The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to increase federal funding for multistate Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts from $73 million to $85 million.
Maryland Senate President Mike Miller will meet with Gov. Larry Hogan to appeal for millions to fund technology for Baltimore police and school construction.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday he’s open to considering a presidential campaign in 2024 after his term ends — but ruled out running for the U.S. Senate.
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, said he wants to see the District become the 51st state, reversing his long-held opposition.
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.
Instead of adopting President Donald Trump's proposal to all but eliminate the Chesapeake Bay Program, a U.S. House committee approved increasing its budget.
The 2019 Maryland General Assembly saw 188 legislators introduced 2,497 bills. Capital News Service broke down some of the most interesting statistics.
bs-ed-op-0521-witcover-impeachment-20190520. Jules Witcover: The Senate's Republican majority must end its silence on Donald Trump's lawless presidency.
It's sad that the citizens of Westminster (5.7%), Mount Airy (5.9%), and Sykesville (6.5%) for the most part couldn't be interested in going to the polls.
The New York-based publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux announced on its Facebook page that it will publish whistle-blower Chelsea Manning's memoir in 2020
We fought to break away from British control — taking about 7 years of prolonged warfare — but there was certainly no middle class for a long time. Is this our true destiny, to revert again to such a practice under Donald the First (or whoever follows in succession)?
Attorney General William Barr, in tossing to Congress the political hot potato of impeachment of President Trump, has unloaded legal responsibility by the executive branch onto the legislative.
Congressional Democrats wrestling with whether to impeach Mr. Trump are pretending they need some legal smoking gun. It's all a canard. All they need are votes — first in the House, then in the Senate — and the support of Americans around the country.
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. on Thursday asked Maryland lawmakers to reconsider legislation that would provide additional state funding to the counties for school construction during the General Assembly’s special session beginning May 1.
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.
Maryland Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger has introduced a bipartisan bill that would fund a project to produce a digital map of all 95,000 miles of the U.S. coastline.
On the final, marathon day of the Maryland General Assembly session, some figures emerged as last-minute winners and losers. Among the successes are the legislative agenda of the late Speaker Michael Busch and the strong showing by Baltimore's delegation to the House.
Maryland’s Senate opened its floor session with tearful words of tribune to House of Delegates Speaker Michael Busch — a pillar of state government who died after a bout with pneumonia. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said he couldn't sleep or talk about Busch's death.
On the final, marathon day of the 90-day General Assembly session, state lawmakers hope to resolve several thorny issues. Up in the air are bills on reforming the University of Maryland Medical System board, the future of Pimlico Race Course and promoting renewable energy.
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.
An effort to give survivors of child sexual abuse more time to file lawsuits that failed in the Maryland Senate has been resurrected by the House of Delegates.
