Baltimore’s historic Black newspaper endorses Scott, Alsobrooks and others

The district includes all of Howard County, the central and northern parts of Anne Arundel County and a small portion of Carroll County.

Local governments will soon be able to set higher tax rates for homes deemed vacant.

Here’s a roundup of this year’s changes that made it through and one that began the session with strong momentum then fizzled out in the final days.

With the 2024 Maryland General Assembly in the books, Gov. Wes Moore signed the first of hundreds of bills into law, including an act that would temper the economic impact of a devastating bridge collapse.

The last bills have been considered, the last amendments have been offered and the final votes have been taken. Here’s what Maryland lawmakers did — and did not — do during their 90-day General Assembly session this year.

Heading into the final hours of the final day Monday, legislators were closer to resolving questions about the long-term future of Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course and financial aid for Baltimore's port workers.

“I mean, that moment still takes my breath away,” Moore said of first seeing the empty place where the Key Bridge had stood.

The bill decides consequences for children aged 10 to 12 years old caught carrying guns and stealing cars, gives courts the ability to expand probation, decides when state’s attorneys can review cases, and sets up sweeping juvenile legal system oversight and data collection.

The horse racing bill is perhaps the highest profile of hundreds of bills that are unresolved in the final hours of the General Assembly session.

The Maryland House of Delegates welcomed a new student page on April Fool's Day.

The United Democracy Project, the super PAC arm of the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee, launched a television ad on behalf of state Sen. Sarah Elfreth’s run for the open seat in Anne Arundel, Carroll and Howard counties.

Gov. Moore has committed to signing a juvenile justice bill that holds youth accountable

Twelve Democrats voted no. Sens. Cheryl Kagan of Montgomery County and Clarence Lam of Howard County said they remained concerned about Butler’s fitness for the role.

President Joe Biden pledged Tuesday that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed into the Patapsco River following a ship strike.

The full Senate will vote to fill the vacant Republican seat.

This week’s political news and updates from around Maryland.

Eighth grader Ada Marciniak said watching the bill move through the General Assembly has been “a pretty amazing learning experience.”

If a bill hasn’t been shuttled across the State House’s marble hallway by the last session of Monday’s “crossover day,” it’s less likely to make it through the legislative process.

The goal of the license lottery was to ensure people who lived in communities most affected by the criminalization of cannabis were prioritized to carve out a share of the profits from Maryland’s new recreational industry.