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Casper Taylor, former Speaker of the House of Delegates, dies at 88

Powerful Western Md. lawmaker paid the price for shepherding gun control legislation through the General Assembly in 2000.

Political notes: Stats for junkies, more Montgomery vacancy applicants, building a GOP bench

It’s like Christmas — or at least a minor holiday — for political junkies: The biennial release of the Cook Political Report’s Partisan Voting Index (PVI)….

Moore appoints Barve, veteran lawmaker, to the Public Service Commission

More musical chairs in the House of Delegates and another legislative appointment loom.

Limits on foreign ownership of U.S. farmland gain support in Congress, despite skepticism

Similar bills in Maryland General Assembly expected to stall this year.

Bill to expand state’s offshore wind energy economy has broad support — but it’s not a done deal

Support from labor, environmentalists, business, justice advocates and consumer groups. But still no guarantee of success.

Moore administration halts Hogan attempt to scale back state’s vehicle emissions testing

Prior administration sought to limit the number of vehicles required to take an emissions test.

Administration’s new Bay leadership team making the rounds in the legislature

Moore’s cabinet picks testifying in briefings on the Chesapeake Bay’s health.

Hogan administration pausing state’s participation in multi-state alliance for strictest vehicle emissions standards

The Hogan administration offered no public explanation for why the state won’t follow California’s more stringent standards.

A view of the Maryland House of Delegates chamber from the gallery.

Vogel, Long first Gen Zers elected to Maryland General Assembly

Both Democrats were 25 when they were elected to the House of Delegates on Election Day.

Josh Kurtz: The incredible shrinking county

Montgomery County keeps growing, but its political influence is diminishing.