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Plastic carryout bags would essentially be a thing of the past in Maryland if a bill in the General Assembly gathers enough lawmakers’ votes.

Gov. Larry Hogan appointed five individuals to the Prince George’s County District Court bench Monday. Wennesa Bell Snoddy, John Anthony Bielec, Dolores Dorsainvil, LaKeecia Reneé Allen and Stacey Maria Cobb Smith were named to vacancies after being recommended by the county’s ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The leader of one Maryland County called on lawmakers to fully implement a generational expansion of public education funding and policies in one jurisdiction — Baltimore — before rolling it out to the rest of the state. The ...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Monday that a state education department administrator with a long former career in the U.S. Marshal's Service will be the state's first inspector general for education.

Del. Nick Mosby is pushing a bill he contends will reduce violence in Baltimore by allowing the city’s liquor board to immediately shutter bars and liquor stores that are scenes of violent crime. House Bill 509 allows the executive secretary ...

ANNAPOLIS – Legislation to enable people targeted by false police calls to sue the callers for damages drew praise Friday as a way to protect minorities from those who irrationally believe they are all criminals. The bill also drew concern ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland pet owners could be compensated for black bear attacks under new legislation heard Tuesday in a Senate committee. Maryland’s Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund would be expanded under Senate Bill 353 to add pets to the list ...

ANNAPOLIS — School construction funding in Maryland would increase by $2.2 billion over five years, under a measure approved by the House of Delegates on Friday. The House approved the measure on a bipartisan 128-6 vote. The measure, which is ...

ANNAPOLIS — Republicans in the House of Delegates called on the General Assembly to pass a package of bills they say will improve education by removing disruptive students and expanding state oversight of individual school districts. While much of the focus ...

In a bid to revive the Equal Rights Amendment, the House on Thursday approved a measure removing a 1982 deadline for state ratification and reopening the process to amend the Constitution to prohibit discrimination based on sex.