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Lawmakers considered myriad campaign finance bills Thursday afternoon, including an attempt to repeal a decade-old Prince George’s County ban on developer contributions, a law…

Renewable Energy

Dozens of workers from coal-fired power plants spent Tuesday in the Senate Office Building letting lawmakers know they oppose a bill that would phase…

As U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson prepares to sentence President Trump’s adviser Roger Stone Thursday, friends and former colleagues from Baltimore are eager…

Maryland lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow the state’s municipalities and counties to negotiate energy purchasing on behalf of their residents, in a…

Maryland could join eight other states in banning the sale of plastic bags — and state retailers support the measure. The Plastics and Packaging…

Maryland gubernatorial candidates could choose their running mates after the primary election instead of designating them when they file to run for governor, if…

Purple Line

Public transportation in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties is unreliable and unsafe, community members and transit experts asserted in a panel discussion Tuesday night…

Several Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year celebrations around Maryland were canceled after widespread concern about the coronavirus from local Chinese communities.  “We…

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Carbon-cutting legislation will be back in the General Assembly for the third year in a row, House and Senate sponsors said Tuesday, with an…