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ANNAPOLIS — Lawmakers from Gov. Larry Hogan’s party are calling on him to veto a bill that will increase the state’s minimum wage for all businesses to $15 per hour by 2026. The House Republican Caucus made its appeal Monday ...

The anticipated recreational-marijuana boom of 2019 has stalled in the Northeast, where New Jersey lawmakers scratched a planned legalization vote and New York’s governor cast doubt on the ability to strike an agreement in his state before a budget deadline. ...

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has canceled all public appearances after a pneumonia diagnosis. Mayor Catherine Pugh’s office said in a statement Monday that she has been diagnosed with pneumonia and her doctor instructed her to rest until she recovers. Meanwhile, ...

U.S. medical authorities are revisiting the safety of breast implants used by millions of American women, the latest review in a multi-decade debate about their health effects.

ANNAPOLIS – With no dissenting votes, the Senate on Friday confirmed Gov. Larry Hogan’s three nominees for Maryland’s top and intermediate appellate courts. Easton lawyer Brynja McDivitt Booth will take a seat on the Court of Appeals and Calvert County ...

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ANNAPOLIS – The full Senate may begin to consider as early as Monday legislation that would allow terminally ill patients over age 21 to request and receive life-ending medication from their physicians who conclude they have at most six months ...

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The advancement Friday of a watered-down prescription drug bill in the Maryland General Assembly demonstrated the difficulties of passing state legislation that could help meaningfully reduce prescription drug prices. Maryland lawmakers continue to make clear their interest in easing the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — University of Maryland Medical System officials told lawmakers Friday they are committed to “evolving” how they do business. As the legislature is quickly moving legislation to force the system to make changes, leaders of the $4 billion medical system said ...

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While Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan isn't completely ruling out a potential primary challenge to President Donald Trump, he said Thursday that currently "it doesn't make any sense at all."

The White House on Thursday rejected a Democratic request for information on private conversations between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, including an interview with an interpreter who sat in on their one-on-one meeting in Helsinki last summer.