ANNAPOLIS — An election hotline and email account dedicated to receive complaints of voter intimidation and harassment in Maryland during the 2020 presidential election received few reports. Capital News Service through a Public Information Act request obtained records of 27 ...
Read More »Restraining order issued for dining restrictions in Anne Arundel
Anne Arundel County is revising an executive order that would have limited restaurants to carry out and delivery only just hours before it was to go into effect.
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Read More »Hogan: Maryland National Guard to assist with vaccine distribution
Gov. Larry Hogan said he will reactivate the Maryland National Guard to assist the state in the distribution of coronavirus vaccines.
Read More »Hogan named co-chair of bipartisan No Labels group
Gov. Larry Hogan Tuesday was named co-chair of No Labels, a bipartisan governing coalition capable of solving America’s toughest problems. Hogan, a Republican, will join No Labels founding chairman Joe Lieberman, a Democrat, as an essential voice for the No ...
Read More »Electoral College makes it official: Biden won, Trump lost
WASHINGTON — The Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden on Monday as the nation’s next president, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he had lost. The presidential electors gave Biden ...
Read More »Michigan GOP lawmaker punished for not denouncing violence
A Republican lawmaker was disciplined Monday for not denouncing potential violence at the Michigan Capitol before Democratic presidential electors were to meet to vote for Joe Biden, who defeated President Donald Trump in the swing state.
Read More »Maryland’s 10 electors officially vote for Biden
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s electors cast their 10 votes for president on Monday for Democrat Joe Biden, who won Maryland’s popular vote in November. The electors gathered in the Maryland State House to announce their vote and formalize it by signing ...
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Read More »Lawmakers eye changes to police ‘bill of rights,’ cite need for oversight
The General Assembly appears poised this coming session to sharply alter – if not outright repeal – a 46-year-old law governing how police departments discipline wayward officers, amid criticism that the procedures are too protective of them and largely shielded ...
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Read More »Floyd’s death, protests spur Md. police reform efforts
The Memorial Day death of an unarmed Black man at the knee of a Minneapolis police officer caught on video sparked not only nationwide protests this year but calls from Maryland legislators for law enforcement reform in their state when ...
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Read More »Md. revenue projections show continued improvement
Maryland’s fiscal outlook, once considered dire at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, continues to improve, according to one key revenue forecast. The latest projections issued Friday by the state Board of Revenue Estimates show a revenue picture for the ...
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