When the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turned green with algae just days after a $15 million renovation, the U.S. government scrambled for chemicals and expensive technical solutions to fix the iconic landmark. Trying to kill algae with chemicals is a common response when community ponds or other water features go green.
Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando declared victory Friday in the Democratic primary for county executive even though votes are still being counted. Jawando has amassed roughly 40% of votes tallied so far, tailed by Councilmember Andrew Friedson with 34% and Councilmember Evan Glass with almost 22%. Jawando said Glass called him Tuesday night to concede.
Marylanders who purchase individual healthcare plans on the state’s insurance marketplace may see another year of higher monthly costs as health insurers have requested an average rate increase of 13.7% across plans in 2027. The Maryland Insurance Administration announced Friday that, for the second year, healthcare carriers are proposing high premium rate increases following the […]
An Anne Arundel County judge has denied a temporary restraining order to establish guidelines to canvass mail-in ballots. Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Thompson’s opinion released Thursday says that the complaint filed by several Republican candidates and a group called SecuretheVOTEMD would not “have a great likelihood of success on the merits in this matter.” […]
WASHINGTON — Republicans have one more opportunity to use the complex process they relied on to enact their “big, beautiful” law and provide tens of billions in additional funding for immigration enforcement — a chance that becomes less likely the more divisions over a voter identification bill splinter the party. Debate over a third reconciliation […]
WASHINGTON — Visitors from across the United States traveled to the National Mall Thursday for the opening day of the Great American State Fair, a days-long event that is part of President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 celebration of the nation’s semiquincentennial. States and territories showed off cultural and agricultural exports at exhibits stretching nearly a […]
In the four years since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in, abortion access in more than a dozen states has dramatically decreased. But some clinics have expanded later-term abortions, and advocates want the 21 states with bans after 18 weeks to drop them
WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers from Maryland vowed to continue focusing on affordable housing initiatives for state residents and beyond at a Capitol press conference Thursday, taking stabs at President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign a landmark bipartisan bill. Sen.
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Education’s new definition of “professional” fields of study, which set stricter borrowing caps for graduate students pursuing certain degrees. The ruling from U.S.
For most of the candidates running for Maryland’s General Assembly, the dust is now settling after Tuesday’s primary election. But a select few are still locked in tight races two days later. On Thursday, the state began its post-election counting of mail-in ballots.
The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday allowed the Trump administration to move forward with its plans to strip temporary legal status from 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, a move that opens them up to deportation.
A federal judge on Thursday blocked major portions of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, finding he had exceeded his constitutional authority. The decision halts, at least until a nearly certain appeal is heard, efforts by the U.S. Postal Service to require states to submit the names of likely mail voters before it […]
Leaders across all levels of government convened this week at the Library of Congress for a celebration of public service and inspiration for the next generation of government leaders.
Despite worries over a mail-in ballot snafu, state officials said Tuesday's voting was "smooth and boring" and are turning now to counting almost 182,000 mail-in ballots. Despite the number of outstanding ballots, concessions started rolling in Wednesday.
Maryland school districts are defending their policies to protect transgender student athletes, despite a U.S. Department of Education charge this week that the policies may violate Title IX.
Senate President Bill Ferguson’s primary victory over a provocative, persistent challenger was fueled by many factors and could have many consequences for the governance of this state.One thing it was not was a referendum on congressional redistricting.
Freshman Sen. Dalya Attar and longtime Sen. Nancy King appeared headed to defeat in Tuesday's primaries, while Senate President Bill Ferguson withstood his toughest primary challenge yet.
Five of the state’s “Big Eight” jurisdictions had hard-fought primaries for the top positions in county government. Democratic voters in four counties selected a new generation of leaders Tuesday, making history in at least two of them.
The crowded 5th District race in Southern Maryland, along with the costly 6th District race in Western Maryland, drew most of the attention during the primary election campaign. In the state’s six other congressional districts, incumbents appeared headed to renomination in races with less spending and less drama. District 1: Rep.
After a bitter, expensive and largely self-funded campaign, freshman U.S. Rep. April McClain Delaney (D-6th) has held her seat against David Trone, who was trying to reclaim it after a two year absence.
Del. Adrian Boafo (D-Prince George’s) got an early, and important, leg up in the crowded field of 24 Democrats running to replace longtime Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-5th) when Hoyer endorsed Boafo as his successor.
Sen. Dalya Attar has her own theme song -- you heard that right -- and pumped up the volume and Gov. Wes Moore came out to stump for her opponent, the man behind Eric's ID law gets behind Wanika Fisher, in political notes.
This story will be updated. A lifelong Democrat turned Republican and the failed 2022 GOP nominee for governor were leading a field of nine candidates vying Tuesday for the dubious privilege of challenging a well-funded, popular incumbent Democrat for governor this fall, Ed Hale Sr., a Baltimore-area businessman and sports franchise owner, had 37.2% of […]
The Trump administration said it will appeal the dismissal of a criminal case in Tennessee case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation to El Salvador last year became an early flashpoint over the administration’s immigration enforcement tactics.
Maryland residents wagering on the outcome of elections using online prediction markets could find themselves on the wrong side of election law and potentially face criminal prosecution, state officials say.
Once they exercise their right to vote Tuesday, Marylanders should expect to exercise patience waiting for results. Many will be available election night but counting mail-in and provision ballots, with a federal holiday next week, could take more time than usual.
Maryland officials gathered in the Dundalk area Monday to commemorate the arrival of the first “double-stacked” shipping containers arriving by rail to the Port of Baltimore, thanks to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of infrastructure improvements.
Health officials this weekend said a fourth measles case has been detected in the state this year, after a Maryland resident living in the Washington, D.C., area contracted the respiratory virus while traveling internationally.
The Trump administration illegally overhauled a Department of Homeland Security computer program in its hunt for noncitizen voters, a judge ruled Monday in a stinging decision that laid into federal officials for violating the privacy of millions of Americans.
A federal district judge has dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit demanding Maryland voter registration records, what state officials derided as a "fishing expedition" for sensitive personal information on voters.
American teens are driving less than in previous decades, prompting civic advocates to warn that fewer young people may register to vote. The fears have led civic groups to step up and try to improve registration among young people.
Voters go to the polls Tuesday to select nominees who will face off this fall. That's the theory, anyway. But in a blue state like Maryland, where the GOP did not field candidates for 72 of 188 State House seats, the primaries often serve as the de facto general election.
A Texas-based forensics company has solved a vexing mystery, identifying the long-buried remains of a Revolutionary War soldier found in South Carolina — who turned out to be a teenager from Anne Arundel County.
Candidates for the Maryland General Assembly have all kinds of ideas for the state’s future, but one thing could stand in the way of any grand plans: the state's looming — and widening — budget shortfalls.
New research found that 65% of Americans believe civil servants are competent, up from 57% last year. And 61% of Americans agree that civil servants are “committed to helping people like me,” up 5 percentage points since last year’s findings.
History was already undervalued in our culture, and state history valued even less, and recent trends have been to sideline it even more, writes Jennifer Brown, but that deprives students of knowing the events, good and bad, that shaped our state and led us to today.
A Montgomery County union leader and county delegate got into a physical scuffle outside an early voting center Thursday evening, with both sides now accusing each other over the incident.
Outside groups have poured nearly $4 million into a 5th District House primary race since early June, with most of the spending backing Del. Adrian Boafo.
Bobby Berger, a performer who spent decades impersonating Al Jolson in blackface before retiring in 2015, has announced a campaign for the Virginia House of Delegates without the offensive performance aspect.
Bobby LaPin, a sailboat charter captain and social media personality, is emerging as the strongest challenger to Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson, though LaPin remains a long-shot candidate.
Maryland House of Delegates members are being asked to choose between two possible timeframes for a special session that would consider proposed amendments to the state constitution.
Turnout was light after a week of early voting at voting centers around the state, but the state was still on track to have more early in-person voting than four years ago, on top of more than 165,000 mail-in ballots already received.
A campaign spokesperson for Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) confirmed Thursday that the two-term senator who has developed an increasingly high national profile is “kicking the tires” on a potential run in 2028 for the U.S. presidency.
Families face rising grocery prices at the same time that many of the most vulnerable are losing access to the nation’s largest food assistance program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and the numbers are expected to increase.
A number of elections will likely be determined in next week's primary, but Amber Ivey won't be voting. Not because she doesn't want to. She can't.
The state said Thursday it is exercising its option to match an $85 million offer to retain the intellectual property rights to the Preakness Stakes and the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, which were on the verge of being sold to the owners of the Kentucky Derby.
A divided Supreme Court Thursday said a Maryland woman cannot press a lawsuit against the University of Maryland Medical System while her state court appeal of the same issue is still pending.
New data from a Maryland real estate lobbying group shows Maryland's housing inventory and new listings have declined over the last year, and costs have risen, despite state efforts to reduce Maryland’s nearly 100,000 housing unit shortage.
For a second straight election, incumbents in legislative District 39 have left firebrand Del. Gabriel Acevero off their slate, saying he is difficult. Acevero, a self-described Democratic Socialist who keeps winning despite being left off the team, says he doesn't care.
Whether they live in the mountains of Western Maryland, near the nation’s capital or along the Chesapeake Bay, Marylanders agree that the cost of renting or buying a home in the state is too high. But how to solve the problem depends on whom you ask.