Maryland businesses with at least five employees could be required to offer a payroll-deduction retirement plan under legislation being considered by the General Assembly.

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The chairman of a task force charged with finding ways to fund local highway projects urged lawmakers Tuesday to vote against restoring severe funding cuts made to local governments, saying doing so would make life even more difficult for the state.

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Federal Reserve officials agreed at their January meeting that further gradual reductions in their stimulus would be appropriate as long as the economy keeps improving.

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Former political consultant Julius Henson said he is “shocked” by a charge that his run for state Senate violates the terms of his probation.

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Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler urged Maryland’s top court Tuesday to overturn its landmark decision that arrestees have a state constitutional right to counsel at initial bail hearings.

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Gov. Martin O’Malley and U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., signed an agreement Tuesday with local officials to expand a public-private cybersecurity technology partnership that will be located in Rockville.

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A blog post on the site of a Montgomery County parents’ group this weekend assailed — in often personal terms — three local state senators for their sponsorship of legislation that would make it a misdemeanor for part-time and volunteer school and recreational coaches to have sex with a 16-year-old under their charge, but only if the perpetrator is at least seven years older than the victim.

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Julius Henson, who was convicted in a case involving robocalls on Election Day in 2010, says he is running for the General Assembly.

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Most Americans with intellectual or developmental disabilities remain shut out of the workforce, despite changing attitudes and billions spent on government programs to help them. Even when they find work, it's often part time, in a dead-end job or for pay well below the minimum wage.

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House Speaker John Boehner promised Thursday that the GOP-controlled House won't miss a late-February deadline to increase the government's borrowing cap.

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