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A bill that aims to end certain medical debt collection practices — practices that advocates say disproportionately target poor families and people of color — is now on its way to the governor’s desk having passed unanimously through both chambers. But despite final legislative approval of ...

A Maryland bill that would repeal the prohibition on prosecuting some sexual crimes against a victim who is the spouse of the assailant has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee after passing through the Senate in a unanimous vote. ...

Maryland is expecting more than 450,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine as soon as next week as part of an increase in shipment to states from the federal government. State officials are expecting larger shipments at the very same time Maryland ...

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The Maryland Department of Labor’s Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation today announced the extension of the moratorium on new residential foreclosures through May 3. The moratorium, originally established by the governor’s executive order issued April 3, 2020 and ...

A top adviser to Gov. Larry Hogan is coming under fire for comments made to CNN in which he opined that the coronavirus was unleashed on the world after it escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China. Dr. Robert Redfield, ...

Maryland saw a drop in its unemployment rate to 6.2% in February despite a net loss of 700 jobs, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The state’s unemployment rate dipped ...

The book, “We’re Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy,” by the late Rep. Elijah Cummings with James Dale won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work–Debut Author. Released by HarperCollins in September 2020, the book features a foreword by ...

Gov. Larry Hogan announced the state of Maryland will open six more mass vaccination sites beginning in early April, doubling the number to 12 as the state prepares for a significant increase in vaccine supply from the federal government. Hogan ...

Groups interested in sports betting operations in the state are pressuring lawmakers to guarantee more licenses after seeing one peeled off for a track location in Southern Maryland. Legislation sponsored by House Speaker Adrienne Jones and under consideration by the Senate ...

A one-month test of government agencies in Maryland revealed a patchwork of approaches in how public records are tracked and how requests for access are filled. The Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association in February filed requests for public information with 31 state ...