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ANNAPOLIS — Activists and an association that represents local governments say they plan to push lawmakers to limit the circumstances under which courts can declare the state has superseding authority that local governments cannot usurp. The proposal on the doctrine ...

Hundreds of residents of Maryland and Delaware packed a public hearing held over the weekend to solicit opinions on offshore wind projects.

Overtime for Maryland prison workers has increased for yet another fiscal year amid what state lawmakers and union officials say is a staffing crisis.

ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland bill forming the structure for a $372.9 million plan to keep the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore and transform Laurel Park into a year-round horse racing facility is on pace to drop in a matter of weeks. ...

ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Judiciary seeks $641.6 million in fiscal year 2021 – a 6% increase from the $605.5 million appropriated for the judicial branch this fiscal year, which ends June 30. The request includes $566.5 million from the state’s ...

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The Maryland Democratic Party announced on Thursday that its executive director has resigned.

A draft plan from Gov. Larry Hogan's administration to cut Maryland greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030 is “truly vague,” a leading state senator said Thursday over the administration's assertions that the plan was on track to meeting its goal.

ANNAPOLIS — Sen. Cory McCray continues pushing legislation permitting Baltimore to require certain high-ranking police officers to live in the city, despite opposition from the department. The legislation is needed, McCray said, because Baltimore benefits when law enforcement leaders are ...

ANNAPOLIS — Nearly a quarter million Maryland retirees could see dramatic tax reductions, with some paying no taxes at all, under a proposal announced Thursday by Republican Gov. Larry Hogan. The proposal, for which the text of the bill was ...

ANNAPOLIS — Comptroller Peter Franchot said he wants to construct a new building for his agency’s Baltimore offices and will consider locating that project in a wide swath of the city but not the Inner Harbor. A request for proposal ...