Perhaps the only prediction that will come true regarding the 2019 General Assembly session will be the influential Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee will have a starkly different look than it had this year. The 11-member panel, from which this year’s ...

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A Maryland state senator is calling for a special session of the General Assembly in light of President Donald Trump’s decision not to fund cost-sharing subsidy payments to insurers. Democratic Sen. Jim Brochin says the state should pass a law ...

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A four-term Republican state delegate who was expected to be the favorite to succeed Democratic Sen. Jim Brochin in 2018 has announced she will instead leave the General Assembly. Del. Susan Aumann, R-Baltimore County, said Monday that she is stepping ...

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Two lawmakers clashed over accusations that the vice chairwoman of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee stole a bill from another senator.

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One Baltimore County state senator is calling for the repeal of Maryland’s two-year old stormwater management fee and drawing the ire of an environmental group who endorsed him.

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Republicans in Maryland may need more than a unity rally if they are to seize what they perceive to be an opportunity to increase their numbers in the state Senate.

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Here are a number of factors to keep in mind as results start to roll in after the polls close at 8 p.m.

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Democratic state Sen. Jim Brochin, D-Baltimore County, got some support from an unlikely ally following an incident involving a political rival who took down some of his campaign signs Saturday.

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Supporters of an elected school board in Baltimore County have reason to be modestly optimistic about the chances of success this year.

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A few government and politics headlines for Tuesday.

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