State officials and nonprofit leaders reported they were locked out of federal systems used to draw down federal funds for Medicaid reimbursements and financing basic needs for low-earning Marylanders.

Gov. Wes Moore this week declined to say whether he would deploy the Maryland National Guard to the southern border if asked by the federal government.

“The anger was enormous — the sense of betrayal,” said Bill Barry, who was the director of labor studies at the Community College of Baltimore County Dundalk.

Just because Moore introduced the budget this way, it doesn’t mean it’s going to end up like this.

Under the proposal, the state would establish two new tax brackets for individuals earning more than $500,000 and $1 million while offering relief for others.

The seven members represent a fraction of House Republicans in a chamber where the Democrats hold a better than 2-to-1 majority.

The bill would create a new unit in the Maryland Department of Labor responsible for inspecting the safety protections for public workers while they do jobs, including those who perform their jobs outside of an office.

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The word of the day was ‘tough’: Tough road, tough conversations, tough decisions

The survey covered multiple topics including what voters thought of Wes Moore’s job performance and whether they’re for or against paying more taxes to help fill the state’s nearly $3 billion budget hole.

A nearly $3 billion state budget deficit darkens the Maryland General Assembly’s opening day, as lawmakers return to Annapolis Wednesday for their 90-day legislative session.

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The state piloted a similar program earlier this year, providing benefits for Port of Baltimore workers after the Key Bridge collapse shut down shipping.

The state’s probation agents have not conducted home visits, including with registered sex offenders, since May, after the corrections department secretary suspended the check-ins for safety reasons.

The request further delays security measures on electronic benefits cards used for food and cash assistance

Gov. Wes Moore and Comptroller Brooke Lierman let out some frustration at today’s Board of Public Works meeting with the over budget and overdue transit project in the D.C. suburbs.

The decline in youth homicides of children comes a little over a year after the state began a gun violence diversion program for at-risk youth called Thrive Academy.

Maryland is one of six states that has participated in the electoral college since the country’s inaugural in 1789.

Sen. Jill Carter, a Baltimore City Democrat, will resign from the Maryland Senate for a board appointment from Gov. Wes Moore.