State government

Maryland’s own Freedom Caucus says so far, so good on Trump agenda

A proposed bill to allow Marylanders to vote on a constitutional amendment to allow workers to collectively bargain would protect them against anti-union actions, both locally and nationally.

Trans prisoners make up a fraction of Maryland’s incarcerated population, but nearly half of its settlement payouts last year. Efforts to reform policy have been slow.

Frank Turner, who served as Howard County’s first Black delegate for over two decades, died early Friday morning. He was 77.

The largely party-line vote represented the third year in a row that state delegates have sought to weigh in on curriculum.

The digital hub lists legal resources, job hunting support and ways to get financial help, and it reminds job seekers that the state of Maryland is hiring.

Now in the sixth week of the legislative session, lawmakers face several lengthy bill hearings as they consider policy changes large and small.

Marando Warthen won an official apology and $3 million in compensation from the state of Maryland on Wednesday, after serving decades in prison for wrongful murder convictions in 1984.

Drugs? Staffing? Lack of air conditioning? Maryland corrections officials and union members differ on reasons behind surge in violence.

Two polls in the last month found housing was the top concern.

The Baltimore-based energy company is looking to relicense its Southern Maryland reactors beginning in the 2030s.

Access to funding from bipartisan Biden administration initiatives has also been paused, officials say.

The U.S. lacks about 7.3 million homes for renters with extremely low incomes, according to estimates from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has joined a series of lawsuits that have so far sandbagged the flood of executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.

Gov. Wes Moore delivers his third State of the State speech on Wednesday. It’s a chance for Moore to pitch his plan to close the state’s $3 billion budget shortfall.

State inspectors have cited the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services with health and safety violations after parole agent’s killing.

Legislation under consideration in Annapolis would make a swath of traffic violations “secondary offenses” and would stop police officers from pulling people over for those violations.

January ended with the first member of the Annapolis LGBTQIA+ community named to the General Assembly, the first Black woman state senator, accusations of racism, a member removed for faking credentials, and hard feelings all around.

Gov. Wes Moore’s sweeping State of the State address covered expansive ground — from his budget plan to public transit, from tax reforms to economic boosts and from education funding to Washington, D.C., chaos.

Maryland’s state health secretary, Dr. Laura Herrera Scott, is resigning her position at the end of this month, Gov. Wes Moore said Thursday.