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Maryland Democratic Reps. Christopher Van Hollen and John Sarbanes are joining Democratic state lawmakers in pushing for a U.S. constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United case, which stripped away some limits on campaign contributions.
Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown says Gov. Martin O'Malley's budget will include substantial increases in transportation projects.
The number of reported sexual assaults at the nation's three major military academies rose overall in the latest academic year from one year earlier, according to a report released Tuesday by the Pentagon.
The U.S. Naval Academy wasted $3.5 million by improperly contracting for the production of a short film and six commercials, according to an audit by the Defense Department's inspector general's office released Thursday.
A federal jury acquitted a prominent Maryland state senator Tuesday of corruption charges alleging he accepted more than $245,000 to advocate for a grocery store chain while he was chairman of a powerful budget committee.
They were young children — mere kids 18 years ago when the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays serving openly in the military took effect. But over two decades, attitudes shifted, America changed and these youngsters grew up, winning coveted spots to study in the top military academies.
With Hurricane Irene taking aim at the Maryland shore, officials ordered thousands of residents and visitors to leave Ocean City while Gov. Martin O'Malley warned of the dangers of the "monster" storm.
Maryland's governor says he will make legalizing gay marriage a top priority of his administration by sponsoring a bill next year.
Virginia's governor is livid that his famously tight-fisted state could face higher borrowing costs to build roads and schools. Maryland has put off a $718 million bond sale for three days because of the current financial uncertainty. And California plans to borrow about $5 billion from private investors next week to ensure it can cover day-to-day operating expenses should the federal government default on its debt.
A petition drive against a measure that would allow certain illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at Maryland colleges has garnered enough signatures to put the legislation on the ballot.
After years of struggle by local residents, famed 19th century abolitionist Frederick Douglass will finally be honored with a statue beside his Maryland hometown courthouse — a place that has long maintained a monument to local men who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
The grease is back at the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland.
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday signed into law a first-of-its-kind measure that will require the French rail company SNCF to disclose its role in transporting Holocaust victims to Nazi concentration camps if the company seeks a contract to provide train service in the state.
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has signed a first-of-its-kind bill that will require the French rail company SNCF to disclose its role in transporting Holocaust victims to concentration camps if the company seeks a contract to provide train service in the state.
Members of four congressional committees will be allowed to view photographs of Osama bin Laden's body, the Central Intelligence Agency said Wednesday.
As many southern states pass news laws to crack down on illegal immigrants, the Maryland General Assembly on Friday moved toward allowing them to pay in-state college tuition, if they meet certain conditions.
As many southern states pass news laws to crack down on illegal immigrants, the Maryland General Assembly is moving to allow them to pay in-state college tuition, if they meet certain conditions.
A support group for gay military service members launched an online magazine to provide information about pending repeal of the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and printed copies could be on large bases by May, the group's co-director said Monday.
The U.S. Naval Academy says three more midshipmen have been expelled for using or possessing synthetic marijuana, bringing the total number of dismissals to 11 so far this year.
Gov. Martin O'Malley urged lawmakers on Wednesday to support his proposal for a $100 million tax credit program to help high-tech industries get start-up money in Maryland to generate jobs.
Too many Maryland drivers are still talking on handheld cell phones because a ban on using them while driving can only be enforced if they commit another violation, a lawmaker who supports a stronger law said Tuesday.
Pepco's president pledged Tuesday to "put more skin in the game" to make his widely criticized utility company more accountable to frustrated customers too often left in the dark, saying he would forgo about $900,000 in compensation to try to restore faith to an angry public.
The Pentagon should foot more of the bill for fixing traffic problems around military bases that are receiving thousands of new workers under a national realignment plan, a report commissioned by Congress said Monday.
Penn National Gaming Inc. has submitted a winning bid of $10.25 million for the shuttered Rosecraft Raceway harness-racing track in Maryland.
Former talk show host Montel Williams is urging state lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana in Maryland, saying it has a role helping those with painful ailments such as his own.
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