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A Build Back Better bill mascot cheers in front of the Capitol

What do the Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1968 and Build Back Better have in common? Frank DeFilippo explains.

Politicians and athletes often have a tough time letting go of yesterday. In a rare convergence of forced departures and voluntary resignations, the entire…

Sorry, Governor, but “No Labels” is a label. It’s a political variation on the idea of making the pitch by withholding the product. It’s…

The Maryland Board of Public Works approves billions of dollars in contracts every year. Members of the three-person panel decide which projects advance, which…

When state Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) announced in 2013 that he wouldn’t be a candidate for governor the following year, it seemed like…

Comptroller Peter Franchot, on a continuous loop of shameless self-promotion for governor, might suffer from the Louis L. Goldstein syndrome. Or curse. Goldstein, for…