Institutional obstacles in the Maryland General Assembly impede legislative efforts to enable the wrongly convicted to prove their innocence and, once exonerated, to be appropriately compensated for the years they lost, state legislators said Thursday.

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Marylanders remain divided on the issue of banning a controversial natural gas extraction process. A poll released Monday by the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center at Goucher College found that 43 percent of those surveyed said they support or ...

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What does it mean to be a woman working in Annapolis these days? It’s a topic that I’ve been asked thousands of times since I first set foot in the capital in 1979.  I lobbied for over 35 years in the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Their fates were inextricably linked, and in the end legislation creating mandatory paid sick leave and a tax cut package both died in the waning hours of the 2016 legislative session. Supporters of paid sick leave rallied outside ...

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The General Assembly on Monday passed legislation aimed at protecting vulnerable holders of structured settlements from predatory purchasers who prey on their imminent need for money by offering them just pennies on the dollar due them.

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ANNAPOLIS —  The 2016 General Assembly session will likely end as it began — with a number of veto overrides. Gov. Larry Hogan has already announced the veto of one bill sent to him last week and will hold at ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland General Assembly passed the state’s $42 billion budget on Tuesday following negotiations that went more smoothly than in past years — thanks in large measure to a surplus of more than $400 million. The Senate voted ...

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Crimes a defendant was charged with but never convicted of will be shielded from online view under an expungement bill that passed the House of Delegates last week, but advocates say the amendments made in committee diminish the bill’s effect. ...

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A bill critics say favors developers and weakens forest protections in Prince George’s County has drawn the ire of environmental groups. The Prince George’s delegation on Friday voted to support a bill in the General Assembly that the Chesapeake Bay ...

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Attorney General Brian E. Frosh urged lawmakers Thursday to pass legislation protecting holders of structured settlements, who have already suffered personal injuries, from a “predatory” purchaser who preys on their imminent need for money by offering them just pennies on the dollars due to them.

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