“I’m here because the constitution says I have to be.” ~ Maryland Budget Secretary David Brinkley, responding to a comment from Gov. Larry Hogan about how Brinkley’s department had no items for approval on Wednesday’s Board of Public Works agenda. ...

If you haven’t bought anything online — not counting Amazon, Apple and other retailers with a presence in Maryland — you may not have noticed that online sales taxes are now in effect. The 6 percent sales tax once only ...

A Montgomery County judge has denied a request by the state’s largest teacher’s union to stop Gov. Larry Hogan’s campaign from using an apple in bumper stickers and social media posts. Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Michael Mason issued the ...

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan continues to lead his Democratic challenger by double digits, according to a poll released Friday by Mason-Dixon Polling and Strategy. The poll, which has Hogan leading Ben Jealous 56-37, represents the first look at the race ...

Lawyers for Gov. Larry Hogan’s campaign are defending the use of an apple in campaign material after the state’s largest teachers union filed suit in an attempt to stop the Republican from using the symbol in campaign materials. Timothy Maloney, a ...

A Democratic state senator from Montgomery County is asking Gov. Larry Hogan to use the Maryland State Police to investigate allegations of sexual assault leveled against a Supreme Court nominee. “Since you know the importance of an independent investigation, you ...

House Speaker Michael Busch is recovering after emergency bypass surgery. Busch, 71, underwent the surgery Wednesday night at the University of Maryland Medical Center after experiencing shortness of breath, according to a statement released late Thursday afternoon. “Speaker Busch was ...

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Maryland’s Democratic candidate for governor said Wednesday that a recent poll showing Gov. Larry Hogan with a 22-point lead isn’t all doom and gloom for the challenger. “The Goucher Poll doesn’t change our path to victory — if anything it ...

Gov. Larry Hogan holds a commanding 22-point lead over Democratic challenger Ben Jealous heading into the stretch run of the 2018 campaign, according to a Goucher College poll released Wednesday. Hogan’s lead over Jealous is the likely result of a ...

A Western Maryland newspaper that is a co-sponsor of the only debate between the two major party candidates for governor has had its state government reporter blocked from being one of the panelists asking questions.