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Maryland state house, ballot excerpts, and check marks
GOP election board members emailed activist who is trying to stop election, records show
The dozens of pages of email threads also included speculative voter fraud scenarios discussed between state Republican Party leaders and a GOP election board member.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has weighed in on the Abortion Care Access Act of 2022.
Maryland law closes a loophole in abortion care, attorney general says
Maryland is trying to eliminate an obscure rule that stopped Medicaid from paying for certain patients’ abortions.
South Madeira Street sits near Butchers Hill and just outside Patterson Park in Baltimore.
A vicious attack, a viral video and a community asking what went wrong
The incident has triggered the latest discussion of the state’s youth legal system, a seemingly perpetual cycle of frustration and finger pointing.
A 15-year-old boy was charged as an adult with attempted murder in a robbery and attack that happened in Southeast Baltimore.
State’s attorney charges teen as an adult in Butchers Hill attack that went viral
Police also arrested an 18-year-old on charges of attempted murder in the Butchers Hill attack.
One of the 3 procedure rooms at Partners in Abortion Care, a women-owned and operated abortion clinic providing abortions in all trimesters, based in College Park, Maryland.
Maryland is a safe haven for abortion care — with one obscure exception
Women who qualified for Medicaid because they are pregnant may have to foot the bill for an abortion.
light rail wreck with a truck
Light rail collides with vehicle Friday night; incident under investigation
The northbound train packed with Orioles fans celebrating a 7-1 win over the Detroit Tigers crashed into a motorist at Woodberry and Coldspring, wedging the vehicle between the train and a fence.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore greets King Abdullah of Jordan on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.
King of Jordan meets Gov. Wes Moore in rare visit by head of state
The two leaders shared brief remarks ahead of a roundtable discussion with business and university leaders, expressing mutual admiration and a broad desire to find “synergies” between Jordan and Maryland.
King Abdullah II of Jordan is wearing a dark suit with a dark red tie. He has grey hair and is wearing a lapel pin for a climate summit.
King of Jordan to visit Gov. Moore in Annapolis Wednesday
The king’s visit comes as the Middle East region is embroiled in conflict as Israel fights Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Attorney General Anthony Brown are planning "a major announcement" related to the crash of the Dali cargo ship into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March.
State Key Bridge lawsuit likely, with announcement planned Tuesday
Neither the governor nor attorney general offered details on their announcement, but it comes just before a deadline to file legal claims against the ship's owner and operator.
Ballot counters remove ballots from the envelopes.
Maryland election officials confident post office is reliable for mail ballots
Maryland has one of the most generous timetables in the nation — and that means that there’s little chance that a mail-in ballot won’t arrive by the cutoff.
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks during a primary night election party.
Maryland Democrats say candidate Hogan’s words on Trump don’t match his record
Former Attorney General Brian Frosh says former Gov. Larry Hogan did not support lawsuits challenging the Trump administration.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore gave an hourlong interview with NPR’s Michel Martin Friday at a nonprofit news outlet fundraiser in Texas. Here he is pictured at the Maryland State House on June 20, 2024.
Moore says he has no time for Bronze Star ‘foolishness’ at Texas journalism event
Gov. Wes Moore sat down with NPR for an hour-plus interview Friday at the Texas Tribune Festival, the nonprofit news outlet’s annual fundraiser.
Republican Neil Parrot has a 41%-39% edge over Democrat April McClain Delaney if the general election were held today, according to Gonzales Research & Media Services. The 2-point gap is well within the margin of error.
Poll: Parrott cracks a narrow lead in race for Congress in Maryland’s 6th District
A former Republican state delegate has a wafer-thin lead in the 6th District race for Congress, although he trails in the most densely populated portions of the district, a poll out Thursday shows.
State Comptroller Brooke Lierman announces Wednesday that Marylanders can file both federal and state tax returns online starting in 2025.
Nobody likes taxes. At least Maryland will let some file online for free.
More than 700,000 Marylanders should be able to file their income state and federal tax returns online for free next year, saving hours of work and hundreds of dollars for tax software and prep services.
Documents uncovered by the New York Times showed Gov. Wes Moore inaccurately claimed on a 2006 fellowship application that he received a Bronze Star.
Military veterans skeptical of Moore’s inaccurate Bronze Star claim
“People need to be careful around how you portray your service and don’t embellish things,” one veteran said of the inaccuracies of Gov. Wes Moore’s Bronze Star claim.
Not quite as popular as ice cream, but Maryland Gov. Wes Moore had strong favorability ratings in a new poll. He is pictured here Aug. 30, 2024, taking ice cream orders at the Maryland State Fair in Timonium.
Moore’s approval rating soars in new poll of likely voters
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's approval rating is up six points since February.
Will Tilburg, the inaugural director of the Maryland Cannabis Administration, oversaw the opening of Maryland’s adult-use cannabis marketplace in 2023.
Maryland’s cannabis agency director will step down in December
Will Tilburg has shaped the state’s medical and recreational cannabis rules, educated lawmakers on national best practices and established several first-in-the-nation cannabis policies and standards during his nearly seven-year tenure.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks during the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago.
Moore turns Maryland experience into case for Democratic ticket in DNC speech
In his nearly eight minute spot Moore wrapped an earnest story about the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse and some familiar — for Marylanders — arguments about service, patriotism and perseverance into his defense of a Harris-Walz administration.
An attendee films as Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks during a Biden/Harris administration event at Prince George’s Community College on Aug. 15, 2024.
Gov. Wes Moore’s DNC speech a chance to expand his audience for Harris
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore will take the Democratic National Convention stage Wednesday night and make his best case why Americans should elect Kamala Harris president.
Days before the Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore remarks on the progress of lowering drug costs for Americans made by the Biden/Harris administration at Prince George's County Community College on August 15, 2024.
Moore headlines Marylanders appearing at Democratic National Convention
Gov. Wes Moore will be one of a handful of Maryland politicians to speak during the four-day event. U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin is on today’s schedule and U.S. Senate candidate and Prince George’s County executive Angela Alsobrooks is also expected to speak.
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