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As he prepares to take office on Thursday, U.S. Rep.-elect David J. Trone (D) has turned to a Capitol Hill veteran to be his…

Michael A. Pretl, a lawyer and progressive activist who has been associated with several high-profile causes through the years, died on Christmas Day following…

This counts as either very good news for state officials – if they are trying to elude public scrutiny – or bad news: A…

Adam Ortiz, director of the Prince George’s Department of the Environment since 2012 and widely recognized as an environmental policy leader in Maryland, announced…

Governing magazine has just published a long profile of Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Calvert) that seeks to get to the heart…

David Rodich, the executive director of Service Employees International Union Local 500 and a major political player in Maryland, is retiring at the end…

New Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman (D) is appointing Trisha Wolford to be the county’s next fire chief, effective Jan. 28. Wolford would…

A partial shutdown of the federal government would hit Maryland hard, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) warned on Thursday. His comments came as talks…

Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) named six additional members to a commission that is charged with rewriting the boundaries of the 6th congressional district after an…

A committee of General Assembly leaders voted new sexual harassment guidelines into effect Thursday, as the first annual report about the number of complaints…