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Political notes: Lobby firm partner leaving firm he helped start, Cox touts...
The Maryland State House is seen from Maryland Avenue in Annapolis. File photo by Danielle E. Gaines.Changes in the Annapolis lobbying world happen all the time. But this is a big one. A “name” partner...
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Authority supports overhaul of horse racing industry, starting with complete...
Two horses race to the finish during the spring meet at Pimlico on May 11. Photo by William F. Zorzi. An overhaul of Maryland’s horse racing industry is needed, a new report concludes, and the...
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Political notes: Dominguez on his decision to switch races, Hoyer to file for...
A view of the U.S. Capitol. Stock.adobe.com photo by Matthew Carroll.As he traveled the state waging a longshot campaign for U.S. Senate, Anne Arundel County businessman and Army veteran Juan Dominguez...
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General Assembly set to convene 446th session at noon
The Maryland State House dome is seen through a window near the Tiffany glass dome in the Miller Senate Office Building. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines.The 446th session of the Maryland General Assembly...
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Fourth Circuit: Free speech claims against Maryland’s novel digital ad tax...
In this photo illustration, social media apps are seen on a mobile phone. Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images.First Amendment claims against a first-of-its-kind digital advertising tax in Maryland can...
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Howard County man sentenced to prison for threats against lawmakers, LGBTQ...
The U.S. District Courthouse in Baltimore. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines. A Howard County man was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday, after pleading guilty last year to threatening state lawmakers...
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Political Notes: No Labels meets signature threshold, AG lobbies DEA on...
A path leads to the Maryland State House. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines.No Labels, the self-proclaimed centrist political group trying to get on the ballot in all 50 states, has met the signature...
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Political Notes: A new caucus in Annapolis, Bd. of Elections arrest fallout,...
A view of the Maryland State House through a nearby office window. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines.Maryland General Assembly leaders and legislators announced the formation of a Jewish Caucus on Tuesday....
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Trone, Alsobrooks vie for support from high-turnout senior living community
Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) and U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-6th) field questions at a U.S. Senate candidates forum hosted by the Democratic Club of Leisure World. Photo by...
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McClain Delaney, Parrott to face off in Western Maryland for 6th District seat
April McClain Delaney greets supporters at her Democratic primary election night watch party in downtown Frederick. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines.A former state delegate from Western Maryland and a Biden...
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News roundup: Charges dropped against CASA demonstrators, a pitch to save...
Police arrested seven protestors on April 7, 2023, after they blocked access to the State House during a brief and peaceful protest in favor of expanding health care to undocumented immigrants. Photo...
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Howard County man pleads guilty to threatening LGBTQ+ advocacy group, admits...
The U.S. District Courthouse in Baltimore. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines. A Howard County man admitted to sending threatening messages to Maryland and Virginia lawmakers and faces five years in prison...
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Oxfam: Maryland among best states for workers, but there’s room for improvement
Photo by Angela Breck.Maryland ranks as one of the best states for workers, but there is still room for improvement, according to an annual ranking from Oxfam, a global organization focused on...
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Faculty unions form at Howard, Frederick community colleges under new law
Faculty at Howard Community College have unionized with AFT-Maryland. Photo from Howard Community College.Two new public employee unions had extra cause to celebrate this Labor Day weekend. New faculty...
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Political notes: 6th District updates, personnel moves, Black Caucus members...
The Maryland State House. Photo by Bryan P. Sears.The first candidate forum for Republicans seeking to replace U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-6th) has been scheduled for the evening of Sept. 20 in...
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Sheila Dixon launches campaign for Baltimore mayor
Former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon (D) launched a campaign for her former office in 2024. Screenshot from campaign video.Former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon launched her latest bid to return to City...
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Political Notes: Ivey endorses Alsobrooks, Trone releases new ads, a...
A nighttime view of the U.S. Capitol is captured from the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. Photo by the U.S. Architect of the Capitol.Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks...
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Judge blocks part of new Md. gun law that was about to take effect
The U.S. District Courthouse in Baltimore. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines. Days before a new state law enacting broad restrictions on carrying firearms in public was set to take effect, a federal judge...
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Federal lawmakers ask IRS to waive penalties for families in troubled college...
A view of the Internal Revneue Service building in Washington, D.C. Stock.adobe.com photo by Aevan.Maryland families who had to make multiple withdrawals from tax-free college savings accounts...
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Largest authority line fine in state history levied against 1776 PAC for...
The Maryland State Board of Elections office in Annapolis. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines.The largest fine in state history for a missing authority line in a political ad was announced by Maryland...
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Political Notes: Alsobrooks and Trone tout endorsements, Dominguez hits the...
The U.S. Capitol. Getty Images photo by Samuel Corum. Alsobrooks chalks up another high-profile endorsement Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks adds another high-profile endorsement to...
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Juvenile striped bass populations low in annual Bay watershed survey
Striped bass. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo. Virginia and Maryland scientists recorded low numbers of baby striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay watershed in 2023, leading to calls from an...
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Political Notes: Moore elected Chesapeake Executive Council Chair, Rosenberg...
Gov. Wes Moore (D) receives the gavel as the new chair of the Chesapeake Executive Council after his unanimous election to the post on Oct. 19, 2023. Photo from the Executive Office of the Governor....
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Maryland’s U.S. attorney charges out-of-state police chiefs, firearms dealers...
The U.S. District Courthouse in Baltimore. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines. Former police chiefs in North Dakota and North Carolina are facing charges in Maryland in connection with a conspiracy to...
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Baltimore ‘Tech Hub’ designation means region could compete for billions in...
An aerial view of the Baltimore Inner Harbor and skyline. Stock.Adobe.com photo by mandritoiu.Could Maryland become the center of predictive health care in America? That’s what state officials and...
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April McClain Delaney launches campaign for 6th District
April McClain Delaney. Campaign photo. April McClain Delaney, a Democratic attorney and philanthropist, launched a bid for Congress on Wednesday, weeks after leaving a top post at the U.S. Department...
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In effort to improve public policy, simulations put everyday people in...
The University of Maryland Program for Public Consultation and Voice of the People aim to reflect Americans' views back to their members of Congress. Getty Images photo. Editor’s Note: This article...
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WATCH: Voice of the People and Maryland Matters host forum on substance use...
Voice of the People and Maryland Matters host a public consultation forum on substance use disorder and treatment on Oct. 29, 2023. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines. Voice of the People is co-hosting a...
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Survey of Western Maryland residents finds broad support for federal funding...
Rep. David Trone (D-6th) speaks at a policymaking forum cohosted by Voice of the People and Maryland Matters on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines.Majorities of both Republicans and...
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Political Notes: Cox files for 6th, MACo preps winter conference, Van Hollen...
Then-Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox spoke with the press outside the Maryland Courts of Appeal Building in Annapolis in October 2022. File photo by Bruce DePuyt. Former state delegate and...
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Political Notes: Ruppersberger endorses Trone, Alsobrooks wins straw poll,...
A view of the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom. Although U.S. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-2nd) hasn’t formally announced his future political plans, he did announce support...
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Maryland confirmed as pick for new FBI headquarters
The J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington, D.C. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images.The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s new headquarters will be in Maryland, a significant victory for the state...
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FBI director slams selection process for a new HQ in Maryland while lawmakers...
The FBI headquarters is seen on Feb. 2, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images.The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday rebuked the site selection process for...
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Foundation pulls CASA funding as lawmakers seek formal apology
Gustavo Torres, executive director of CASA, spoke at a rally in Annapolis in March 2023. Photo by Bryan P. Sears.A major foundation has pulled funding from CASA, the Maryland-based immigrants’ rights...
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Political Notes: Alsobrooks endorsed by reproductive rights group, Baltimore...
The U.S. Capitol. Getty Images photo by Samuel Corum. Reproductive Freedom for All, the group formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America, announced its endorsement of Prince George’s County Executive Angela...
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White House urged to hold off on FBI HQ move to Maryland while review continues
A law enforcement officer arrives at the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building on January 28, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images.Virginia lawmakers are asking the Biden administration to...
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Political notes: Enviros want to ‘get it done,’ Black Caucus debate reaction,...
A view of the Maryland State House. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines.With the Maryland Department of the Environment set to release a final recommendation in a matter of days on what the state needs to do...
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Moore: 2024 will be ‘the year for military families’
Gov. Wes Moore (D) announced support for a series of bills to bolster military families during a press conference in Annapolis on Dec. 13, 2023. Photo from the Executive Office of the Governor. Gov....
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News briefs: O’s agreement up for votes Monday, revised fiscal projections...
State Budget Secretary Helene Grady (left) and Comptroller Brooke Lierman (D) talk after a meeting of the Board of Revenue Estimates of which both are members. Photo by Bryan P. Sears.Maryland’s Board...
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Frank DeFilippo, sage observer of Md. politics, dies at age 93
Maryland Matters Columnist Frank DeFilippo at a December 2018 fundraising lunch. Maryland Matters photo.Frank A. DeFilippo, a redoubtable chronicler of Maryland politics whose career dated back to the...
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Political Notes: Strong public support for special elections to fill...
The Maryland State House. Photo by Bryan P. Sears.A majority of Maryland voters want to change how vacancies in the General Assembly are filled, according to a poll commissioned by a coalition of...
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U.S. Senate campaign update: Alsobrooks led fundraising last quarter, Trone...
Stock.adobe.com photo by RCP.Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) led fundraising in the race for U.S. Senate in the most recent quarter, but U.S. Rep. David Trone (D) spent more than...
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Cecil County ballot questions — on elected leaders’ pay, replacement — explained
“I voted” stickers are lined up and ready for voters on Election Day 2020. Cecil County voters this year have full list of candidate and questions on the ballot. Photo by Montinique Monroe/Getty...
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Breaking down Prince George’s County’s 2024 ballot questions
The State House is reflected off the door to Prince George's County government offices in Annapolis. The county is asking voters to approve more than $660 million in bonds this fall. File photo by...
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Anne Arundel ballot questions — to guide open meetings, county auditor and...
The Anne Arundel County Council in a file shot from a 2022 meeting. Some local ballot questions this fall will affect the way the council functions. Screenshot.Voters in Anne Arundel County will...
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Baltimore County ballot explainer: County Council expansion, Inspector...
The Baltimore County Council, shown here in a 2021 meeting, would be increased from seven to nine members under a ballot question county voters will decide this fall. Baltimore County Flickr...
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Baltimore City ballot explainer: Voters could decide Harbor development,...
Baltimore City voters will face several questions on this fall's ballot, including one that would reduce the size of the city council from 14 to eight members and another dealing with the redevelopment...
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Understanding Question A in Harford County
The Harford County Government administrative offices building. Photo by Bryan P. Sears.Harford County voters will consider in November whether to impose new term limits on its county council, though...
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6th District race too close to call; few surprises in other House races
Neil Parrott, the Republican nominee for Maryland's 6th Congressional District, speaks to supporters at Havana nightclub in Hagerstown on election night. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines.It’s wait-and-see...
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Federal prosecutors drop gun conspiracy charges against Frederick County sheriff
Frederick County Sheriff Jenkins Charles "Chuck" Jenkins leaves the U.S. District Court in Baltimore on April 12, 2023. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines.Federal prosecutors on Tuesday dropped criminal...
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