Reporter
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.
Md. is not following the lead of Colorado and Maine, which have sought to keep the former president from appearing on the ballot due to his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Maryland Department of the Environment gets its first assistant secretary for environmental justice.
Executive orders on the eve of a deadline for the governor to submit any reorganization of government to the General Assembly for review.
Proposed $63.1 billion plan increases aid for childcare, public safety, service year program but will “rebase” spending to others including grants for students at private colleges and a community college funding formula.
Maryland General Assembly leaders and legislators announced the formation of a Jewish Caucus on Tuesday. The first-ever Maryland Jewish Legislative Caucus includes the 20…
One-time infusion of cash leaves more than $3 billion in project cuts looming in the coming years.
Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld warns the brunt of more than $3 billion in cuts over six years would be felt if structural funding problems are not solved.
Transportation and the budget top 90-day session agenda but waiting in the wings are possible debates on taxes and aid in dying.
The 446th session of the Maryland General Assembly will gavel in at noon on Wednesday, with lawmakers ambitious to tackle an election-year agenda, while…
‘The state of Maryland is getting a software update.’