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    The Maryland House of Delegates on opening day of the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis, Md., on Wednesday, January 8, 2024.
    Maryland House passes bill on health, sex education requirements
    The largely party-line vote represented the third year in a row that state delegates have sought to weigh in on curriculum.
    Gov. Wes Moore responding to questions during an event at Bowery Farming in Nottingham, MD. 03/06/2024
    Gov. Moore posts job help for Maryland’s federal workers
    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.
    Members of the Maryland Freedom Caucus hold a press conference in Annapolis to discuss their proposed energy legislation on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.
    Live coverage: Trump backers support cutting Maryland’s federal jobs
    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 looks down the row at his lawyers and others who accompanied him to Wednesday's Board of Public Works Meeting.
    State apologizes, awards $3 million to man wrongly imprisoned for murder
    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.
    Violent assaults in Maryland prisons jumped by more than 50% last year.
    Violent assaults are spiking in state prisons. Could body cameras be a solution?
    Drugs? Staffing? Lack of air conditioning? Maryland corrections officials and union members differ on reasons behind surge in violence.
    A new housing complex in Bowie.
    Poll: Maryland voters cite housing as top concern
    Two polls in the last month found housing was the top concern.
    One of the two concrete-encased reactor vessels at Constellation’s Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center in Lusby.
    Constellation to spend $100 million upgrading Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant
    The Baltimore-based energy company is looking to relicense its Southern Maryland reactors beginning in the 2030s.
    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 07: U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House on February 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump is expected to attend Super Bowl this weekend in New Orleans between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs.
    Maryland agencies checking access to federal funds daily under Trump
    Access to funding from bipartisan Biden administration initiatives has also been paused, officials say.
    Christina Cikins and her partner David Edge sit on their bed in Baltimore, MD on Jan. 29, 2025. Cikins and Edge are facing homelessness after receiving an unexpected eviction notice.
    How bad is Maryland’s housing affordability crisis? Ask this Baltimore couple.
    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 addresses legal measures taken by his office related to federal funding and the integrity of the federal payment system regarding actions taken by the Trump administration.
    Maryland AG speaks of ‘need to act’ as he pushes back against Trump agenda
    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 State of the State address at the state house in Annapolis on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.
    Live coverage: Senate president says federal Medicaid cuts would be ‘devastating’
    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.
    Workplace hazards for Maryland parole agents: Getting shot, stabbed, punched or strangled
    State inspectors have cited the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services with health and safety violations after parole agent’s killing.
    Sen. Charles Sydnor, a Baltimore County Democrat, sits in the Maryland State House during the final day of the 2024 General Assembly Session. Sydnor has sponsored legislation aimed at curbing racial disparities in traffic stops.
    This is how lawmakers want to reduce racial disparities in Maryland traffic stops
    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.
    Del. Dana Jones, left, and Del. Shaneka Henson share a few words after Henson was selected by the Anne Arundel County Democratic Central Committee to fill a vacancy in the state Senate. The meeting was held at the Busch Annapolis Library on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.
    Calls from the governor and a fake elector — inside Anne Arundel Democrats’ four wild weeks
    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 delivers his annual State of the State address in the Maryland State House in Annapolis on Wednesday.
    What Gov. Moore didn’t say in his State of the State speech
    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 Health Secretary Laura Herrera Scott speaks about a state grant program that will send $120 million worth of grants to organizations that provide mental and behavioral health services for kids so they can partner with schools to bring treatment and other support into schools. The program was the focus of a press conference in Annapolis on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023.
    Maryland’s state health secretary to resign
    Maryland’s state health secretary, Dr. Laura Herrera Scott, is resigning her position at the end of this month, Gov. Wes Moore said Thursday.
    Early voters cast their ballots at the Randallstown Community Center on October 30, 2024.
    Judge tosses lawsuit claiming flawed Maryland elections
    The plaintiffs aimed to stop the certification of the 2024 election.
    Gov. Wes Moore greets House Majority Leader David Moon as he arrives in the House Chamber to deliver his annual State of the State address on Wednesday.
    ‘Two storms’: Key takeaways from Gov. Wes Moore’s State of the State, from Trump to budget
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore delivered a State of the State speech Wednesday that carefully balanced caution with optimism and acknowledged there are difficult times ahead.
    “The trials we now face — both those we inherited and those newly realized — mean that easy decisions are off the table,” Gov. Wes Moore said in his State of the State speech on Wednesday.
    Gov. Moore warns of ‘difficult decisions’ over Trump, budget deficit
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pledged Wednesday to guide the state through turbulent times caused by uncertainty from the new presidential administration and a sluggish local economy.
    Passengers, reflected in a platform mirror, wait for their light rail to arrive at the Lutherville station in Lutherville, Md. on Monday, February 3, 2025.
    Lutherville Station developer says he’s ‘not going anywhere’
    The owner of the commercial shopping center next to the Lutherville light rail stop is pledging to continue to work to add housing there, despite intense community opposition and resistance from the County Council.
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