Maryland Politics

We’ll go On the Record with journalist John Frece to ask about his new biography of the late U.S. Senator Daniel Brewster. Brewster was rich, ambitious, attractive to voters -- until out-of-control drinking took over his life. How did he recover?

One hundred days into his term as governor, 17% of Marylanders gave strong approval to Moore’s job performance while 36% approved. A total of 26% disapproved or strongly disapproved, with 20% unsure of their view of the new Democratic governor.

Cardin’s announcement Monday is likely to lead to a competitive Democratic primary contest next year.

Just hours after the General Assembly adjourned for the year and days after the release of a report graphically detailing abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Governor signs repeal of statute of limitations.

"Maryland Matters" editor Josh Kurtz and WYPR news director Matt Bush discuss which bills passed and which didn't during the 90-day lawmaking session that wrapped at midnight Monday.

On the day of another deadly mass shooting in the U.S., Maryland lawmakers finished passing a series of gun measures supporters call the strictest in the nation.

Considered one of the strictest curfews in the nation, minors under the age of 14 will not be allowed outside the home between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. without being accompanied by an adult under the youth curfew prompted in part by violence among teenagers during the Easter holiday in Baltimore City’s Inner Harbor.

The legislation, sponsored by Del. Marlon Amprey, was drafted in response to the practices of a real estate company, MV Realty, which incorporated in Maryland in late 2021.

Fleischmann's Vinegar Company Inc. is accused of polluting Jones Falls stream in Baltimore City as chemicals used to manufacture white vinegar were released into the waterway that eventually flows into the Chesapeake Bay.

"Abusers preyed upon the children most devoted to the church: the altar servers and choir members, those who participated in church youth organizations and the Scout troops, and especially those who worked in the rectories answering telephones in the evening and on the weekends," according to the report.