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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland auditors say two members of an advisory committee formed to provide investment advice for a state venture fund were associated with firms that received more than $21 million through the fund.The report released Friday on the Maryland ...

Maryland legislators want to reform the University System of Maryland Board of Regents after last fall’s chaos surrounding the University of Maryland, College Park football program led to changes on the board and on campus. Bills in the Senate and ...

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A bill to decriminalize adultery has returned to the General Assembly after failing in 2018 due to concerns about its impact on parties’ ability to “plead the Fifth” in divorce cases. Del. Kathleen M. Dumais, D-Montgomery, is again sponsoring the bill, ...

ANNAPOLIS — Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Larry Hogan could be headed to a ballot box showdown over starting schools before or after Labor Day. Hogan, speaking to reporters, said he would immediately propose a bill that would make his nearly ...

ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan met with members of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland on Thursday to discuss a settlement to a long-running dispute over the state’s treatment of its historically black colleges, as well as other priorities of ...

ANNAPOLIS – The Senate on Thursday morning passed legislation to expand Maryland’s law against the cyberbullying of youngsters, as the mother of a teenager who killed herself after being bullied online looked on. After the Senate’s 45-0 vote, attention shifted ...

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials want new rules to require state contractors to notify the state at least 30 days before a company is sold to a foreign entity, a move prompted after state officials learned last summer a ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s spending board has voted to approve a $275,000 annual salary for the city’s police commissioner nominee. The Wednesday vote by the Board of Estimates comes as former New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael Harrison is preparing to ...

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A bill to mandate the inclusion of judges’ names in Maryland Judiciary Case Search faced pushback Wednesday as skeptics questioned whether the measure would endanger judges or lead to public pressure affecting their decisions. Del. Robin L. Grammer Jr., R-Baltimore ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — The political crisis in Virginia exploded Wednesday when the state’s attorney general confessed to putting on blackface in the 1980s and a woman went public with detailed allegations of sexual assault against the lieutenant governor. With Gov. ...