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ANNAPOLIS — Legislation that would define esports in Maryland, allow prizes and prevent gambling was heard by the House Ways and Means committee on Thursday. The legislation defines esports as a competition involving video games, including first-person shooters, real-time strategy ...

WASHINGTON – House Democrats on Wednesday introduced legislation to strengthen a decade-old equal pay law to ensure women are paid the same as men for the same jobs. The bill has the support of every Democrat in the House, according ...

ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan’s I-495 and I-270 expansion plan could be pushed back for a year by a bill that would first require a completed environmental assessment.   Maryland House Bill 91 would require all presolicitation reports for Public-Private ...

ANNAPOLIS — The state’s Office of Legislative Audits uncovered potential conflicts of interest among contracts made by a former Maryland Transit Administration employee, according to a report released Monday. The report presented evidence the unnamed MTA management employee had, through ...

Furloughed federal workers will be compensated for the time they spent working without pay, thanks to a bill sponsored by Maryland’s senators and signed into law Wednesday by President Donald Trump.

Tagged with: Ben Cardin Chris Van Hollen Donald Trump government shutdown

Defendants who reject plea bargains and are convicted when they choose to go to trial for many types of crimes face longer sentences in Baltimore – sometimes substantially longer – than defendants who make a deal, a Capital News Service ...

From selecting the stories that pop up in our Facebook feeds to deciding whether we’ll get a loan, artificial intelligence algorithms make countless choices that influence our lives. Now, they’re permeating courtroom judgments. In some jurisdictions, “risk assessment” algorithms help ...

MIDDLETOWN  — A gaggle of excitable white turkeys gobbled and clucked in their pen at Open Book Farm on a chilly afternoon in late October. Most days, the birds roamed free in one of the farm’s pastures, scratching and walking ...

Howard County’s new five-member council and executive will have to hit the ground running on a $50 million flood mitigation plan for Ellicott City.

Tagged with: allan kittleman calvin ball ellicott city Jen Terrasa Jon Weinstein Liz Walsh Nicholas Redding Preservation Maryland Tiber River

DUNDALK — In a quiet suburb outside Baltimore, down the street from a church and walking distance from a grocery store, one white house is not like the rest. Inside, positive messages cover the walls and sobriety coins hang next ...

Tagged with: opioids Small business