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Bryan Sears covers the governor and General Assembly, state politics and transportation for Maryland Matters. He has covered the Maryland State House for the last two decades at the Baltimore Sun Media Group, Patch.com and most recently, The Daily Record. Sears has won multiple state and national awards for police and crime reporting, local and state government coverage and investigative reporting that resulted in a guilty plea by a government official for stealing from his own campaign account. He’s a frequent radio and television contributor.
Unless appealed, the ruling forces Washington County elections officials to find a new location for an early voting center.
The decision represents the second blow to firearms laws passed in Maryland in less than a week.
Maryland Election Administrator Jared DeMarinis said the trainings with federal, state and local law enforcement follow issues seen by officials in other states.
Ruling reverses lower court decision but could still face additional appeals.
Transportation officials reboot conversation with the public over widening of the Capital Beltway and portions of I-270 and a new American Legion Bridge.
A highway work zone safety task force calls for increased fines, enforcement, public awareness campaigns and a mascot in an effort to reduce deaths.
Five-bill package includes some unsuccessfully introduced in previous years or legislation seeking to roll back portions of recently enacted laws.
The state is losing employees almost as fast as it can hire them using unusual and outdated and uncompetitive hiring practices.
The family and estate of Anton Black will split $235,000 with an advocacy coalition as well as reforms imposed at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
A gap of over $300 million in the coming year is projected to surpass $2 billion by fiscal 2029.