A Senate committee’s recommendation to reject three of Gov. Larry Hogan’s appointments could effectively stop, at least temporarily, the state Handgun Permit Review Board from operating. Three members of the board were voted down Monday evening by the Senate Executive ...

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If you were born in the Old Line State or have lived here for any length of time, it may come as no surprise that a certain spice for steamed crustaceans is a big deal. But in case you’ve lived ...

A heated debate over a proposal to countermand Gov. Larry Hogan’s executive order on post-Labor Day school starts boiled over when a top Democrat compared the Maryland Republican to a racist Civil Rights era governor. Sen. Paul Pinsky, D-Prince George’s and ...

Maryland’s top tax collector and enforcer of alcohol laws — at least for now — is vowing to shine a light on lawmakers and their associations with corporate special interests. Peter Franchot told reporters Tuesday he plans to comment on ...

The newly minted vice chairman of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee will trade his seat in the Senate for a deployment in Afghanistan. Sen. Will Smith, D-Montgomery, announced Wednesday that he has been called up to active duty effective March 29. ...

Gov. Larry Hogan Wednesday called a bill to relocate the enforcement division of the Office of the Comptroller a partisan and personal attack against Peter Franchot. Hogan said he had not planned on commenting on newly introduced legislation affecting the ...

A Senate committee has delayed a vote on three of Gov. Larry Hogan’s appointments to a panel that reviews appeals of denied handgun permit applications. The one-week delay by the Senate Executive Nominations Committee was approved after questions arose about number of ...

The longtime leader of the Maryland Senate sharply criticized Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s plan to no longer prosecute marijuana possession charges. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., speaking to reporters following Gov. Larry Hogan’s fifth State of ...

Gov. Larry Hogan has made no secret of his desire to provide a tax cut to Marylanders since first being sworn in four years ago. The Republican, now in his second term, could be on the verge of announcing just ...

If it can be said that what every first-term governor wants is a second term then one can also suppose that what every two-term governor wants, at least in states where the executive is term limited, is a shot at ...