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House Republicans will vote in unison to make Del. Dereck E. Davis (D-Prince George’s) the next speaker of the House, Minority Leader Nicholaus R….

Just 21 of the 140 current members of the House of Delegates were in the chamber the last time a new speaker was elected….

On the eve of the House vote to select a new speaker, a coalition of progressive groups has mounted a last-ditch campaign to keep…

Mike Seaton clutched a photo of his daughter, Stacey Lynne, as he walked through the State House on Tuesday morning. It was taken in…

The House of Delegates convenes in special session on Wednesday to choose a new leader. It’s the first time since 2003  that the position…

U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.) will join with Hollywood star power and congressional colleagues Tuesday to call for passage of the proposed Equal…

Two days before the Maryland House of Delegates meets to choose a new speaker, members of the Legislative Black Caucus emerged from a 90-minute…

Maryland Working Families, the offshoot of the national Working Families Party, which arrived here with great fanfare more than five years ago, is retooling….

Editor’s note: An article in Maryland Matters this week featured criticism from Democratic elected officials of Maryland Democratic Chair Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, who had…

House Speaker Pro Tem Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) dropped out of the race to replace the late Speaker Michael E. Busch (D) Friday,…