Here are six stories The Banner’s political team can’t stop thinking about.

Moore, a veteran of the Army Reserves, served a deployment to Afghanistan in 2005 and 2006, and his supervisor nominated him for the Bronze Star.

Three more court buildings in Baltimore have tested positive for the bacteria that can cause Legionnaires’ disease, officials announced Friday.

The funding for the Key Bridge rebuild was wrapped into the latest federal spending bill.

Maryland’s budget problem is getting bigger, and no one has proposed a comprehensive solution to fix it yet.

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.

Police and state officials are investigating a break-in last month at the Maryland Department of Health headquarters — an incident in which the intruder or intruders searched desks and drawers.

“We will pause the elements that need a closer look or require laying a stronger foundation for full implementation,” Moore said of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.

Maryland has a $2.7 billion budget gap that Gov. Wes Moore and state lawmakers will need to close — potentially through raising more money, cutting planned spending, or a combination of the two.

State lawmakers expressed deep frustration with Maryland correctional leaders on Tuesday, following a scathing audit that found the state gave little oversight to for-profit medical contractors in state-run prisons and jails.

Legionella bacteria has been found in more government buildings in Baltimore, prompting officials to plan to flush and sanitize the water systems at two courthouses this weekend.

State government officials are continuing to battle Legionella bacteria at the aging State Center office complex in Baltimore, sending workers home this week as they flush the water systems.

The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services did not sufficiently check in on its health contractors to ensure that patients were getting timely care and having their complaints investigated, according to a new state audit.

One person was taken to the hospital Saturday following a two-alarm fire at an asphalt processing plant in East Baltimore, fire officials said.

A strike involving workers who collect trash, recycling and yard waste in Anne Arundel County has been resolved, allowing regular pickup to resume.

It’s the latest step in a nearly two-decade political, logistical and legal saga over the fate of the complex that houses thousands of state government workers.

The consulting firm Accenture will research Trump’s proposed agenda and how it will affect the state’s priorities and programs.

President Joe Biden is taking an important step in his effort to lock in federal money to rebuild Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Angela Alsobrooks will join the Senate in an unenviable position: as a brand-new member in the minority party, with the president also from the opposing party.