The original manuscript of “The Star-Spangled Banner” written by Francis Scott Key is leaving Baltimore for the first time in nearly 200 years for an event in Annapolis. The document will be moved from its home at the Maryland Historical ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Baltimore senator said Wednesday that she will press to resurrect the “millionaires’ tax,” an effort sure to face resistance from lawmakers loathe to raise taxes to balance Maryland’s $1.6 billion budget deficit. “I think we have to ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s former Senate Republican leader says he’ll break with his party and vote to legalize same-sex marriage in the state. Allan Kittleman said Wednesday he would vote for the plan, although he said he would not vote to ...

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Maryland State Highway Administration officials are asking drivers to slow down on roads and highways as a winter storm passes through the area. The agency says snow plows were deployed before the morning rush hour to treat roads. Crews are ...

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Maryland’s law restricting gun possession outside the home without a permit does not conflict with recent Supreme Court rulings that the constitutional right to keep and bear arms extends to individuals, Maryland’s highest court held Wednesday. The Court of Appeals ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Members of a state employees benefits commission will begin voting on how to resolve large unfunded liabilities in Maryland’s pension and health benefit system for state workers. The Public Employees’ & Retirees’ Benefits Commission will meet Monday in ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland budget analysts say the state’s deficit is about $1.6 billion. Members of the state’s nonpartisan Department of Legislative Services gave lawmakers a briefing on the state’s budget situation on Wednesday in Annapolis. The projections reflect a loss ...

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A legislative task force wants to make it easier for Maryland nonprofits to contract with the state, as well as save money for the state and for the health and social service providers it hires. Two national reports out this ...

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A tuition freeze at Maryland’s public universities in the past four years has been a key talking point for Gov. Martin O’Malley in this year’s campaign — though the tuition cap started under Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.’s last budget. ...

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