State government

Maryland plans to use state money to fund food and cash assistance and fund state employee salaries typically paid with federal dollars as it rides out a government shutdown, Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday.

For years advocates had warned the practice of housing vulnerable children in hotels and hospitals could have tragic consequences.

Thanks to a handshake deal, Montgomery County’s country clubs enjoy special tax breaks despite ongoing debates about fairness and land use in Maryland.

It’s unclear, with the House of Representatives adjourned until next week, when lawmakers could consider their next moves to reopen the government.

Maryland had ended its program after the 2019-2020 school year but will now resurrect it.

During the hourslong meeting, federal officials will discuss probable cause and safety recommendations regarding the 2024 disaster that decimated the bridge and killed six construction workers.

The 2024 state law, named the WARMTH Act, calls on Baltimore Gas and Electric Company and Washington Gas Light Company to develop pilot programs that would incorporate geothermal energy — collected underground from the Earth’s natural heat — in low-and-moderate income communities.

The messenger, whoever he or she or they are, matters less than the medium. AI-generated images have arrived in Maryland, and there’s no going back.

The Maryland Correctional Institution-Jessup will close and 700 men incarcerated at the facility, along with 300 staff, will be transferred to other facilities by June.

With hundreds of jobs eliminated, Maryland’s state budget will see $47 million in savings annually.

More than 400 laws will go into effect in Maryland come Oct. 1, from hefty fines for speeding to reduced penalties involving drug paraphernalia.

Maryland and its Democrat-dominated congressional delegation sit in the crosshairs of the federal government spending fight.

Maryland is slightly behind expectations for the current budget year but can expect the budget to grow slightly for next year, according to the state’s latest round of financial forecasting.

Maryland Del. Nino Mangione is seeking an open seat on the Baltimore County Council, but some wonder how the conservative firebrand's politics will play?

“[W]e need to be mindful of never, ever allowing something like this to happen again," said state Sen. Michael Jackson.

The cost of a speeding ticket in parts of Maryland will increase Oct. 1.

“We’re not going to go and set expectations that we don’t think we can meet,” says Andy Ellis of Baltimore. Gubernatorial candidate Ellis and running mate Owen Silverman Andrews aim to rack up votes, increase influence.

President Donald Trump’s administration is questioning the cost of replacing Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge and criticizing Maryland laws that require some of the work be contracted out to minority-owned businesses.

The Locust Point pier needs millions of dollars worth of repairs, and the lease that Canton Stevedoring has held since 2011 is set to expire at the end of the year.

The governors of Maryland and Virginia — a Democrat and a Republican — professed an interest in civil dialogue and sidestepped questions about their political futures during a joint event in Washington.