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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…

As recently as 1998, Montgomery County sent eight Republicans to the House of Delegates (two were from Howard County but represented a slice of…

After another round of intense partisan debate and failed Republican amendments Friday, the Maryland House of Delegates approved a proposal to extend relief to…

The issue of how Maryland’s judges are appointed ― and how they attempt to keep their seats ― was a hot topic in the…