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For nearly a year, our public school classrooms have sat empty, as the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly forced students and educators online.
Elected leaders are urging the General Assembly to dramatically boost spending on the state's existing bus and rail system.
Tyranny and anarchy are the twin threats to democracy. Last week, America had tumultuous demonstrations of both — from a manic president.
Gov. Hogan Jr. (R) unveiled a proposed billion-dollar stimulus package which would give low-income Maryland families $750, if they qualify.
Racial equity is slated to be a big-ticket item during the 2021 legislative session for Maryland.
The far-reaching impacts of the global pandemic over the past year have profoundly transformed our lives in innumerable ways.
Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks (D) named Juanita Miller, a former state delegate, to succeed Alvin Thornton.
Maryland’s most high-profile Republican leaders — Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. and Rep. Andrew P. Harris — have never had much in common.
Johns Hopkins University and the JHU health system on Friday joined a legislative push to boost healthcare in under-served communities.
A private-sector group that expressed interest in the Hogan administration’s plan to widen two Washington, D.C.-area higways has withdrawn.
Following calls for his expulsion from the General Assembly, Del. Daniel L. Cox (R-Frederick) issued a statement Friday.
U.S. Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.) spent last summer’s congressional recess focused on notes rather than votes — musical notes, that is.
Maryland Rep. Trone states Wednesday's violence "makes America look really, really bad. And it’s a stain that will continue."
Student voter turnout faltered during the abbreviated 2020 legislative session, the report states.
Less than a week before the start of the General Assembly, Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) announced assignments for four standing committees.
The Maryland General Assembly will convene in Annapolis for its annual 90-day session. Business will not be as usual due to the pandemic.
The reason for Choplin's retirement could not "immediately be learned," the report states; she has spent three decades in state government.
The tradition of the firm Cornerstone Government Affairs throwing a fundraiser for the Maryland General Assembly continues next week.
Maryland’s governor said there was “no question America would be better off if the president would resign or be removed from office."