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U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer is pushing the Senate to follow the House’s lead in passing a bill to remove statues of Confederates and white supremacists from the Capitol.
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) touted his administration’s rollout of the COVID-19 booster vaccine at a State House news conference Thursday afternoon.
By SHAUNEEN MIRANDA The American Rescue Plan and other emergency measures kept an estimated 729,000 Marylanders out of poverty this year, according to a…
Security fencing was installed Wednesday night around the United States Capitol building ahead of a Saturday rally.
A coalition of political, religious and business leaders have launched an effort to help Afghan evacuees resettle in the United States.
Early and immediate newspaper printings of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights, as well as historic engravings, are on display.
By ANEETA MATHUR-ASHTON U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) have introduced a bill that would impose harsh penalties on companies…
By LOGAN H. ARNESON NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland is planning to put a new deep-space telescope into operation in October. The…
By Callan Tansill-Suddath Preliminary data from 2020 reveals a dramatic increase in deaths linked with opioids in Maryland, particularly fentanyl; health officials blame the…
By TORI BERGEL On March 5, 2020, Maryland’s first three positive cases of COVID-19 were confirmed. On March 30, 2020, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan…