ANNAPOLIS — After a round of tough questioning, acting Department of Natural Resources Secretary Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio appears headed for confirmation. The Senate Executive Nominations Committee voted nearly unanimously Monday to recommend confirmation of the former Eastern Shore delegate, who more ...

ANNAPOLIS — An embattled Harford County Democratic legislator is vowing to seek redemption in the wake of her censure for using a racial slur. Mary Ann Lisanti, a two-term lawmaker, said that while she denies using the “n-word,” she accepts ...

A Harford County Democrat delegate has been stripped of her leadership position after she used a racial slur.

Members of a pro-Second Amendment group expressed concern that a compressed schedule of hearings on proposed gun control bills will leave little time for opponents and supporters to testify. The House Judiciary Committee Monday scheduled 10 hours of hearings on 19 ...

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Sometimes you have to take a hard vote. Sometimes you have to explain that vote to your mother, of all people. And sometimes, just sometimes, that hard vote is on a really uncomfortable subject. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller ...

There will be no free rides on state public transportation services for legislators and staff or employees of the Judiciary. And definitely no study on the feasibility of such a benefit after the Senate Thursday voted to strike language snuggled ...

Maryland’s top tax collector and enforcer of alcohol, tobacco and motor fuel regulations is warning that a bill aimed at moving those functions to another agency could hit the state and taxpayers in their wallets. Comptroller Peter Franchot, in two ...

Leaders of the General Assembly announced the membership of a much-expected work group that could move the state toward the legalization of recreational marijuana. The announcement by House Speaker Michael Busch and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. adds ...

Despite his high job approval numbers, most Marylanders do not want Gov. Larry Hogan to run for president, according to a new Goucher College poll. The poll, released Tuesday, also found that Marylanders trust state government and a plurality approve ...

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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