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In a final plea that the Supreme Court hear their Second Amendment appeal, Maryland gun-rights advocates stated Wednesday that law-abiding citizens have the same constitutional right to carry handguns outside their homes for protection as the justices said they do ...

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Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has joined King & Spalding LLC as a partner, the firm announced Wednesday. He will work from the Atlanta-based firm’s Washington office. Rosenstein, who resigned from the Department of Justice in April 2019, ...

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Maryland’s Board of Public Works voted 2-1 to move forward with a plan to widen highways and replace a bridge in order to relieve traffic congestion in the Washington area. Gov. Larry Hogan and Comptroller Peter Franchot voted in favor of ...

Gov. Larry Hogan has directed Attorney General Brian Frosh to pursue litigation against Pennsylvania and the Environmental Protection Agency over Pennsylvania’s plan to clean up the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Hogan believes the EPA will not force Pennsylvania to meet its ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Just hours before the opening of the 2020 Maryland General Assembly session, Gov. Larry Hogan set the stage for a showdown with the legislature’s new leaders over their proposed $4 billion-per-year program to improve public school education in ...

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Read the digital edition of the Annapolis Summit 2020 publication.

ANNAPOLIS — The judge presiding over the criminal case against the man accused of killing five Maryland newspaper employees in 2018 ordered a number of documents to remain under seal as the parties await the start of the second phase ...

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Maryland’s two legislative chambers will undergo a seismic shift in leadership as the General Assembly meets for the 2020 session at noon. Two new presiding officers will replace the state’s two longest-serving leaders, sometimes referred to as “The Mikes” — ...

Look to these 12 men and women to make a big impact in Maryland's 2020 legislative session.

Ten lobbyists reported client fees of nearly $15 million last year, the Maryland State Ethics Commission reports. The combined reported earnings for the top 10 accounted for more than $3 of every $10 reported earned by all Annapolis lobbyists reporting ...