Newly elected House Speaker Adrienne Jones announced nearly two dozen changes to House leadership late Friday. In making the appointments, Jones shores up her leadership team as she prepares to enter her first full session at the rostrum following the ...

Gov. Larry Hogan said Pennsylvania’s plan to reduce pollution flowing into the Chesapeake Bay presents “alarming concerns.” “With the recent release of the final Watershed Implementation Plans to restore the Chesapeake Bay by 2025, Maryland continues to have alarming concerns regarding ...

A longtime community activist in Towson has announced her intention to seek a soon-to-be vacant seat in the House of Delegates.

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A state senator who is running for Congress is being asked to apologize or resign over comments made about Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar. The Council for American Islamic Relations made the demand over a now-deleted message tweeted by Sen. ...

Comptroller Peter Franchot said he is “strongly considering a run for governor in 2022.” Franchot, now in his fourth term as the state’s top tax collector, expressed his interest in a campaign fundraising email sent Wednesday afternoon to potential donors. ...

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OCEAN CITY — Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young said he plans to ask Gov. Larry Hogan about ways to free up city police to focus on violent crime and to use nonviolent offenders to clean up neighborhoods. The ideas ...

A Republican state delegate who saw a defamation lawsuit against four members of his own party dismissed when he failed to appear in court is now asking a judge to reconsider.

A longtime Annapolis lobbyist is taking down his shingle to join a new firm.

Employees of the Office of the Attorney General will soon receive an unexpected and environmentally friendly token from Attorney General Brian Frosh.

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A Harford County Republican is asking a legislative ethics panel to impose one of the severest forms of punishment on a sitting state delegate who is suing him for defamation. Chris Biggs, of Abingdon, is asking the Joint Committee on ...