Will Smith
Two-thirds of the Maryland General Assembly – all Democrats – received a perfect score on a new report card from the Maryland Public Interest…
Incoming state Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) wasted no time filling the top slot on the Judicial Proceedings Committee, tapping the panel’s No….
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…
Confirming a rumor that has been swirling around Annapolis for several weeks, Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee Chairman Robert A. Zirkin (D-Baltimore County) told two…
When he came home after three years on Riker’s Island, N.Y., and two years spent in solitary confinement, Kalief Browder was changed. He was…
A flag with a red border and blue star is hung proudly at the entrance of the state Senate building in Annapolis. While the…
By Brooks DuBose Jailing a person for an unpaid debt has been illegal for almost two centuries in the United States. But in Maryland,…
At the end of a four-and-a-half-hour floor session Thursday, the Senate chamber took a few minutes to rally around one of its own. Sen….
Most bills are not life or death bills. But on Wednesday, the Maryland Senate considered a high-profile bill that, literally, dealt with life or…
An emotional debate in the Maryland Senate over whether to pass aid-in-dying legislation ended Wednesday in a tied vote and the measure’s defeat. After…