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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…

Showing strength in numbers, seven of Maryland’s county executives and the mayor of Baltimore sat shoulder-to-shoulder in a packed House committee room Thursday to…

Ahead of a hearing on a multibillion-dollar plan to fund backlogged school maintenance and construction projects in Maryland, delegates heard Tuesday from officials on…