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Defying Gov. Larry Hogan, the Democratic-led House of Delegates approved legislation Saturday that would create a system for ranking transportation projects that his administration vehemently opposes.

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.

The state Senate approved legislation Thursday that could strip the governor of the authority to appoint members to Baltimore's liquor board.

The most powerful Democrats in the General Assembly have agreed to what one called a "wow" package of bills to help Baltimore.

Multiple Senators said Wednesday that Gov. Larry Hogan's administration has largely been a no-show in the legislative process.

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller endorsed Anthony G. Brown for the 4th Congressional District on Wednesday.

While the Maryland General Assembly's presiding officers rely on staff to read and respond to email on their state accounts, Gov. Larry Hogan is in the driver's seat of his. The 59-year-old Republican is blunt with his staffers when it comes to defending his administration and protecting his image.

From Southern Maryland, the only practical lifeline to Virginia and the South is a steep 76-year-old toll bridge with two narrow lanes, no shoulders, no sidewalks and no barrier in the median. According to the Hogan administration, it's good for another 30 years.

Democrats created the fiscal mess Gov. Hogan is trying to fix

Gov. Larry Hogan will hold a news conference at noon Tuesday in Annapolis as tensions between his administration and the leadership of the General Assembly continue to mount.

A proposal to combine the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore cleared a hurdle Tuesday, though a Senate committee dialed back language that could have ultimately merged the institutions under a single president.

City senators block Hogan liquor board nominees, demand replacements

The Hogan administration and GOP lawmakers mounted an all-out counterattack Tuesday against Democratic-backed legislation that would alter the way Maryland evaluates transportation spending projects.

We should be able to watch our delegates and senators as they make law.

The Maryland legislature's presiding officers said Thursday they support transparency efforts to livestream video of debate in the General Assembly chambers, but their comments came with barbs for Gov. Larry Hogan.

High praise for Democrats

Technology can be a beautiful thing, especially when that technology promotes open government.

Hogan said Maryland residents "deserve accountability and transparency" from elected leaders.

Hundreds of people arrived in Annapolis Tuesday to weigh in on a topic that has dominated local and national headlines for more than a year: how can a government repair the broken trust between officers and the African-American communities they police?

Why are lawmakers so intent on tearing down Gov. Hogan?

Responding to criticism from lawmakers, Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday said he no longer wants to pay for a new Baltimore jail in his budget and instead wants lawmakers to put the money toward projects at state universities.

Educators, lawmakers urge passage of bills limiting school testing

Hogan likens legislators to kids on 'spring break,' drawing rebuke in Senate

Despite frustration over the Red Line's demise and other choices, lawmakers should back down from forcing ill-advised reforms to transportation planning process

The Democratic leaders of the General Assembly unveiled a plan Tuesday that would restrict the power of the governor to make unilateral transportation funding decisions.

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller called out Gov. Larry Hogan Friday over a social media ad that criticized the senators who overrode one of his vetoes and urged citizens to contact them after the vote was already taken.

Democrats in the Maryland legislature plan to push a trio of new gun bills that would bar firearms from college campuses, domestic abusers and terrorists.

Felons will be able to vote as soon as they are released from prison after the Maryland Senate overrode Gov. Larry Hogan's veto of legislation from last year's General Assembly session.

Blame Senate's top Democrat for sudden interest in registering felons

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan spent much of his annual address to the General Assembly calling for cooperation and bipartisanship, but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say that is unlikely to happen.

Legislators in Annapolis plan to introduce several drug policy reform bills on Friday that would decriminalize small amounts of all illicit drugs and reshape how addicts shoot up and seek treatment.

Gov. Larry Hogan delivers the annual "State of the State" address to the Maryland General Assembly on Feb. 3.

Democratic leaders of the Maryland legislature said Monday they will push plans to help people save for college and pay off student debt.

Gov. Larry Hogan will deliver his second State of the State speech to the Maryland General Assembly on Wednesday, the top highlight of the week ahead in Annapolis.

Baltimore lawmakers in Annapolis are endorsing the mayor's plan to provide a property tax credit to police and firefighters who buy homes in the city.

In order to see bipartisan redistricting reform in Maryland, it's going to take a bipartisan effort by those in Annapolis. Sadly, we're not sure that the willingness is there from the Democratic majority, which isn't in any hurry to lose its stranglehold on state politics. However, if the election of Republican Gov. Larry Hogan was a sign that the tide is turning in Maryland, perhaps they should consider it.

Frustrated that Gov. Larry Hogan has yet to provide funding for a new teaching hospital in Prince George's County, the two top leaders of the General Assembly plan to introduce legislation requiring the governor to put the money in the budget he introduces next year.

While many Marylanders got a reprieve from work on Monday as snow cleanup continued, state lawmakers and the people who assist them didn't get a snow day.

Faced with a budget from Gov. Larry Hogan that presents few tempting targets, General Assembly Democrats are weighing how to assert their influence over which programs are guaranteed future funding and who receives tax breaks.

Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan unveiled the broad strokes of his $42 billion spending plan to legislative leaders Wednesday, promising an array of small tax cuts and putting a large amount of money into savings, according to people briefed on the plan.

Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan unveiled the broad strokes of his $42 billion spending plan to legislative leaders Wednesday, promising an array of small tax cuts and putting a large amount of money into savings, according to people briefed on the plan.

Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller may have pushed to legalize casinos in Maryland, but he will not champion fantasy sports-betting websites. Miller told reporters Monday night the industry needed to act to save itself.

After a week of talking about the importance of communication without doing much of it, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan and Democratic Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller spent two hours Saturday chatting together courtside at the University of Maryland basketball game.

The Maryland attorney general's office called on the General Assembly to act quickly to clarify whether daily fantasy sports betting is legal in the state.

A commission established by Democratic leaders in the Maryland General Assembly is recommending significant changes to the state's tax structure, including cuts to the corporate income tax and other levies affecting companies.

Amid the goodwill, pomp and ceremony of opening day, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's call for clear communication was greeted with skepticism from the Democrats leading the General Assembly.

As lawmakers return to Annapolis, both parties are amping up the rhetoric out of proportion to the actual policy differences between them.

Maryland Republican Governor Larry Hogan insisted Wednesday that education spending isn't in the cross-hairs as the General Assembly prepares to convene for the 2016 legislative session.

Hogan offered details Tuesday on a promised package of tax-relief measures, including a decade-long break to lure manufacturers to Baltimore and other areas with high unemployment.

Baltimore's Maggie McIntosh, who chairs the powerful House Appropriations Committee, said Democratic leaders don't want to adopt more mandates but will if that's what's needed to ensure that the legislature's priorities are fully funded in future years.