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Abortion rights supporters rallied in 50 states, including in Annapolis, sounding the alarm over recent laws restricting women's access.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott (D) has tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced Monday.
State and local governments in Maryland distributed $32.3 million in federal emergency rental assistance (ERA1) funding in August.
Anne Arundel County residents urged members of the Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission to keep their county whole.
Several legislative attempts in past years failed, but now, civilians will have the right to request to review police misconduct records.
Three Trump appointees have tilted the U.S. Supreme Court in a conservative direction, and endangered the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
Fair housing advocates gathered outside of the State House Friday to demand that Gov. Hogan Jr. (R) reinstate expired eviction protections.
Hogan had to reverse his decision when the nominating committee declined to send him a new list of potential appointees, the report states.
The bill, representing an "historic investment in passenger rail," the author says, is supported by President Biden, who is set to deliver.
A coalition of fair elections advocates wants the Maryland State Board of Elections to allow more federal agencies to register voters.
A recent report by the state's largest public employee union found stark wage disparities within the University System of Maryland.
Ronald N. Young (D-Frederick) became the first elected official to endorse former Md. attorney general Douglas Gansler (D) for governor.
In a voice vote Thursday night, state Del. Erek L. Barron (D-Prince George's) won Senate confirmation to become U.S. attorney for Maryland.
It's the result of the authority putting tentative Interstate 495/I-270 “express lane” toll rates out for public comment earlier this year.
As a report shows Baltimore waterways are becoming safer for swimming, a nonprofit group plans to construct a 15-mile water trail system.
Maryland's financial forecasters now predict a nearly $1 billion increase in state tax revenues this fiscal year.
Maryland's 6th Congressional District was the subject of a lawsuit that made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A lawyer representing former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele has filed a formal response to this complaint.
A month-old poll conducted for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore shows a wide-open race for the nomination in 2022.
The groups apparently share a consensus that Hogan would appoint nominees for the AIB "from an inadequately representative pool."
