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Former Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker is joining the board of the troubled University of Maryland Medical System.

By Pamela Wood

Jul 8, 2019

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan won’t release any of the funding legislators sought to add to the state budget.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that federal courts are not the appropriate venue to resolve allegations of partisan gerrymandering.

By Luke Broadwater

Jun 28, 2019

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal courts are not the appropriate venue to resolve allegations of partisan gerrymandering.

By Luke Broadwater

Jun 27, 2019

A Maryland General Assembly task force began its work on studying possible legalization of cannabis for adult use.

By Luke Broadwater

Jun 25, 2019

Maryland Senate President Mike Miller will meet with Gov. Larry Hogan to appeal for millions to fund technology for Baltimore police and school construction.

By Luke Broadwater

Jun 25, 2019

Some in Maryland, including Gov. Larry Hogan, wonder what role Mark Wasserman played in the self-dealing scandal at UMMS, given his usual role there.

Here's how Maryland can pressure the Trump administration to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 with Harriet Tubman.

Maryland House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne Jones wants a plaque removed from the State House that pays tribute to both sides of the Civil War.

By Pamela Wood

May 24, 2019

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is vetoing a bill that would have dissolved a board that hears handgun permit appeals. He'll allow a law that bans foam food boxes.

By Pamela Wood

May 24, 2019

The acting chief executive of UMMS went to Annapolis Thursday and pledged to make “significant changes” to senior staff.

By Luke Broadwater

May 23, 2019

Gov. Larry Hogan canceled his final bill-signing ceremony that was scheduled for Thursday.

By Pamela Wood

May 22, 2019

Dels. Rick Impallaria and Mary Ann Lisanti are just the latest examples of Maryland politicians behaving badly — and not feeling bad about it at all.

A team of state auditors has begun a forensic audit of the University of Maryland Medical System, as mandated by state lawmakers in the wake of a scandal.

By Kevin Rector

May 17, 2019

Gov. Larry Hogan will allow a bill to become law that will send hundreds of millions of dollars in extra funding to Maryland public school classrooms.

By Pamela Wood

May 15, 2019

When Marylanders file their taxes next year, they'll face an extra question: "Do you have health insurance?"

By Pamela Wood

May 13, 2019

Check the status of bills that would establish a $15 minimum wage, let school boards decide whether to start classes after Labor Day, ban the use of plastic foam, and other measures.

The chairman of the embattled University of Maryland Medical System board of directors has resigned — along with two other board members — as an additional contract with one of the departing board members is revealed.

Choosing the speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates is a big deal, but it's not worth fracturing the Democratic Party over.

It’s practically inevitable Harford County residents will see a property tax increase in coming years in order for the state to implement the nearly $4 billion in Kirwan Commission recommendations, Sen. Bob Cassilly, a Republican, told members of the Harford County Chamber of Commerce Thursday.

By Erika Butler

Apr 25, 2019

Gov. Larry Hogan is scheduled to sign about 200 bills, including measures the General Assembly passed to reform the University of Maryland Medical System board of directors, allow the private Johns Hopkins University to create a police force, and establish a Maryland Freedom of the Press Day.

By Scott Dance

Apr 18, 2019

Among nearly 200 bills Gov. Larry Hogan has signed into law, Maryland will honor journalists with "Freedom of the Press Day" on June 28. That's the anniversary of a shooting at The Capital newspaper in Annapolis that killed five employees. Maryland has 23 other commemorative periods.

By Pamela Wood

Apr 18, 2019

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is calling state lawmakers to Annapolis on May 1 so that they can select a new speaker of the House of Delegates.

By Pamela Wood

Apr 18, 2019

Veteran State House correspondent C. Fraser Smith reflects on Mike Busch's death, Mike Miller's illness and transition in the State House.

By C. Fraser Smith

Apr 18, 2019

Maryland lawmakers began the final day of their regular 90-day session with a mix of grief and confusion, following the death of House Speaker Michael Busch.

Michael E. Busch, a gregarious former coach and high school teacher who became the longest-serving House of Delegates speaker in Maryland history, has died after a short bout with pneumonia. He was 72.

For the past 16 years, Michael Busch laced up his sneakers and ascended a few steps to the front of the House of Delegates chamber in Annapolis, where he presided over the whirlwind final day of the General Assembly session.

By Pamela Wood

Apr 7, 2019

A list of the legislative accomplishments of House Speaker Michael Busch dating back more than three decades.

By Phil Davis

Apr 7, 2019

Michael E. Busch will go down as every bit the master legislative tactician as his counterpart in the Senate, Mike Miller.

Baltimore boosters have sent letters to Maryland Senate leaders asking them to kill a bill that would change funding formulas for how the state subsidizes improvements to racetracks, legislation that would favor Laurel Park in Anne Arundel County over Pimlico Race Course.

The Maryland Senate has unanimously approved legislation outlawing self-dealing on the University of Maryland Medical System's board of directors, a day after the House of Delegates passed a similar measure. Lawmakers now must work out minor differences between the bills.

By Scott Dance

Apr 4, 2019

Maryland senators have voted to approve a two-year plan to send more than $700 million in extra funding to the state’s public schools. The “Blueprint for Maryland’s Future” bill now moves to the House of Delegates, where it is expected to move swiftly in the final days of the legislature.

By Pamela Wood

Apr 3, 2019

With a week left in Maryland’s General Assembly session, several key issues are still unsettled. But many others have been decided, and winners and losers have emerged. Here’s who came out on top — and who didn’t — in Annapolis this year.

The Maryland General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to pass a $46.6 billion budget that increases funding for education by more than what Gov. Larry Hogan proposed — but not as much as some school advocates desired.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has signed a bill into law that creates a fund to give loans to federal employees who must work without pay during government shutdowns.

By Pamela Wood

Mar 26, 2019

In the early stages of her re-election bid, Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh has come under fire for revelations that while she sat on the board of the University of Maryland Medical System, the organization paid her $500,000 for children’s books she authored.

By Ian Duncan

Mar 23, 2019

Lawmakers in Annapolis on Friday grilled leaders at the University of Maryland Medical System as they considered sweeping legislation to reform the hospital network after allegations of self-dealing and no-bid contracting with board members.

By Luke Broadwater

Mar 22, 2019

The University of Maryland Medical System CEO Robert A. Chrencik was placed on leave Thursday as accusations of “self-dealing” and no-bid contracting with board members have rocked the hospital network.

The University of Maryland Medical System labeled its most recent $100,000 purchase of books from Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh as a "grant" to the city public school system, a mischaracterization that tax experts say is a violation of federal reporting rules for tax-exempt hospitals.

By Doug Donovan

Mar 19, 2019

In confrontational comments made at a pivotal moment in the General Assembly session — the day when lawmakers are rushing pass bills from one chamber to the next — the Republican governor blasted lawmakers.

The Maryland Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill that would allow Johns Hopkins University to create a private, armed police force. Opponents, who object to "privatizing policing," spent more than an hour trying in vain to modify the measure.

By Pamela Wood

Mar 13, 2019

Maryland lawmakers are considering abolishing the state's Handgun Permit Review Board over concerns it has been too liberal in granting carry permits to gun owners. The Senate last month refused to confirm the appointment of three board members, as it evaluates the board's future.

By Pamela Wood

Mar 11, 2019

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is proposing raising the state’s minimum wage to $12.10 an hour, instead of a $15 hourly wage backed by state Democratic leaders.

A majority of Baltimore's state senators have voted to endorse legislation to create an armed Johns Hopkins police force — clearing a major hurdle to the bill’s passage. By a vote of 3-2, delegation backed legislation authorizing the force. The amended bill would impose limits on patrol areas.

After years of bashing fellow Democratic leaders in Annapolis, the risk for State Comptroller Peter Franchot of losing his role regulating Maryland's alcohol and tobacco industries is serious and real. The legislature is advancing a bill that would give that work to an independent commission.

Key Baltimore senators have voted to endorse a series of legislative amendments designed to win the Maryland General Assembly’s approval for an armed police force at Johns Hopkins University's campuses in the city.

By Luke Broadwater

Mar 6, 2019

As he comes back from a trip to Iowa and contemplates a stop in New Hampshire, Gov. Larry Hogan is at a political crossroads. Here's why.

With the leaders of the General Assembly promising to begin livestreaming sessions of the House of Delegates and state Senate over the next two years, lawmakers are withdrawing a bill that would have forced them to do so.

By Pamela Wood

Feb 26, 2019

The Maryland Senate has refused to confirm Gov. Larry Hogan’s appointment of three members to a board that reviews decisions by state police on permits to carry concealed handguns, with several senators citing the board’s rate of granting appeals.

By Pamela Wood

Feb 23, 2019

Senate President Mike Miller has ideas for settling a long-running lawsuit over how Maryland treats its historically black colleges and universities. For instance, Miller wants to state money to open a law school at Bowie State University and funding for Morgan State University to buy land.

By Pamela Wood

Feb 21, 2019