Maryland's minimum wage would increase to $20 for tipped workers under proposed legislation
State leaders plan to introduce legislation that would put a minimum wage increase on Maryland's 2026 ballot.
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State leaders plan to introduce legislation that would put a minimum wage increase on Maryland's 2026 ballot.
Bills fan Nick Howard started a fundraising page for Breakthrough T1D, a type-1 diabetes research organization that Andrews has supported in the past.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump kept his promise, signing a flurry of executive orders to undo policies from the Biden Administration.
Harford and Howard County Public Schools are closed and several other Maryland schools are delayed on Tuesday, Jan. 21 due to bitter cold temperatures across the state.
Maryland received more snowfall on Sunday, but extreme cold over the next few days could be an issue.
As the Maryland General Assembly's 2025 legislative session gets underway, the OPD is calling on lawmakers to end the automatic charging of minors as adults, promote safer traffic stops, fund indigent defense and expand medical and geriatric parole.
Moore talked about his proposed 2026 budget, how the state plans to trim its $2.7 billion deficit, and major tax cuts during a one-on-one interview with WJZ's Tara Lynch.
The state faces a $2.7 billion deficit, its largest in 20 years.
Maryland residents are feeling the bitter cold temperatures as the entire state deals with an arctic blast.
The Maryland General Assembly began its 2025 legislative session on Wednesday afternoon as the state faces a $2.7 billion budget deficit.
Maryland leaders are continuing to take an aggressive approach to solving and curtailing crimes in Baltimore after the city significantly reduced homicides and most violent crime in 2024.
Marylanders shoveled and salted their driveways and sidewalks on Monday in between rounds of snow as winter weather blanketed the state.
Baltimore City and Baltimore County schools are among the districts across Maryland that are closed Monday due to a winter storm that could dump several inches of snow.
According to the report, homicides went down 23% in 2024, with a total of 201 compared to 261 homicides in 2023.
Baltimore rang in the new year with its annual New Year's Eve celebration and fireworks show over the Inner Harbor on Tuesday, December 31.