Steve Crane

A federal appeals court upheld the constitutionality of a Maryland law banning the sale of dogs and cats through retail pet shops, rejecting a challenge by Missouri dog breeders and Maryland pet stores.

"Bittersweet" was the word of the day for 10 Maryland Democrat who met in the State House to officially cast the state's Electoral College votes for Vice President Kamala Harris in her loss to President-elect Donald Trump this fall.

House and Senate members grilled the secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services on Thursday over her department's halting steps to ensure the safety of parole agents after one was killed May 31 in the line of duty.

Lawmakers grilled the secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services over her department’s steps to ensure the safety of parole agents.

The federal government is trying to reunite 5,243 workers in Maryland with more than $6.8 million in unpaid wages it says they are owed. All the workers have to do is ask.

The day began with an interfaith prayer service and ended with a dramatic showdown on the House floor, with a whole lot of running from meeting to meeting, hand-shaking and smiling for the cameras in between — and at least one constituent call for help.

The Board of Public Works approved a $75 million contract Wednesday to hire three firms that will oversee construction management services on the Francis Scott Key Bridge, as the replacement project gets under way in earnest this spring.

President-elect Donald Trump wants to trash the U.S. Department of Education. Yet, reason and experience show its elimination would be irrational and a severe blow to the future of our schoolchildren, writes Kalman Hettleman.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an appeal from a group of Montgomery County parents challenging a school system policy that does not let them opt their lower elementary school children out of classes that use LGBTQ+ books.

A Montgomery County schools spokesperson said Friday the system would not comnent on the court’s decision to take the case.