Lawmakers Look To Criminalize Violent Threats
Outlawing the threats of mass violence. That's the issue state lawmakers are taking up to keep Marylanders safe.
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Outlawing the threats of mass violence. That's the issue state lawmakers are taking up to keep Marylanders safe.
The Maryland House of Delegates will decide whether to repeal Maryland's death penalty. Lawmakers open their debate in Annapolis Wednesday evening.
President Barack Obama is opening the door to the possibility of a resumption of White House tours for student groups amid some confusion over who made the ultimate decision to cancel them.
Some Maryland lawmakers want to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana to save money.
The Maryland House of Delegates amended the state budget on Wednesday to make up to $300,000 available to help a farm family pay its legal bills after it was sued unsuccessfully over alleged poultry pollution.
The House of Delegates has passed Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposal to create a grant process to help get people the skills for jobs that are in high demand.
A dogfight is developing in the House and Senate as the compromise on a bill announced at the start of the session collapses.
Former Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold prepares to learn his punishment on charges of misconduct in office. He'll face the judge Thursday.
The former civil rights director for Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler will spend 10 days in jail for violating his probation in a 2010 drunken driving case.
The Maryland Senate has passed a measure that would increase the number of early voting centers in some jurisdictions.
"An egregious abuse of public trust." That's what state prosecutors are calling the actions of disgraced politician John Leopold. Now there's new insight into the sentence the former county executive could be looking at.
The Baltimore City Council is paying tribute to Maryland's senior senator.
President Barack Obama is poised to select Justice Department official Thomas Perez to be the next labor secretary, according to two people familiar with the deliberation process.
Environmental activists are praising the General Assembly for passing Governor O'Malley's wind energy bill.
Delegates are hoping three new bills aimed at legalizing medical marijuana will make it out of the committee to the House floor. But it's coming with some opposition.
