Maryland General Assembly

Maryland voters approved sports betting in 2020, the House passed enabling legislation last year, and online betting premiered last month. We talk about the new mobile gambling option with a political journalist, a sports betting reporter and a licensed gambling addiction counselor.

Montgomery County Council members voted in favor of all-electric building standards for new construction and major renovation projects starting in 2026.

Dozens of new laws passed in Maryland went into effect over the weekend aimed to improve public health and safety.

He is asking the Maryland State Prosecutor to investigate, and told the prosecutor to send a report to the U.S. Attorney for Maryland to pursue federal charges if needed.

We’ll go On the Record with Charles Robinson of Maryland Public Television and Joel McCord of WYPR to talk about what the legislature has done this year the ten bills Gov. Hogan vetoed and two dozen he’s letting become law without his signature.

A Maryland judge has sent lawmakers back to the drawing board over a contested congressional map as partisan debate over how elections maps are drawn on the state and local levels remains fraught. With weeks left to go in this General Assembly session, Governor Hogan announces more state funding for crime fighting initiatives and chides lawmakers to take action. And there’s a plan afoot to infuse new economic life into a historically Black community in Baltimore County using its “opportunity zone status.”

Forever chemicals are harmful to humans

A Constitutional amendment would go to referendum

Democratic Senators renew their push to pass the bill

The House of Delegates gives preliminary approval to a state Constitutional amendment and accompanying bill