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ANNAPOLIS – A tax credit for donations to public and private schools, and a scholarship for graduating early are among several education initiatives announced Wednesday by Gov. Larry Hogan. The Maryland Education Tax Credit, which would provide a tax credit ...

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ANNAPOLIS – REI Columbia store manager Joe Hohn is seeing triple the number of sales for a typical mid-January week for warm clothes, gloves, jackets, and emergency gear like stoves and back-up battery packs. The store even sold out of ...

Gov. Larry Hogan advised Marylanders to “go to the stores and stock up” in preparation of a possible winter storm this weekend, bringing potentially heavy snow, high winds and cold temperatures to the state. University of Maryland President Wallace D. ...

Maryland’s Department of Education shared its perspective on standardized assessments and included key findings from the first edition of PARCC testing during the 2014-2015 school year. The Maryland Higher Education Commission spoke on college affordability and its goal to launch ...

The Maryland Association of Counties and the Maryland Municipal League said they will each prioritize highway user revenues at the state Senate’s Budget and Taxation Committee meeting Wednesday afternoon. MACO President John F. Barr said in addition to highway user ...

ANNAPOLIS — Since 2011, $3.37 million intended to help mitigate pollution in the Chesapeake Bay has been diverted to the state’s general fund, but Sen. Bryan Simonaire, R-Anne Arundel, is aiming to stop that. His bill, the Chesapeake and Atlantic ...

ANNAPOLIS — Two bills introduced Tuesday before the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee would expand protection from civil liability to anyone who uses reasonable force to remove a child or animal from a dangerously hot car. The current law protects ...

WASHINGTON — The race between Democratic Reps. Donna Edwards and Chris Van Hollen for the U.S. Senate is tight, according to a poll released Tuesday. Van Hollen, who represents the state’s 8th District, is supported by 38 percent of likely ...

ANNAPOLIS – Paul Wiedefeld, the general manager of WMATA, knows riders don’t trust the Metro. Wiedefeld has been in his position since late November, and on Tuesday he briefed Maryland’s House Environment and Transportation Committee. “From a riders’ perspective, we’ve ...

WASHINGTON — Attorneys general from Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia met on Friday to coordinate efforts on reducing gun violence and illegal gun trafficking in the region. The folks who are doing the crimes are doing it across ...