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 ...

On the eve of the second inauguration of Gov. Larry Hogan, there was an earthquake off the coast of Ocean City. And while it was not the “human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together” mass hysteria scenario described by Bill ...

Two state legislators who led the fight to ban fracking in Maryland say they oppose a plan to allow construction of a pipeline under the Western Maryland Rail/Trail. The agreement with Columbia Gas Transmission would allow for the construction of ...

Maryland Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation Secretary Kelly Schulz will take over as the new head of the state Department of Commerce. The appointment, announced by Gov. Larry Hogan Monday afternoon, is the first change in cabinet leadership for ...

Three casinos could get a reduction in the amount of taxes they pay to the state under a set of recommendations approved by the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Commission. Lawmakers will get the chance to review reductions approved Thursday by ...

A contract to expand two major highways using toll lanes will come before the Board of Public Works Wednesday, seven months after it was withdrawn because of the appearance of ethics issues. The board, chaired by Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, ...

A long-time spokesman for Gov. Larry Hogan is moving from the public to the private sector but won’t be leaving politics. Douglass Mayer, Hogan’s former communications director at the State House and later for the 2018 re-election campaign, will join Strategic ...

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s tax collector warned of an increased risk for an economic downturn and called for state leaders to sock away more than a billion dollars. Comptroller Peter Franchot made his cautionary comments as the Board of Revenue Estimates ...