor pledged their unwavering support for the winner of the primary.

Who Maryland gubernatorial candidates pick for their running mates probably makes no difference in who wins. But it says a lot about the state of Maryland politics.

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz has selected former Montgomery County Councilwoman Valerie Ervin as his running mate in the race for governor, bringing a progressive voice from the Washington suburbs to his effort to win the Democratic nomination.

A new Goucher College poll shows that the Maryland Democratic primary election for governor is wide open and that Chelsea Manning is unlikely to defeat Sen. Ben Cardin.

Gubernatorial candidate Richard S. Madaleno Jr. chooses Luwanda Jenkins, who headed Gov. Martin O'Malley's minority affairs office, as his running mate.

Several Democratic candidates are putting their own finances on the line in the race for Maryland governor — but no one more than lawyer Jim Shea.

Democrats, union leaders and immigrant advocates launched a campaign Monday to raise Maryland's minimum wage to $15 per hour. They started the campaign on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to mark the 50th anniversary of the civil rights icon's "Poor People's Campaign."

Discovery Communications, one of four Fortune 500 companies in Maryland, will leave the state for New York.

As the poultry industry continues to build hundreds of new houses containing bigger birds — and more manure — each year, Eastern Shore communities are bearing the burden.

Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr. will accept public financing for his run for the Democratic nomination for governor.

Maryland Democrats take hope in Virginia, New Jersey, Frederick and Annapolis election results.

Eight candidates for Maryland governor try out at Democratic casting call for their candidate for governor.

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings will become the eighth serious contender to join the June 26 Democratic primary contest for Maryland governor. She will be the second woman in the race.

AFSCME rallies outside Central Booking over state's lack of mental health beds.

Even though the state's financial picture hasn't changed, Gov. Larry Hogan wants to trim Maryland spending mid-year.

Stalwart liberal state Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr. is planning to launch his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor Monday — heralding a contest for the party’s progressive base.

Maryland on Saturday will become the first state in the nation to protect funding for Planned Parenthood from a possible federal cutoff.

Ben Jealous, the former president of the NAACP, will announce his candidacy for governor Wednesday outside a cousin's West Baltimore flower shop.

Democratic Rep. John Delaney's deliberation over whether to run for governor next year has created a political free-for-all in the state's westernmost congressional district, with a half dozen prominent Democrats expressing interest in his seat.

Democrats will get a first read on their field of potential 2018 gubernatorial candidates Saturday as the party's Western Maryland faithful hold a straw poll at Rocky Gap.

Alec Ross, an author, entrepreneur and former Hillary Clinton adviser, announced Wednesday he will run for the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in the 2018 Maryland gubernatorial election.

The close of the 2017 General Assembly session Monday night marked the opening of the 2018 election season.

Gov. Larry Hogan plans to sign more than 100 bills into law on Tuesday, including a bill granting tax breaks to manufacturing companies that create new jobs, an ethics bill and a bill that delays implementation of a scoring system for state-funded transportation projects.