Maryland Daily Record Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news

ANNAPOLIS – Legislation that would make it a crime for caregivers — including family members — to intentionally cause severe emotional distress to the physically or mentally disabled adults under their charge was praised Wednesday as a critical amendment to ...

Tagged with: caregivers elder abuse emotional distress

ANNAPOLIS — A bipartisan group of senators hopes to support small businesses in the legislature this year by boosting access to health insurance, improving government efficiency and taking a look at reforming the state tax code. The Senate Small Business ...

Former Maryland lawmaker Cheryl Glenn pleaded guilty to federal corruption and bribery charges on Wednesday.

ANNAPOLIS — Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder met with Maryland lawmakers to discuss allowing sports betting at a new stadium in the state, a lawmaker who participated in a meeting with the team’s owner said Wednesday. Sen. Guy Guzzone, D-Howard, ...

A new report says that a critical shortage of police officers in Baltimore is delaying many of the reforms that are required under a federal consent decree.

A former state lawmaker who represented Baltimore and was a leading advocate for legalizing marijuana in Maryland is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on bribery and fraud charges.

Maryland's Republican governor on Tuesday urged federal officials to allow more H-2B visas for foreign workers to help the state's $355 million seafood industry and seasonal employers.

(UPDATED) — The House of Delegates is slated to act on overriding Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of the so-called “ban the box” bill on Jan. 30 after delaying a vote slated for Tuesday. The House scheduled the override vote late last ...

ANNAPOLIS – A bill to require triennial evaluations of the questionnaires many judges use to assess whether defendants should be released before trial drew criticism Tuesday from lawmakers, who expressed concern about the cost of the consultant-driven questions and asked ...

Tagged with: bail reform pretrial release risk-assessment tool

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has returned $62,950 in campaign contributions, according to his campaign finance report for this month.