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The new law requires personal identification numbers for all unserialized firearms and unfinished frames and receivers, commonly referred to as ghost guns.

Gun dealers and a Second Amendment advocacy group are seeking to overturn a law that requires gun sellers to hand out include pamphlets on suicide prevention and conflict resolution.

With a new name and new players, the Washington Commanders are looking for a new home.

A person fills a car with gasoline from a green pump

Maryland drivers may have gotten used to not having to pay the state’s 36 cent gas tax. But it comes to an end on Sunday.

The group designing and building the Purple Line announced it has secured funding to complete construction of the light rail line in suburban Maryland with a new contractor.

Even when the coronavirus pandemic is over, courthouses across Maryland should continue carrying out a significant portion of their work virtually, according to a judicial task force.

University of Maryland welcome sign

In a first-of-its-kind arrangement for a public university, the University of Maryland will temporarily house Afghan refugees on its College Park campus.

Metro’s next series of rail cars will be built in Washington County. Hitachi Rail said it will build a $70 million “state-of-the-art” factory there.

For years, there has been a cap on H-2B visas that allow workers to come to the Eastern Shore to work from April through November.

A teacher shows a paper to a student in a modern classroom

Union finds the vast majority of teachers are burnt out and a majority are considering early retirement because of the strains of teaching during a pandemic.