State Politics

Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones said Friday she plans to pass legislation next year that will let voters decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana use.

The Maryland legislature ended a session shaped by the pandemic and a national conversation about racial justice just as busy as it began.

A bill approved by the Maryland legislature lowers from 16 to 12 the age at which someone can consent to mental health treatment.

Marylanders are overwhelmingly in favor of legalizing marijuana for recreational use, according to the latest Goucher College Poll results released…

Nearly two-thirds of Maryland residents say they plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible, according to the latest Goucher College Poll…

A record number of Maryland voters chose to submit their ballots by mail last fall, but the process was not without its challenges. On Friday, the House…

The state Senate passed Wednesday a package of bills that could reshape policing in Maryland. The package includes changes to rules governing when police…

The House of Delegates approved on nearly a party line vote Friday a bill that extends tax breaks to low-income immigrants despite the objections of…

A package of eight bills that aim to reform policing were considered for the first time by the full Maryland Senate Friday. Included in the package are…

A bill extending a major poverty-fighting tool to low-income immigrants cleared an initial vote in the Maryland House of Delegates Thursday, despite…