General Assembly

Gov. Larry Hogan has proposed amending the Maryland constitution to charge an independent commission with drawing the state's eight congressional…

State legislators voiced strong support Wednesday for a bill expected to reduce prison populations and save the state more than $240 million over 10…

State Senator Catherine Pugh, who is running to be Baltimore's next mayor, wants to return full control of its school system to the city. A bill she's…

A political fight is brewing in Annapolis over how the state decides which transportation projects to build.Democrats have proposed ranking projects based…

The lobbyists in the General Assembly Tuesdsay were younger than the Statehouse’s usual crowd. Six-year-old Vivienne Martin Mulkey took the day off from…

Friday marked the halfway point in the 2016 Maryland General Assembly session; ending a week when legislators took up some particularly contentious…

The General Assembly is weighing legislation that would offer residents with less than six months to live a lethal dose of drugs. But members of a Senate…

WYPR's senior news analyst comments on the souring relationship between Gov. Larry Hogan and the Democrats in the General Assembly. It's an irrevocable…

A crowd rallied outside the Statehouse Thursday afternoon, just before lawmakers were scheduled to consider a bill that would guarantee annual increases…

Imagine talking to a friend or a spouse about something personal while on a MARC train or a public bus. Now imagine state officials are listening in. A…