ANNAPOLIS — Del. Dan Cox (R-Frederick and Carroll) is leading an effort that could save Thurmont and its residents up to $250,000.
ANNAPOLIS — Sen. Ron Young planned to introduce a bill to establish a statewide gun buyback program for assault weapons this session.
ANNAPOLIS — In late 2012, Frederick County residents decided, with more than 60 percent of the vote, to shift their county government from a board of commissioners model to a county charter.
ANNAPOLIS — Before Del. Jesse Pippy led his first meeting as chair of the Frederick County delegation, he made a joke about the agenda.
ANNAPOLIS — Education might be a centerpiece issue of the Maryland General Assembly, but local lawmakers pointed to several other topics of interest as the 2020 session kicked off Wednesday.
Mimosas and bloody marys will soon be gracing the tables at Frederick County restaurants a little earlier in the day for Sunday brunch.
Dozens of new state laws will take effect on Saturday, including measures to increase opioid education programs for young people and increase the barrel limit for craft breweries.
Undeterred by an unfavorable committee vote and budget language targeting Maryland Planning Secretary Wendi Peters’ paycheck come July 1, Gov. Larry Hogan reappointed her this week.
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland General Assembly passed 935 bills and five resolutions during its 90-day session. Here are the bills introduced by Frederick County lawmakers that passed both chambers and now await action from Gov. Larry Hogan:
ANNAPOLIS — As the General Assembly’s 2017 session wrapped up Monday, Maryland lawmakers were the first in the country to pass legislation in certain areas.
The General Assembly passed a bill that opponents say restricts the growth of breweries in Maryland, but Frederick’s brewers aren’t drowning their sorrows.
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland would be the first state to empower the state's attorney general to take action to stop pharmaceutical price gouging, under a measure given final passage by lawmakers on Monday.
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers are putting the finishing touches on a legislative session that has been full of measures aimed at countering President Donald Trump and the GOP-led Congress.
ANNAPOLIS, — Maryland's 90-day legislative session is coming to an end. Lawmakers will be working on legislation to battle opioid addiction and to make changes to the state's medical marijuana law. A measure to protect internet privacy also remains before lawmakers, who are scheduled to adjo…
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate voted 45-1 in favor of compromise legislation that will allow breweries to expand sales at tasting rooms in the state.
ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland Senate committee moved a key provision of the “Trust Act” forward Friday afternoon.
ANNAPOLIS — As the clock ticks down on the General Assembly’s 2017 session, lawmakers have passed more than 500 bills that will be presented to Gov. Larry Hogan (R).
ANNAPOLIS — The General Assembly has passed a resolution through both chambers that claws back previous calls from senators and delegates for a national constitutional convention.
ANNAPOLIS — A majority of the early-filed bills presented to Gov. Larry Hogan (R) by the Democratically controlled Legislature became law at 12:01 a.m. Thursday — without the governor’s signature.
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland senators say Gov. Larry Hogan’s moves to withdraw Cabinet nominees before a Senate confirmation vote bypass the state constitution and set a dangerous political precedent.
ANNAPOLIS — As the final bells rang to summon members into the House of Delegates last Friday, the chamber was suspiciously bare.
ANNAPOLIS — Amendments are flowing as Maryland lawmakers decide how to increase the number of barrels that breweries can pour for customers each year.
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers passed a capital budget on Wednesday that could bring $16 million in grants to a proposed downtown Frederick hotel and conference center — if the funding survives the governor’s veto pen.
ANNAPOLIS — As the state’s budget negotiations come to an end, funding for the LYNX program at Frederick High School and a downtown hotel and conference center are in. The salary for beleaguered Planning Secretary Wendi Peters and Gov. Larry Hogan’s plan to live stream General Assembly sessi…
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s Senate passed a capital budget that includes $16 million for the proposed downtown Frederick hotel and conference center by a vote of 46-1 on Friday.
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers outlined on Friday the proposals they brought together into two measures to help fight the epidemic of heroin and opioid abuse.
ANNAPOLIS — Downtown Frederick was the center of attention Thursday as Maryland’s senators debated a $16 million appropriation in the state’s capital budget that would benefit a proposed hotel and conference center on East Patrick Street.
ANNAPOLIS — What do Chance the Rapper, Justin Trudeau, Pope Francis, Chicago Cubs General Manager Theo Epstein and Congressman John Delaney have in common?
ANNAPOLIS — It could become more acrimonious in Annapolis soon — at least as far as Frederick County lawmakers are concerned.
ANNAPOLIS — The Senate was poised this month to hand Gov. Larry Hogan’s planning secretary nominee a pink slip. Now, senators are aiming at her paycheck.
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate on Wednesday added a small line item to the state budget that could help Frederick High School in a big way.
ANNAPOLIS — Del. Dan Cox (R-Frederick and Carroll) is leading an effort that could save Thurmont and its residents up to $250,000.
ANNAPOLIS — Sen. Ron Young planned to introduce a bill to establish a statewide gun buyback program for assault weapons this session.
ANNAPOLIS — In late 2012, Frederick County residents decided, with more than 60 percent of the vote, to shift their county government from a board of commissioners model to a county charter.
ANNAPOLIS — Before Del. Jesse Pippy led his first meeting as chair of the Frederick County delegation, he made a joke about the agenda.
ANNAPOLIS — Education might be a centerpiece issue of the Maryland General Assembly, but local lawmakers pointed to several other topics of interest as the 2020 session kicked off Wednesday.
Mimosas and bloody marys will soon be gracing the tables at Frederick County restaurants a little earlier in the day for Sunday brunch.
Dozens of new state laws will take effect on Saturday, including measures to increase opioid education programs for young people and increase the barrel limit for craft breweries.
Undeterred by an unfavorable committee vote and budget language targeting Maryland Planning Secretary Wendi Peters’ paycheck come July 1, Gov. Larry Hogan reappointed her this week.
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland General Assembly passed 935 bills and five resolutions during its 90-day session. Here are the bills introduced by Frederick County lawmakers that passed both chambers and now await action from Gov. Larry Hogan:
ANNAPOLIS — As the General Assembly’s 2017 session wrapped up Monday, Maryland lawmakers were the first in the country to pass legislation in certain areas.
The General Assembly passed a bill that opponents say restricts the growth of breweries in Maryland, but Frederick’s brewers aren’t drowning their sorrows.
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland would be the first state to empower the state's attorney general to take action to stop pharmaceutical price gouging, under a measure given final passage by lawmakers on Monday.
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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers are putting the finishing touches on a legislative session that has been full of measu…
ANNAPOLIS, — Maryland's 90-day legislative session is coming to an end. Lawmakers will be working on legislation to b…
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate voted 45-1 in favor of compromise legislation that will allow breweries to expand sal…
ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland Senate committee moved a key provision of the “Trust Act” forward Friday afternoon.
ANNAPOLIS — As the clock ticks down on the General Assembly’s 2017 session, lawmakers have passed more than 500 bills…
ANNAPOLIS — The General Assembly has passed a resolution through both chambers that claws back previous calls from se…
ANNAPOLIS — A majority of the early-filed bills presented to Gov. Larry Hogan (R) by the Democratically controlled Le…
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland senators say Gov. Larry Hogan’s moves to withdraw Cabinet nominees before a Senate confirmation …
ANNAPOLIS — As the final bells rang to summon members into the House of Delegates last Friday, the chamber was suspic…
ANNAPOLIS — Amendments are flowing as Maryland lawmakers decide how to increase the number of barrels that breweries …
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers passed a capital budget on Wednesday that could bring $16 million in grants to a propo…
ANNAPOLIS — As the state’s budget negotiations come to an end, funding for the LYNX program at Frederick High School …
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s Senate passed a capital budget that includes $16 million for the proposed downtown Frederick h…
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers outlined on Friday the proposals they brought together into two measures to help fight…
ANNAPOLIS — Downtown Frederick was the center of attention Thursday as Maryland’s senators debated a $16 million appr…
ANNAPOLIS — What do Chance the Rapper, Justin Trudeau, Pope Francis, Chicago Cubs General Manager Theo Epstein and Co…
ANNAPOLIS — It could become more acrimonious in Annapolis soon — at least as far as Frederick County lawmakers are co…
ANNAPOLIS — The Senate was poised this month to hand Gov. Larry Hogan’s planning secretary nominee a pink slip. Now, …
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate on Wednesday added a small line item to the state budget that could help Frederick Hi…
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s senators debated on Wednesday whether the state should take a regional or local approach to co…
ANNAPOLIS — In a flurry of weekend and Monday floor sessions, lawmakers in Annapolis took hundreds of votes on pendin…
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers will have a busy day voting on legislation.
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers are expressing grave concern about President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget.
ANNAPOLIS — A “brewhaha” is brewing in Annapolis over brews.
How much of the General Assembly action would you like to see live-streamed?
ANNAPOLIS — More than once, surviving family members of murder victims in Maryland have received messages stating inc…
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s top legislators could testify as soon as May in the federal court case challenging Maryland’s …
ANNAPOLIS — As the Maryland House of Delegates continues work on next year’s state budget, funding for two key county…
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan has withdrawn his nomination of Wendi Peters for state secretary of planning after a com…
ANNAPOLIS — Under current Maryland law, it’s a felony to injure a race horse, but failing to report the death of a mi…
ANNAPOLIS — Knoxville mom Cindy Rose appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee for the third year in a row F…
ANNAPOLIS — A bill that would ban fracking in the state of Maryland passed the House of Delegates with a veto-proof m…
ANNAPOLIS — Several Frederick County bills advanced in Maryland’s General Assembly this week.
ANNAPOLIS — Speed demons, unite.
ANNAPOLIS — Is the third time a charm?
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday called for a Senate vote on his planning secretary nominee, but senators con…
ANNAPOLIS — In tear-filled testimony, the mother of a Germantown woman killed by a replica handgun pleaded with a Sen…
ANNAPOLIS — Sam Tressler IV, the son of a third-generation dairy farmer in Frederick County, runs a film production h…
ANNAPOLIS — Whoever is elected Maryland’s governor in 2018 will have tremendous power to lead the redrawing of the st…
ANNAPOLIS — It’s not often you hear the President of the Maryland Senate grilling an acting cabinet secretary on fash…
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland House of Delegates has approved a bill that could extend the state’s practice of using spare…
ANNAPOLIS — In a unanimous vote, the Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill authored by Frederick County Delegate …
ANNAPOLIS — A measure to require paid sick leave in Maryland advanced in the House of Delegates on Wednesday.
ANNAPOLIS — The cost of identity protection services is a small price for Maryland to pay to protect the future of st…
ANNAPOLIS — Recent student members of the Frederick County Board of Education got a little help from a neighbor durin…
ANNAPOLIS — Despite Democratic hand-wringing over how to respond to President Donald Trump’s policies, Republican Gov…
ANNAPOLIS — A bill dealing with animal dissection in schools is dead.
ANNAPOLIS — As the number of heroin-related deaths continues to climb in Maryland, two Frederick County lawmakers are…
ANNAPOLIS — Some lawmakers are set to cut up Sen. Ron Young’s bill that would allow school students to refuse to part…
ANNAPOLIS — Frederick County’s state senators made their pitches on Thursday for competing ethics reform bills at a S…
ANNAPOLIS — Marylanders have a higher view of President Donald Trump than they have of Congress as a whole.
ANNAPOLIS — Sen. Ron Young asked his Senate colleagues on Wednesday to support a bill to extend limited voting rights…
ANNAPOLIS — The concerns of Maryland’s immigrant communities were aired Tuesday evening in hearings for two Senate bi…
ANNAPOLIS — The Frederick County General Assembly delegation’s ethics reform bill is being reformed.
ANNAPOLIS — If online shoppers can track their orders, Maryland should be able to track sexual assault evidence kits,…
ANNAPOLIS — A Metro safety bill required to recover funds withheld by the federal government earlier this month came …
ANNAPOLIS — What happens when two senators file word-for-word identical bills?
BEIT EL, West Bank — President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to Israel may be causing controversy in Washingt…
ANNAPOLIS — When Bonnita Spikes, of Prince George's County, learned her Alzheimer's medication's price had skyrockete…
ANNAPOLIS — Supporters of requiring paid sick leave in Maryland will be praying for the sick.
ANNAPOLIS — Hoping to avoid another surprise such as the pending move of the Department of Social Services office out…
ANNAPOLIS — Fearful of President Donald Trump’s policies, the Maryland General Assembly empowered the state’s Democra…
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate this week approved a bill from Sen. Ron Young, D-District 3, that restricts cownose r…
ANNAPOLIS — When George Washington first came to Gail Thomssen’s D.C. home, he was afraid of doors, wasn’t housebroke…
ANNAPOLIS — If women and minorities are historically paid less, one way to balance pay scales could be to take past s…
ANNAPOLIS — A resolution empowering Maryland's attorney general to sue the federal government without the governor's …
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate is moving fast on a measure for a Metro safety program, after the federal government …
ANNAPOLIS — The General Assembly has gone to the dogs. And the cownose rays. And the frogs.
ANNAPOLIS — There was wrangling across the aisles and across the State House hall Friday as General Assembly lawmaker…
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan has appointed a veteran Democratic campaign operative to a vacant seat in the House of D…
