The Maryland Senate late Monday approved a bill that would provide insurance benefits to people who were unsuccessful in their attempt to sign up for coverage through the state health benefits exchange website.

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Del. Luiz Simmons said he will run for state Senate rather than seek a fourth term in the Maryland House of Delegates.

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ANNAPOLIS — Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown is expected to announce his gubernatorial bid. Officials say that Brown will make the announcement Friday during a picnic at Prince George’s Community College. The lieutenant governor is also expected to make stops in ...

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The General Assembly has approved a slightly modified version of the $37 billion budget proposed by Gov. Martin O’Malley, an accord that almost closes what was once a $2 billion structural deficit.

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ANNAPOLIS — With tempers flaring, the Maryland House of Delegates on Wednesday approved authorizing $1.1 billion in borrowing for the state’s capital budget. The House passed the bill on a 97-41 vote, mostly along party lines. The capital budget, which ...

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Salisbury University has honored Del. Adrienne Jones, D-Baltimore County, the first African-American woman to serve as Speaker Pro Tem of the Maryland House of Delegates, with its 2012 John R. Hargreaves Distinguished Legislative Fellowship. Jones will visit the campus this ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Republican member of Maryland’s State House who has been mentioned as a possible supporter of a bill to legalize gay marriage says he’s unsure if he will support it. Republican Delegate Patrick Hogan represents an increasingly Democratic ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Board of Public Works has decided to rename a state building after Maryland’s longest-serving secretary of state. The board on Wednesday approved renaming the Jeffrey Building in honor of Fred Wineland, a former member of the Maryland ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The House Republican Caucus has re-elected Delegate Anthony O’Donnell to be minority leader in the Maryland House of Delegates. The caucus also announced Tuesday that Delegate Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio, R-Talbot, has been re-elected minority whip. O’Donnell, who represents Calvert ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Frederick Republican Delegate Kathy Afzali is jumping into the growing GOP primary to run for the 6th Congressional District in western Maryland. Afzali, who is serving her first term in the Maryland House of Delegates, made the announcement ...

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