Six state lawmakers are campaigning this year to leave the State House in favor of a seat in the U.S. Capitol, and a seventh says he will file campaign documents within a week with hope to make the move to Congress as well.

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Climate-change agreement heads news summary that includes a lawyer's trial in China, a congressional candidate's criticism of court rulings and the future of legal news.

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The long-expected formal campaign announcement is part of the domino effect caused by the retirement announcement of Sen. Barbara Mikulski.

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A freshman committee chair looking to make his mark, a legislator-cum-attorney general seeing if he still has State House sparkle and a state senator eying a congressional seat were able to celebrate Tuesday as the General Assembly this just-completed session passed bills they championed.

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Michael L. Higgs Jr.'s partisan, politically charged posts on his now-deleted Twitter account have drawn the attention of a Senate committee.

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One state senator urges passage of a bill that would shield some criminal offenses by telling a story about a figure in the Old Testament.

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Three key positions including the new chairman of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee in the state Senate could be filled later today by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. “We’re close to making an announcement,’ Miller said in an ...

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The legalization and taxation of recreational marijuana in Colorado could be an indicator of how Maryland's treasury may or may not benefit should a similar law pass in the coming 2014 General Assembly session.

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Not everyone is buying into the arguments for why the General Assembly should legalize marijuana in 2014.

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Del. Susan C. Lee plans to run for the Maryland Senate seat vacated by longtime Sen. Brian E. Frosh, who is campaigning to be Maryland attorney general.

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