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Jefferson Ghrist

The immigrant health bill passed the House last year but was bottled up in the Senate in the final days of the 2023 session.

Legislative sessions are by their nature very unpredictable — and this one seems harder to game out than most. Which means any one of the 188 lawmakers are poised to make a difference.

The House of Delegates gave preliminary approval Friday to a bill that would limit the circumstances under which county health officers can be fired….

Maryland’s governors will no longer have a role in parole decisions and counties will be banned from entering into agreements with the federal government…

A new legislative commission will study the increasing demands on Maryland state parks starting next month.  Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) and House…

On a day when the House of Delegates pushed through dozens of bills in a mad dash to pass legislation before the end of…

A hotly contested measure to change how some Maryland counties select their commissioners passed out of the House of Delegates on Wednesday after a…

Maryland law will now require private sellers to arrange background checks for sales of shotguns and rifles after the House of Delegates voted Thursday…

An education reform bill is on a fast-track to passage in the House of Delegates after key subcommittees voted Tuesday in favor of an…

Public schools in the city of Baltimore and Prince George’s County could see a dramatic increase in state funding under newly proposed amendments to…