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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.
The Maryland Senate Executive Nominations Committee voted Wednesday afternoon to recommend the confirmation of retired Lt. Col. Roland Butler as superintendent of the Maryland…
Gov. Wes Moore’s historic nomination to lead the Maryland State Police remains on ice after Senate Democrats failed to reach a consensus during a…
The confirmation of a historic nominee to lead the Maryland State Police remains in limbo after nearly an hour of testimony before the Senate Executive…
Two more Republican nominees to elections boards ran into confirmation problems in the Maryland Senate on Monday. The Senate Executive Nominations Committee voted to…
The governor met with members of the Coalition of Black Maryland State Troopers for about 90 minutes Friday to discuss Roland Butler Jr.
If passed, the bill heading to the House and Senate would provide more assurance of oversight than budget language being considered.
“Their stories are different but they have one thing in common: a year-long bureaucratic nightmare,” said Del. Catherine Forbes.
Moore chalks up victories even though legislature has scaled back some of his proposals.
A failed amendment breaking the link between inflation and increases in the gas tax is similar to bills stalled in House and Senate committees.
The Maryland House of Delegates voted Saturday to approve the Trans Health Equity Act — a bill that just a year ago disappeared from…