Baltimore voters in the city’s 1st District got a taste of the three council candidates running to represent them Thursday night when the contenders met for a debate ahead of what may be Baltimore’s most competitive City Council election.

The top Democrats running for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate seat engaged in their first televised debate in Baltimore on Friday, which may prove to be the only televised matchup ahead of primary election day.

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

Democrat David Trone shells out $40 million of his own money, while a Republican megadonor launches a super PAC for former Gov. Larry Hogan.

Maryland’s lone Republican in Congress, U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, said he thinks it’s acceptable for the federal government to front the money for the bridge while pursuing payment from liable parties.

Del. Shaneka Henson has been urged by an ethics panel to apologize for discussing state funding for a nonprofit organization that paid her to be its legal adviser.

Maryland’s delegation on Capitol Hill is preparing legislation that would ensure that the federal government pays the full cost of replacing the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed into the Patapsco River two weeks ago.

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.

Partisan divides exist in Maryland's General Assembly, but senators and delegates pride themselves in respectful debate and disagreement. Some lawmakers go further, forging bipartisan alliances to address problems large and small.

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.

By Monday night comes, a group of lawmakers, lobbyists and staffers are ready to get out of the stuffy confines of the Maryland General Assembly and convene a meeting of the sweatiest group in Annapolis: the Basketball Caucus.

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

Maryland lawmakers have reached a deal on the state’s $63 billion budget, and it may cost you if you own a car, take an Uber ride or smoke cigarettes.

A source said Churchill has been lobbying to derail a bill in the state legislature that’s necessary for the state ownership deal to go through.

Maryland’s state prosecutor has fined the campaign of former gubernatorial candidate John B. King Jr. $2,000 for sending campaign material out over email without the required campaign authority line.

The framework of the deal will eventually raise about $320 million to $350 million per year through a variety of vehicle-related fees and $80 million annually from hiking taxes on tobacco and nicotine products.

The money for the programs would come from the state’s Rainy Day Fund, and there’s no estimated total price tag, but it's possible federal aid could pay for them.

He’s had to console families of those who perished, coordinate an emergency response and inform and comfort shaken Marylanders.