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- The eight Democrats and four Republicans in the June primaries include at least three candidates who have run for Congress before.
- A Democrat running in Marylandās open 6th Congressional District said Wednesday that Congress must do more to promote federal studies of gun violence, including setting aside money for that research.
- Rep. Anthony G. Brown, Marylandās former lieutenant governor, said Tuesday he is supporting businessman David Trone in the stateās 6th Congressional District, marking the first time a member of the stateās congressional delegation has weighed in on the competitive race.
- State Sen. Roger Manno won the endorsement Thursday of Maryland Working Families in his bid for the 6th Congressional District, the latest indication he is locking down progressive support in the stateās most closely watched federal race this year.
- Gov. Larry Hogan administration's made its case to state lawmakers Wednesday for a $3 billion package of tax breaks and other incentives to woo HQ2, the secondary Amazon headquarters for which Montgomery County is competing.
- David Trone, the Democratic businessman running in Marylandās open 6th Congressional District, was endorsed Monday by Prince Georgeās County Executive Rushern L. Baker III.
- David Trone, the Potomac businessman running in Marylandās open 6th Congressional District, plugged an eye-popping $1.5 million of his own money into his campaign in the final three months of last year, campaign finance reports made public Wednesday show.
- A year after Maryland sent an all-male delegation to Congress for the first time in four decades, a handful of female candidates for federal office are questioning whether elected officials and organizations in the state are doing enough to avoid a similar outcome in the November midterm elections.
- Matt Mossburg, a former state lawmaker who made the opioid epidemic a centerpiece of his brief return to politics, announced Friday he is ending his campaign for Marylandās 6th Congressional District.
- Lawmakers were expected to give final approval Wednesday to a sweeping overhaul of the nationās tax laws despite deep opposition from Democrats and a last-minute hiccup that forced Republican supporters to delay their celebration.
- A group working to elect more scientists and engineers is weighing in to Marylandās 6th Congressional District Democratic primary, backing state lawmaker and transportation engineer Aruna Miller.
- The executive branch of state government needs to fill 1,200 vacancies and create 1,300 new jobs to carry out its required tasks, Maryland General Assembly analysts have concluded.
- Maryland House Speaker Michael E. Busch is endorsing Del. Aruna Miller in her campaign for the stateās 6th Congressional District.
- David Trone has learned at least one thing from his unsuccessful congressional bid last year: Self-funding a political campaign is a turnoff for some voters.
- State Sen. Roger Manno, an attorney and former aide to several offices on Capitol Hill, announced Wednesday he will run for the Democratic nomination in Maryland's 6th Congressional District.
- A state lawmaker running for the Democratic nomination in the 6th Congressional District expects to report a healthy first fundraising quarter, despite uncertainy about the incumbent.
- 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.
- Gov. Larry Hogan unveiled a package of proposals to boost manufacturing jobs and expand workforce training programs during a visit to Baltimore Thursday afternoon.
- The state's largest teachers union and its General Assembly allies are planning to renew their push to limit the amount of time public school systems in Maryland devote to standardized testing.
- A Tuesday hearing of regulations to protect water quality and public health should fracking one day take place in Maryland portended an imminent fight over whether to ban the controversial gas-extraction process before the proposed rules take effect next year.
- Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. on Friday announced new committee and leadership appointments.
- The Maryland Senate on Thursday killed a bill that would have automatically registered people to vote when getting their driver's license.
- Northrop Grumman Corp would receive millions over the next five years in an incentive pushed by the Hogan administration, on top of $20 million lawmakers already intend to award the defense contractor for staying in Maryland.
- A state Senate committee decided to put off any action on proposed tax breaks for manufacturers until at least next year, deciding there isn't enough time before the end of the 2016 legislative session on April 11 to craft legislation.
- Most of us, I think, would agree that we wish voter turnout was better. In theory, if you increase the voter rolls, more people would cast ballots. In theory. Count me among the skeptics who wonder if increasing the automatic registration will do much more than put even more uninterested voters on the rolls.
- A Senate committee approved a tax cut package Thursday that bears only a slight resemblance to Gov. Larry Hogan's plan, making it likely that several of his proposals will go by the wayside.
- Legislation with wide support in the Maryland General Assembly would greatly expand the state's ability to lure new manufacturing companies, but some established manufacturing firms are crying foul over a provision they say will hurt their business.
- Educators, lawmakers urge passage of bills limiting school testing
- Two state senators from Carroll County's delegation in Annapolis, Justin Ready and Gail Bates, were named in a Thursday article in the Washington Post about legislators whose websites included donation pages during session.
- The management of BWI Marshall Airport would be forced to reopen its main concession contract next year under legislation backed by Democratic lawmakers in the General Assembly.
- Maryland's top Democrats are looking at legislation that would automatically put every eligible state resident on the voting rolls, abandoning the traditional opt-in registration system in favor of an opt-out one.
- A key legislative committee has asked the Hogan administration to delay its plan for curbing smog-forming pollution from coal-burning power plants after a consultant said it would require "minimal, if any, additional overall emission reductions" beyond what is now required.
- Gov. Hogan's proposal to exclude approximately 1,400 pregnant women from the program next year is just one way the new Republican governor wants to rein in Medicaid spending. Some Democrats say they will fight the cuts.
- Glendening helped Ehrlich inherit a more stable budget; O'Malley needs to do the same for Hogan.
- The financial problem Gov.-elect Larry Hogan has described as "a crisis" worsened on Monday as state officials announced Maryland's budget shortfall is even larger than previously thought.
- Drivers suspected of causing serious accidents in Maryland while distracted by a cellphone would be required to give police certain information from that phone under a pair of bills currently filed in Annapolis.
- Key senators on the committee that handles casino-related matters rejected the notion of taking up the issue of Internet gambling during next week's special session
- Gov. Martin O'Malley will not call a special session of the General Assembly to fix what he and most other Democrats see as a devastating hole in the state budget until the leaders of the Senate and House agree on a plan to fix it.
- The state Senate voted Thursday to significantly raise taxes on Marylanders earning half a million dollars or more — prompting complaints that liberals were bent on launching class warfare in the state.
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- Senators from Baltimore and the state's largest counties reacted with dismay Tuesday as the General Assembly's chief policy analyst laid out the details of what has been dubbed "the doomsday budget."
- A whopping budget battle is shaping up in Annapolis, where the leaders of the House of Delegates and Senate floated widely divergent proposals Friday to raise income taxes as part of a plan to close a $1 billion shortfall