There didn't seem to be real tension in the room; O'Malley's was the kind of tongue-in-cheek jab a governor can get away with less than a week into the Maryland General Assembly's 433rd meeting.

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Gov. Martin O’Malley will propose increasing tax credits for biotechnology, life science and research and development in the operating budget he will introduce to the General Assembly on Wednesday. O’Malley said he would also be “holding the line on college ...

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Ronald W. Wineholt has joined the Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington as vice president - government affairs for Maryland effective Oct. 1.

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ANNAPOLIS — Beginning this fall, confidentiality privileges long enjoyed by attorneys and their clients will be extended to labor organizations and their members, raising concerns that these new protections could interfere with federal law. One of hundreds of bills that ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Robert M. Bauman says no single measure passed by the General Assembly is particularly lethal to business in Maryland. But that doesn’t mean he thinks the legislature’s cumulative actions aren’t potentially deadly. “This is death by a thousand ...

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“They tell me it’ll kill me, but they won’t say when.” -Old blues song Gov. Martin O’Malley has been trying to get legislators focused on the killing potential of delay, but he’s had about as much success as warnings about ...

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ANNAPOLIS — When former correctional officer Robert Collins was asked to turn over his Facebook login information to a superior, he was concerned that his rights were being violated. Last year, Collins allowed the superior to look at his account ...

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ANNAPOLIS — As lawmakers prepare to consider tax hikes to pay for transportation projects, Maryland’s lieutenant governor is directing an effort to pump private dollars directly into state roads, bridges and rail lines and the port and airport. The administration’s ...

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There’s a coordinated push by Gov. Martin O’Malley to raise Maryland’s gasoline tax by applying the state’s sales tax of 6 percent to fuel purchases. That means that, at current gas prices, the state tax would rise from 23.5 cents ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley is considering revisions to his effort to expand Maryland’s sales tax on the Internet after the proposal angered business groups, tech firms and others that deal digital goods and services, an aide said Wednesday. For ...

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