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Apr 28, 2026

Gov. Wes Moore signs voting rights, immigration, foster care bills

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed dozens of bills that are poised to provide increased safeguards for voters, foster children, immigrants and consumers.

House Minority Whip Jason Buckel, R-Allegany, and Minority Whip Jesse Pippy, R-Frederick, speak before the floor session on on Jan. 20, 2026. (Hannah Gaskill/The Daily Record.
Mar 9, 2026

MD House Republicans seek committee for investigating financial misconduct

Maryland Republicans presented their case for an investigative committee to look into allegations of misconduct regarding federal dollars among state agencies.

Maryland Department of Human Services Secretary Rafael López delivers the keynote address during the morning session of the Hunger Action Symposium on Sept. 16, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Maryland Food Bank)
Feb 16, 2026

MD Department of Human Services secretary to step down

Gov. Wes Moore said Rafael López, secretary of the Maryland Department of Human Services, will step down from his role later this month.

Maryland farmers are expressing concerns over plans to construct 70 miles of power lines that would traverse Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick counties. (Nathan Schwartz/Capital News Service screengrab)
Feb 13, 2026

MD regulators approve low-income utility discount program

Maryland Public Service Commission approves discounted utility rates for low-income customers, capping energy costs at 6% of household income.

President Donald Trump attends a business meeting at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Dec 5, 2025

Maryland to pay millions more for SNAP under Trump’s bill

Trump legislation is poised to make Maryland pay $40 million more in state funding to administer SNAP next fiscal year, analysts say.

The Maryland State House is shown in this 2025 file photo. (Angelique Gingras/Capital News Service)
Nov 25, 2025

MD agencies meet to brainstorm protections against Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

Maryland agencies are coordinating to safeguard health care, Medicaid and SNAP amid federal cuts under the Trump administration.

Gov. Wes Moore speaks to reporters on Nov. 4, 2025, in the State House in Annapolis after he signed an executive order releasing $62 million to SNAP payments for Marylanders. (Hannah Gaskill/The Daily Record)
Nov 7, 2025

Moore announces additional assistance programs for federal workers

Gov. Wes Moore announced additional actions taken to support Maryland’s federal workers during the federal government shutdown.

Maria Pires holds a picture of herself at age 11 years old as she gives an interview at the shelter where she is staying in eastern Brazil on June 15, 2025, after her deportation from the U.S. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Sep 15, 2025

She was adopted into an abusive home in MD. Decades later, ICE deported her back to Brazil.

Decades after Maria Pires was adopted from Brazil and arrived to Baltimore, she was deported under the Trump administration’s crackdown.

Maryland Human Services Secretary Rafael Lopez holds a SNAP payment card. The Board of Public Works approved a $20 million contract that state officials hope will bring protections against fraud and theft for those that rely on the payments. (The Daily Record photo/Jack Hogan)
Jul 3, 2024

Despite contest, MD board approves $20M contract to combat SNAP benefits theft

In approving a $20 million contract, Maryland officials are hoping to hasten the rollout of protections against fraud and theft for people who rely on SNAP payments.

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Dec 7, 2018

Md. officials immune from suit for alleged Medicaid wrongs, 4th Circuit says

Nursing homes cannot sue state officials to recover unpaid Medicaid benefits on behalf of past patients, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in denying compensation requests by three Maryland facilities […]

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Sep 27, 2017

Former Md. cabinet secretary indicted for bribery conspiracy

A former Maryland cabinet secretary was indicted Wednesday on federal bribery charges for allegedly conspiring to convince companies to subcontract with a company she was accepting payments from while working in […]