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A Senate committee cut a swath through Gov. Larry Hogan's first-year legislative agenda Friday as it said no to several of his flagship initiatives, including a halt to increases in the gas tax.

A key state Senate panel spent Wednesday dismantling Gov. Larry Hogan's bill to expand charter schools, redrafting it to allow for only small changes to Maryland's program for alternative schools.

Lawmakers' watered-down version of Gov. Hogan's plan to increase the number of charter schools in Maryland is a setback to the goal of reform

Gov. Larry Hogan's nomination of Jennie C. Hunter-Cevera to be Maryland's secretary of higher education has run into trouble, as a key Senate committee has twice postponed votes on her to review complaints about her leadership years ago of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute.

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller on Tuesday urged fellow senators to make "a good faith effort" to pass some version of the governor's bill to expand charter schools - especially if they wanted more money for public schools.

Gov. Larry Hogan risks poisoning an atmosphere of cooperation on his top issue.

The Senate moved Wednesday to give Marylanders convicted of some minor offenses an opportunity to have their criminal record shielded from public view.

Hogan says Miller, Busch are 'parroting' his views on business climate

The General Assembly's top leaders came together with Hogan administration officials Monday to call for passage of a package of bills intended to improve Maryland's business climate.

The case of Anne Arundel County shows why Hogan's symbolic repeal of the 'rain tax' deserved to be killed in the legislature.

A House committee voted along party lines Friday to kill Gov. Larry Hogan's bill to repeal the so-called "rain tax.'' Dealing a blow to one of the Republican governor's top legislative priorities, the Democratic majority of the House Environmental Matters and Transportation Committee refused to roll back the controversial 2012 law that requires Baltimore city and the state's nine largest counties to levy storm-water remediation fees on property owners.

Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman is heading to Annapolis Wednesday to testify in support of repealing the stormwater fee, according to his office.

Gov. Larry Hogan's campaign pledge to repeal Maryland's so-called "rain tax" got a Senate hearing Tuesday, where a Republican county executive, a parade of business owners, and even one Democratic senator called the mandatory pollution cleanup fees unfair, burdensome and unnecessary.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski's startling announcement Monday that she will not seek reelection in 2016 after a four-decade career in elected office set off a political free-for-all as Maryland's most powerful Democrats began to position themselves for the opportunity to run for a rare open seat.

U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski announced her retirement Monday in Baltimore.

Gov. Larry Hogan defended his funding of education Thursday while also declaring that "our children deserve better" than the school options available to them. His comments sparked another round of sparring between the Republican governor and Democratic House Speaker Michael E. Busch.

Miller raises concerns about higher education nominee

Proposal to make veterans' pensions tax-exempt is classic divide and conquer politics

Measure would raise mandatory judicial retirement to 75

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan took his pitch to expand charter schools on the road Wednesday, appearing alongside the Obama administration's top education official at Baltimore school at a time when both seek increased funding for charters.

Dick Israel spent more than two decades behind the scenes in Annapolis guiding lawmakers. Now he plans to spend his final months alive lobbying the them from afar, advocating for the right to die when he chooses, a final act of control over a disease that robbed him of it.

Miller rules out proposed Hogan tax cuts this year

Gov. Larry Hogan pledged Thursday to make Maryland more welcoming to veterans, though he acknowledged it may be tough to pass some of his proposals to help them.

Declaring that Maryland can no longer depend on the federal government for job growth, former Lockheed Martin CEO Norman R. Augustine presented Thursday a list of steps Maryland can take to improve its ability to compete for business.

The fight that Carroll County started in opposing the state-mandated rain tax may soon be won with Gov. Larry Hogan's proposed bill to repeal the tax.

Following through on a campaign promise, Gov. Larry Hogan unveiled legislation Tuesday that would repeal Maryland's requirement that its largest counties impose a fee to pay for stormwater cleanup. Critics call it the "rain tax."

Miller, most Senate Democrats back end to contested judicial elections

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, despite a cordial breakfast with Gov. Larry Hogan to smooth over friction from Hogan's State of the State speech, continued to offer grim prospects for the new governor's legislative agenda.

Democrats may not have enjoyed State of the State address but voters want to see less government spending and more job creation

Some lawmakers said Monday that General Assembly should change a school funding formula that gives great weight to property values — and is projected to cost Baltimore millions of dollars in lost state aid for next year.

The first major partisan dust-up of the new term in Annapolis leaves the governor looking good, but many more pitfalls lurk ahead.

The Maryland Senate delayed the confirmation of five nominees to Gov. Larry Hogan's Cabinet Friday, two days after Democrats panned Hogan's State of the State speech as an affront to bipartisanship.

Still fuming at what they considered the partisanship of Gov. Larry Hogan's State of the State address, the General Assembly's Democratic leaders predicted Thursday that most of the governor's legislative agenda would fail.

Gov. Larry Hogan offered four kinds of tax relief in the first State of the State speech of his nascent administration, promising to push for breaks that impact the environment, small businesses, some retirees and transportation funding.

The American Gaming Association says bettors will "illegally" spend $3.8 billion on a dizzying array of Super Bowl bets.

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and members of the Legislative Black Caucus spoke out Thursday against cuts Gov. Larry Hogan has proposed in state aid for education.

Beyond spending cuts for next year, Gov. Larry Hogan is asking the General Assembly for an array of permanent, long-term budget reductions — for public schools, private colleges, libraries and economic development aid for farmers.

Gov. Larry Hogan outlined a budget plan Thursday that would cut school aid to Baltimore and state workers' pay but preserve — for now — funding for two light rail lines.

Gov. Larry Hogan will unveil his much-anticipated spending plan Thursday afternoon, showcasing what's expected to be the centerpiece of his first year in office.

With his affable and at times self-deprecating manner, Republican Gov.-elect Larry Hogan brings to Maryland's highest office a distinct style — one with implications for how the businessman-turned-politician will govern.

Gov.-elect Larry Hogan named a veteran Republican lawmaker to the vital position of budget chief Thursday as he promised to lay out his entire budget plan the day after he takes office next Wednesday.

Gov.-elect Larry Hogan and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown greeted lawmakers together at the State House on the General Assembly's opening day. Their joint appearance after a bitter election campaign set a bipartisan tone that was echoed by Democratic legislative leaders, who pledged to work with the incoming Republican governor and his party's legislators in the upcoming 90 day-session.

The Democratic General Assembly and Republican governor-elect made an elaborate show of playing nice on the legislature's first day, but there's a chance they might mean it.

Governor's race was the Democrats' to lose – and they lost it

The agenda for Hogan and the legislature should be a cautious one in 2015.

One thing's certain about the Maryland General Assembly session that opens Wednesday: it will be dominated by a budget fight. Otherwise, the 435th session of the legislature is unpredictable.

Larry Hogan¿s surprising victory will scramble Annapolis; here are some of the key questions about how divided government will work.