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The State House debate over whether the school year in Maryland should start after Labor Day reached a fevered pitch Thursday. Voting along party…

A Baltimore County senator is pursuing a bill that would remove the ability of the state superintendent of schools to disapprove of local school…

A Maryland lawmaker widely considered to be a rising star spent Wednesday receiving both birthday greetings and expressions of support after announcing that he is…

Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings rarely sees eye to eye with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). But the new Democratic chairman of the…

Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) expressed solidarity with Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) Wednesday over the legislature’s desire to strip Franchot of major…

Anne Arundel County state senators have introduced a bill at the request of new County Executive Steuart Pittman (D) that would prohibit developers or…

Montgomery County Sen. William C. Smith Jr. (D) will miss the final days of the General Assembly session this year, but his colleagues gave…

President Trump implored Congress Tuesday to move past political gridlock in favor of bipartisan cooperation before he dug in on the border security fight…

The inevitable war between the Maryland General Assembly and state Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) broke out in spectacular fashion on Tuesday, after state…

President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at 9 tonight. It will…