Ben Kramer
For years, the tobacco industry paid actors to pretend they were doctors on TV, telling Americans that smoking wasn’t bad for their health. By…
Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) will file an ethics complaint against a member of the state Senate on Monday, following the lawmaker’s claim that…
The Senate panel that will decide the fate of a high-profile alcohol regulation bill appeared, at times, to be bystanders to a personality clash…
Two lawmakers backing high-profile alcohol reform legislation traded personal attacks Thursday with the state’s chief tax collector, impugning one another’s motives and character one…
The Bureau of Revenue Estimates, an agency under the purview of state Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D), issued a report Tuesday showing that stripping 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…
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…
Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks (D), dressed in a crisp dark suit, sat down at the conference table in the Annapolis office…
The freshman class of the state Senate – one of the largest in recent memory – is epitomized by two dynamic young leaders, Sen.-elect…
A state task force has recommended removing Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot’s oversight of the alcohol industry, which the comptroller has sought to shake up…