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    Only twice since 1950 have a majority of white women voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.
    Will white women vote for Kamala Harris? History says it’s unlikely
    White women are the nation’s largest voting demographic. Will they elect the first woman president in Kamala Harris? History says no, and that the majority of them will back the white Republican male nominee, Donald J Trump.
    J. Rodney Little, Maryland State Historic Preservation officer and director of the Maryland Historical Trust, died in late June.
    J. Rodney Little, director of the Maryland Historical Trust, dies at 78
    Rodney Little, Maryland State Historic Preservation Officer and Director of the Maryland Historical Trust, died in late June.
    The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Maryland’s handgun qualification license.
    Federal appeals court upholds Maryland’s handgun license requirements
    A federal appeals court ruled Friday in favor of Maryland’s tough requirements for obtaining a handgun license, a blow to gun rights supporters who have been fighting the law for years and a win for gun safety advocates.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks during the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago.
    Moore turns Maryland experience into case for Democratic ticket in DNC speech
    In his nearly eight minute spot Moore wrapped an earnest story about the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse and some familiar — for Marylanders — arguments about service, patriotism and perseverance into his defense of a Harris-Walz administration.
    An attendee films as Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks during a Biden/Harris administration event at Prince George’s Community College on Aug. 15, 2024.
    Gov. Wes Moore’s DNC speech a chance to expand his audience for Harris
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore will take the Democratic National Convention stage Wednesday night and make his best case why Americans should elect Kamala Harris president.
    Angela Alsobrooks, Democratic nominee for a U.S. Senate seat in Maryland, speaks during the Democratic National Convention Tuesday in Chicago.
    Angela Alsobrooks meets her moment at the Democratic National Convention
    Alsobrooks used her time to both tell part of her own personal story as well as to boost the candidacy of presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
    U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks, shown last week at an event with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, will get another moment in the spotlight at the Democratic National Convention this week.
    U.S. Senate candidate Alsobrooks gets a moment in the national spotlight
    Angela Alsobrooks, currently the Prince George’s County executive will speak during prime time on Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where the party faithful are newly energized by the candidacy of soon-to-be presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
    Annapolis native Christian Siriano has the golden touch when it comes to dressing women in the political sphere — whether that be Michelle Obama and Jill Biden or the next potential leader of the free world, Kamala Harris.
    When it comes to fashion, Democrats turn to Maryland native Christian Siriano
    Annapolis native Christian Siriano has the golden touch when it comes to dressing women in the political sphere — whether that be Michelle Obama and Jill Biden or the next potential leader of the free world, Kamala Harris.
    Emissions spew from a large stack at the coal fired Brandon Shores Power Plant, on March 9, 2018, in Baltimore, Maryland. A PJM Interconnection spokesperson says the company has planned for the transition to new energy sources.
    Letters: Power grid reforms are working, says PJM spokesperson
    PJM Interconnection has planned for the region’s energy transition and renewable energy, says company spokesperson Susan Buehler.
    Days before the Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore remarks on the progress of lowering drug costs for Americans made by the Biden/Harris administration at Prince George's County Community College on August 15, 2024.
    Moore headlines Marylanders appearing at Democratic National Convention
    Gov. Wes Moore will be one of a handful of Maryland politicians to speak during the four-day event. U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin is on today’s schedule and U.S. Senate candidate and Prince George’s County executive Angela Alsobrooks is also expected to speak.
    Maryland  Attorney General Anthony Brown.
    Newly named member of Maryland hate crime commission resigns, cites ‘smear’ campaign
    Ayman Nassar said he withdrew from Maryland's hate crime commission after an “online harassment and smear campaign was launched” against him.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore delivers a speech about state finances at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. He attended the Maryland Association of Counties summer conference.
    Gov. Moore warns of tough budget choices — again
    Gov. Wes Moore’s remarks came at the close of the Maryland Association of Counties annual conference, which draws thousands of local and state officials to the beach to hash out policy issues, along with an unofficial roster of political fundraisers and receptions.
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown speaks at a news conference in the Maryland State House on June 20, 2024.
    Brown commends prosecutors for data transparency, plans to initiate research
    Brown encouraged all Maryland state's attorneys to analyze their case data.
    President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris raise their hands together after delivering remarks on prescription drug costs at Prince George's Community College on Thursday.
    More love for Moore — and other takeaways from Biden and Harris’ Maryland visit
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore came close to upstaging the main act, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, with his warm-up performance.
    Supporters of Health Not Harm Maryland rally in Annapolis on Thursday. The group is opposing a question on the fall ballot that would enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.
    Group seeks to defy national trend on abortion votes by appealing to parents’ rights
    Maryland has no requirement parents give consent for their children under age 18 to have an abortion. The law says parents need to be notified, but doctors can waive the requirement.
    President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris cheer before delivering remarks on prescription drug prices at Prince George's Community College on Thursday. It was their first joint appearance since Biden ended his presidential re-election campaign and endorsed Harris.
    Biden and Harris tout drug savings in Maryland after presidential race shake-up
    The raucous event marked the first time the pair appeared together since Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race against Republican Donald Trump and endorsed Kamala Harris and also spotlighted two Maryland politicians with rising national profiles
    Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates holds a press conference in March 2023. Bates is one of several state’s attorneys across Maryland working with researchers to analyze and improve access to prosecution data.
    Why some Maryland prosecutors are handing over case data to researchers and others aren’t
    One researcher called the willingness of Maryland prosecutors to welcome academics like him into their records an “incredible sea change” for a government sector unaccustomed to exposing their decisions to public scrutiny.
    The Baltimore Harbor Tunnel is a pair of two-lane tunnels carrying I-895 under the Patapsco River.
    Army Corps recommends $77M floodwall to protect Baltimore’s tunnels from storms
    “The people of Baltimore know all too well the impact caused when vital transportation infrastructure is lost,” Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, the commanding general of the U.S. Army of Corp Engineers, said.
    Baltimore council members and AFSCME Council 3 leaders held a press conference demanding better protections for workers after the heat-related death of a Department of Public Works employee.
    Heatwaves are making people sick. Is Maryland’s work safety agency watching?
    Since 2019, the Maryland agency responsible for investigating unsafe work environments initiated only 32 inspections into employers reported for heat stress-related issues, according to data obtained by The Baltimore Banner.
    A sign at the State House in Annapolis warns that guns are not allowed to be carried inside. State lawmakers restricted where people can carry concealed handguns during the 2023 General Assembly session; the law is being challenged in court. The sign is pictured on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023.
    Federal judge: Maryland can’t ban concealed carry of guns in bars, private buildings
    A federal judge who previously temporarily blocked some of the state’s restrictions on the concealed carry of guns has made that block permanent.
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