ANNAPOLIS — One newly appointed member of the University of Maryland Medical System Board faced tough questions from a Senate panel, not about the scandal that involved self-dealing by some former members, but because of her social media posts involving transgender ...

ANNAPOLIS — Members of the Maryland legislature’s transit caucus announced Wednesday their support for increased transit funding, oversight for public-private partnerships and studies to expand public transit throughout the state as part of the group’s priorities. This is the transit group’s ...

Maryland’s Senate presidents past and present are looking to bolster state coffers and pay for a historic expansion of education funding with a new tax aimed at online advertisers. Legislation introduced Wednesday — Senate Bill 2 — calls for the ...

As lawmakers return to Annapolis, a  plurality of Marylanders say crime is the top issue in the state and more than 7 in 10 say they approve of the job performance of Gov. Larry Hogan, according to a new poll ...

GREENBELT — Former Del. Tawanna Gaines has been sentenced to 6 months in federal prison on a count of wire fraud. Additionally, Gaines was sentenced to three years of supervised probation, including two months of home detention, and she was ...

Friends and former colleagues of disgraced former Del. Tawanna Gaines are speaking out on her behalf, with one saying she was the “least likely” member of the House of Delegates to be caught up in a corruption scandal. Gaines, 67 ...

Del. Cheryl Glenn, D-Baltimore and a leader within the city delegation and Legislative Black Caucus, resigned abruptly from the House of Delegates effective Wednesday. Glenn confirmed her departure in a series of text messages with The Daily Record. “I resigned ...

Montgomery and Prince George’s counties are among the big winners as incoming Senate President William “Bill” Ferguson announced his leadership team for the 2020 legislative session. Overall, the two suburban Washington jurisdictions will hold two of the four standing committee ...

A spokeswoman for Attorney General Brian Frosh said use of official postage by one employee who mailed personal holiday cards is being reviewed.

Sen. Will Smith has been named the new chairman of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. Incoming Senate President William “Bill” Ferguson made the announcement at a party to welcome Smith, a Montgomery County Democrat and U.S. naval intelligence officer,  home ...