ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan called on all Maryland school systems on Thursday to make every effort to have some form of in-person classroom learning by March 1, or he'll do whatever he can to make it happen. Ultimately, local officials in Maryland's 24 local jurisdictions have the authority to...
For the first time in more than a decade, Republicans are waking up to a Washington where Democrats control the White House and Congress, adjusting to an era of diminished power, deep uncertainty and internal feuding. The shift to minority status is always difficult, prompting debates over who is to blame for...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan highlighted his $1 billion virus relief proposal and tax cuts Tuesday in his annual budget proposal for the next fiscal year. Hogan outlined only highlights of his budget plan to the General Assembly during a news conference. The administration isn't...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A top Maryland lawmaker announced Tuesday that he is forming an oversight panel to monitor the state's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, after criticizing “unacceptable” levels of confusion about vaccine access, administration and distribution in the state. Senate President Bill...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan traveled to Washington D.C. to visit soldiers from the state’s National Guard and received a security briefing ahead of the presidential inauguration, his office said. Hogan was joined on Monday by Maryland’s Brigadier Gen. Janeen L. Birckhead, who...
NEW YORK (AP) — Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highly contagious variant is taking hold. As Americans observed a national holiday Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pleaded with...
BALTIMORE (AP) — A well-known anti-violence activist in Baltimore has been shot to death on the city’s streets, officials said. City officials said Dante Barksdale, 47, was killed Sunday in the southeastern part of the city. Police issued a news release Sunday reporting that a man was found with a...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Thomas V. Mike Miller, a major force in Maryland politics for decades and the nation's longest-serving state Senate president, has died, his family said. He was 78. A Democrat, he was first elected Maryland Senate president in 1987. He stepped down from the leadership position in...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency on Friday related to next week's presidential inauguration, and he is asking for a presidential disaster declaration to reimburse the state for costs due to last week's response to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The state...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate voted Friday to override Gov. Larry Hogan's veto of a measure to fund a first-in-the-nation state board that focuses on making high-cost prescription drugs more affordable. It was among more than a dozen veto overrides approved by the Senate in the first week of...