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The Amazon Web Services Data Center in Springfield, Virginia, is one of many such centers in the Washington metropolitan region. (Peter Riccio/Capital News Service)
Jun 30, 2026

No referendum on Frederick data center expansion, MD Supreme Court rules

Frederick County residents will not be able to vote on the expansion of a data center campus.

The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Oct 3, 2025

Trump’s powers in spotlight as new Supreme Court term looms

The Supreme Court opens its new term with major cases on Trump’s tariffs, federal official firings, election finance and culture war issues.

Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington on Dec. 11, 2023. Giuliani filed a last-minute deal July 31, 2024, to end his personal bankruptcy case and pay about $400,000 to a financial adviser hired by his creditors. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Sep 29, 2025

Rudy Giuliani settles defamation suit over his 2020 election claims

Rudy Giuliani reached a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in its $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit over his baseless election claims.

Kyle Hallman, with Chester County Voter Services, organizes mail-in ballots to be sorted for the 2020 General Election Oct. 23, 2020, in West Chester, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Jul 15, 2025

Independents who want to vote in Pennsylvania’s closed primaries seek help from state’s high court

Independent voters ask Pennsylvania’s high court to strike down closed primaries, citing state constitutional violations of election rights.

Steve Kramer is seated June 5, 2024, at Superior Court, in Laconia, New Hampshire, during his arraignment in connection with charges of voter suppression and impersonating a candidate. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, Pool)
Jun 16, 2025

Jury acquits consultant behind AI robocalls mimicking Biden on all charges

A political consultant who sent artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking former President Joe Biden last year was acquitted.

Voters stand in line at the Kentland Community Center in Hyattsville in Prince George's County. There was a short line of voters, which included a number of students from the University of Maryland. (Abby Zimmardi/Capital News Service)
May 29, 2025

Lawsuit challenges Maryland’s closed primary elections

Unaffiliated Maryland voters sued the state over closed primaries, claiming tax-funded elections deny them their constitutional right to vote.

Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox at a Monday campaign event. (The Daily Record/Bryan P. Sears)
Apr 6, 2023

Md. high court explains unanimous rejection of Cox’s challenge to early vote counting

The Maryland Supreme Court’s rejection of failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cox’s challenge to the pre-Election Day counting of mail-in ballots was unanimous.

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Mar 27, 2023

Most attorneys say no to artificial intelligence, survey says

Today is Monday, the 46th anniversary of the deadliest disaster in aviation history. Here are some other news items. — Most lawyers have no plans to use artificial intelligence tools, […]

Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox at a Monday campaign event. (The Daily Record/Bryan P. Sears)
Feb 21, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court declines Cox’s appeal of early counting in 2022 election

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Dan Cox’s constitutional challenge to the order that permitted the early counting of mail-in ballots in the 2022 general election he lost.

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Jan 12, 2023

Cox seeks U.S. Supreme Court review of early ballot counting in 2022 election

Though conceding the election is over, failed Maryland gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cox has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn a state high court order he claims unconstitutionally permitted the early counting and tabulation of mail-in ballots in the 2022 general election he lost.

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Aug 25, 2022

Md. high court upholds constitutionality of student school board members

Maryland jurisdictions may continue having a high school student serve as a voting member on their school boards, the state’s top court unanimously ruled.

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Nov 9, 2021

Maryland high court weighs constitutionality of student school board members

Attorneys for public school parents and the Howard County Board of Education battled before Maryland’s top court Tuesday over the constitutionality of having high school students serve as voting members […]