How a Maryland voter priority was left behind in a busy legislative session
The Wes Moore administration struggled to repeat its success with housing policy in 2025.
University of Maryland faculty vote to join Big Ten alliance against Trump
University of Maryland faculty voted to join nine major universities that want to band together in a NATO-like agreement.
FBI director says a judge accused of helping someone evade immigration agents has been arrested
Patel made the announcement in a post on X and said his office believes Judge Hannah Dugan “intentionally misdirected federal agents."
Parents of young children will be able to defer jury duty under new state law
Maryland's governor has signed a law allowing new mothers to be excused from jury duty for up to three years, making the policy uniform across the state.
The COVID grant was supposed to help the community. Instead they bought property.
Baltimore City is suing Ahavas Chaim after the group used federal COVID-19 aid intended for rental assistance to buy property instead.
After toxic cocktail of complaints, changes are coming to Anne Arundel’s liquor board
A state senator says he has been "flooded" with complaints about Anne Arundel's Board of License Commissioners. It prompted him to push for changes, including expanding the board's size.
Norwegian company’s second try at indoor salmon farm draws more environmental blowback
Environmentalists blocked AquaCon’s plans for an Eastern Shore salmon farm, but the company is trying again on the Susquehanna River.
Maryland schools won’t end diversity programs, despite Trump demands
Thursday's statement was carefully worded and didn’t contain the strong language coming from some states that openly defied the Trump administration.
Social Security could lose some 7,000 employees under Trump’s worker reclassification
The Social Security Administration could lose thousands of employees under President Donald Trump's revived reclassification policy.
Second man deported to El Salvador last month in violation of Maryland court order
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was not the only Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador last month, according to court records.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen stepped up to Trump — and into the national spotlight
The Trump administration has so far denied a unanimous U.S Supreme Court order to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return, and the president has called Chris Van Hollen a “fake” and a “grandstander” for confronting his administration’s sweeping deportation efforts with a congressional fact-finding mission.
Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities that limit immigration cooperation
A U.S. District judge issued an injunction that prohibits the Trump administration from withholding federal funding.
How a former Maryland U.S. attorney became key in Harvard’s legal battle
Robert Hur is one of the two lawyers defending Harvard University against the Trump administration’s federal funding cuts.
Port of Baltimore becomes car purgatory amid Trump’s tariff turmoil
To avoid President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on imported cars, some manufacturers are stockpiling inventory at ports.
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s push to end DEI in K-12 public schools
The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the National Education Association and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Groups drop suit over pollution worries at redevelopment of WWII bomber plant in Middle River
A dispute over pollution concerns from construction work at the site of a World War II-era manufacturing plant in Eastern Baltimore County has fizzled quickly.
Judge temporarily halts order seeking details on efforts to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to US
A federal judge has temporarily halted her order directing the government to explain what it’s done to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S.
Detective who helped label Kilmar Abrego Garcia a gang member had trouble of his own
Former Prince George’s County Police Cpl. Ivan Mendez, who interviewed Kilmar Abrego Garcia and helped label him as a gang member, later pleaded guilty to misconduct.
Sheriff’s office won’t cooperate with Maryland power line developer ‘under any circumstance’
The Carroll County Sheriff’s office said it would not “force” a landowner to comply with a civil access order.
Maryland seeking bids for ‘world-class’ appeals court building in Annapolis
Maryland is seeking bids to construct a towering five-story, approximately $200 million building in Annapolis to relocate the state’s two appeals courts.