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The state’s highest court ruled Thursday that the Maryland General Assembly ran afoul of the state constitution when it passed budget language barring Gov. Larry Hogan from reappointing and paying two Cabinet secretaries. The Court of Appeals, in a 4-3 ...

Comptroller Peter Franchot is making good on his promise to be a thorn in the side of Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr.’s 2018 campaign. Franchot took his anti-Miller message directly to residents of Miller’s home district, which includes ...

Maryland could soon begin to collect sales taxes from online purchases. It’s just a question of when and how much could be collected. State officials are scrambling for answers. A spokesman for Comptroller Peter Franchot referred reporters to a statement ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A state delegate from Baltimore City is calling on legislative leaders to publicly release an interim report on allegations of sexual misconduct against Del. Curt Anderson. Del. Mary Washington, who is a candidate for Maryland Senate from Anderson’s district, ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan Wednesday announced the appointment of Jason M. Stanek as the new chairman of the Public Service Commission. Stanek has served as senior counsel to the U.S. House Energy and Commerce energy subcommittee and previously spent 16 years ...

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A former state senator awaiting sentencing on federal fraud charges has agreed to forfeit $5,000.  The forfeiture, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, is part of a plea agreement reached between federal prosecutors and former Sen. Nathaniel T. ...

A much-watched challenge to Maryland’s 6th Congressional District was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court, which said plaintiffs waited too long to mount a challenge and ask for a preliminary injunction. The case is one of two involving redistricting on ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan added to his sizable campaign war chest, reportedly raising more than $900,000 in less than a month. The report comes from a memo released late Friday afternoon that is written by Tom Kelso, chairman of the governor’s re-election ...

Maryland voters will see little change in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday that struck down a law barring voters from wearing their political beliefs in the polling booth. The nation’s highest court ruled that a Minnesota law that ...

Valerie Ervin ended her brief campaign for governor Wednesday by endorsing Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker and immediately attacking his main opponent.

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