Crimes a defendant was charged with but never convicted of will be shielded from online view under an expungement bill that passed the House of Delegates last week, but advocates say the amendments made in committee diminish the bill’s effect. ...

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Maryland was one of four states that did vote, in 1862, to ratify the Corwin Amendment, which would have enshrined slavery in the Constitution.

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The House is expected to hold a final vote on Senate Bill 281 on Wednesday. But first, here's a recap of what happened Tuesday night, by the numbers:

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After a full day of closed-door arm twisting, a House of Delegates panel finally emerged after 7 p.m. Monday to overwhelmingly support a bill that would expand Maryland's casino gambling program. ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate has given preliminary approval to expanding gambling to allow table games like blackjack and a new casino near the nation’s capital. The Senate, which took a recess on Friday until 6 p.m., planned to take ...

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The story of how the Maryland House of Delegates passed same-sex marriage legislation during the General Assembly’s regular session has already been told. Still, I found it interesting to hear Del. Kathleen M. Dumais’ firsthand account, which she gave Friday ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Senate gave preliminary approval Monday to two bills in a budget package that would prevent some $500 million in cuts from Gov. Martin O’Malley’s original fiscal 2013 budget proposal. Democratic senators successfully fended off a flurry of ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The state Senate gave preliminary approval to a public-private partnerships bill Saturday afternoon that does not include two controversial amendments made to an identical House of Delegates bill. SB 358 could receive final approval when the Senate reconvenes ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate has given preliminary approval to doubling the state’s “flush tax.” The Senate on Saturday rejected two amendments offered by Sen. E.J. Pipkin, R-Cecil. One of the amendments would have put a firewall around the money ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A bill modifying a law that allows Maryland prisoners to ask the court to suspend their child support payments might have to be amended in order to pass the state Senate. State Sen. Robert Zirkin said Friday that ...

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