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Joseline Peña-Melnyk

Joseline Peña-Melnyk

Two powerful Black officeholders from Prince George’s turn against their county executive, while The Washington Post editorial board takes sides in the primary.

Workers who died were immigrants from Central America, fixing potholes on the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Will their deaths change the tenor of the immigration policy debate?

In the open-seat Democratic primary in the 3rd congressional district, former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and state Sen. Sarah K. Elfreth are now on the air.

‘It does not appear we have the votes to pass it in the Senate,’ Senate President Bill Ferguson says of medical aid-in-dying legislation.

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

A relatively drama-free evening at the Maryland State Board of Elections office in Annapolis.

“Home care workers are leaving the field for jobs with higher pay and better benefits,” according to a Wednesday press release.

Lawmakers and state health officials are weighing options to address the on-going issue of extended emergency room wait times in Maryland.

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.

In the bad old days, lawmakers might find envelopes of campaign cash from lobbyists and special interest groups before a key vote. The pre-session campaign cash dash only seems a tad less brazen.