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Baltimore’s acting mayor is ordering an audit of a city contract with a charitable organization that had purchased $80,000 of children’s books written by Mayor Catherine Pugh. Ex officio Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young announced Thursday that he directed the city Department ...

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is scheduled to join Nevada Rep. Susie Lee to call for passage of a bill to promote public education funding.

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Maryland's Speaker Pro Tem says she is running to be the next leader of Maryland's House of Delegates.

Former Maryland Deputy Attorney General Thiru Vignarajah’s announcement Wednesday that he is running for Baltimore mayor makes him the first Democrat of note to launch a campaign following Mayor Catherine Pugh’s entanglement in an ethics controversy. But with Pugh on ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s 439th session of the General Assembly may go down as the session that set the tone for the remainder of the term. A more progressive legislature, one where nearly one-third of the members are new, passed bills ...

Maryland lawmakers ratified a bill backers hope will boost investment in state opportunity zones and correct flaws in the federal program. The 68-page legislation, SB 581, cobbles together policies pushed by a wide swath of players, including Republican Gov. Larry ...

Though some “second chance” legislation failed to pass the General Assembly in 2019 despite years of pushes from advocates, a bill to provide a tool to prosecutors to vacate past unjust convictions gained bipartisan support and passed both chambers by the ...

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The governor’s comments were absolutely nonsense. Nonsense, nonsense, nonsense, nonsense personified. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., responding to comments by Gov. Larry Hogan that public education had been a top priority of his administration.   There’s nothing more ...

Here’s a look at measures passed by General Assembly during its 2019 session: Comptroller’s powers The legislature removed regulatory authority over alcohol, tobacco and gasoline from the comptroller’s office and placed it with a commission. Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed the ...

ANNAPOLIS — Funeral services have been scheduled for former Maryland House of Delegates Speaker Michael E. Busch, his family announced Tuesday. Busch will lie in repose in the rotunda of the Maryland State House next week. Public visitation will be ...