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Lawmakers continued debate Wednesday on exemptions to Maryland’s newly imposed tax on digital advertising. The emergency bill from Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City)…

A hotly contested measure to change how some Maryland counties select their commissioners passed out of the House of Delegates on Wednesday after a…

A Senate panel divided evenly along party lines Wednesday over the nomination of Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health…

Veteran legislators will tell you the heavy lifting in Annapolis is not always conducted in the historic House and Senate chambers. The most contentious…

Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) said Tuesday it was too soon to determine whether embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) should resign…

Democrats splintered ideologically Tuesday as the Senate began its debate on a bill seeking to make police officer misconduct records publicly accessible. And while…

Former U.S. Education Secretary John King

Understandably, the news that author and activist Wes Moore is taking a serious look at running for governor created lots of buzz last week….

House Bill 655, which deals with voting districts in county elections, is not a panacea for Charles County. The bill may have the unintended…

R. David Harden spent years building economies overseas during his time with the foreign service. Now, the foreign policy strategist wants to do so…

In politics, pork is power. That’s why Democrats want to bring back pork in the form of “earmarks” after they were banned 11 years…