The Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission voted along party lines Friday to send their state legislative redistricting proposal to the General Assembly, with a new…
As falling political dominoes go, the announcement Thursday by Attorney General Brian E. Frosh (D) that he won’t seek a third term in 2022…
The issue of how Maryland’s judges are appointed ― and how they attempt to keep their seats ― was a hot topic in the…
After Maryland voters overwhelmingly embraced mail-in voting last year, state legislators are looking to permanently expand and improve the state’s absentee ballot system. House…
In Wisconsin last month, voters lined up for hours, risking COVID-19 contagion and worse, to elect a member of the state Supreme Court. The…
When advocates of “death with dignity” legislation descend on Annapolis later this month, it will be the sixth year running that they have attempted…
The General Assembly session opens Wednesday with one new senator and five new delegates serving in the 188-person legislature. The senator is a member…
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) on Monday appointed Del. Charles E. Sydnor III (D-Baltimore County) to fill a vacancy in the state Senate…
State Del. Cheryl Glenn (D), a leader of the Legislative Black Caucus and chairwoman of the Baltimore City House delegation in Annapolis, has resigned….
The looming departure of Judicial Proceedings Committee Chairman Robert A. Zirkin (D-Baltimore County) only accelerates the pace of change that’s already coming to the…