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Capital News Service is a student-powered news organization run by the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism. The service has bureaus in College Park, Annapolis and Washington.

From bamboo to bushes, invasives, environmentalists say, have wrapped their tendrils all across Maryland.

Just after being sworn in as Civic and Service Innovation secretary, Paul Monteiro is working to get a service-year program running by October.

Every year it is becoming more and more difficult to see the stars.

Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Brian Schatz have reintroduced the bill.

Five months after receiving a diagnosis, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-8th) announced that he completed chemotherapy treatment and his cancer is “in remission.”

Governor says he is exploring the issue with the state’s health department.

Maryland voters will be asked to enshrine abortion rights into the state Constitution next year.

In a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the governor said “blue catfish are a particular concern.”

In Maryland, older child victims of sex trafficking can be arrested for prostitution – a charge some would say is blaming them for the sexual abuse they’ve experienced.

Maryland agriculture officials, conservation groups and producers from the state’s more than 12,000 farms are vying for their priorities.