General Assembly

When the Maryland General Assembly starts its session in January, it will be dealing with a new governor from a different party and about a third of its…

On a warm, sunny weekday morning, candidates for County Council and the State House were trolling for votes in the parking lot of the Dundalk early voting…

Due to State Sen. Brian Frosh's candidacy for Attorney General, Senate President Mike Miller must choose a new chair of the Judicial Proceedings…

WYPR's Fraser Smith and Christopher Connelly talk about the new costs associated with providing lawyers to defendants at initial bail hearings and why the…

WYPR's Nathan Sterner and Jeremy Bauer-Wolf of MarylandReporter.com talk about Sen. David Brinkley's loss to Del. Michael Hough in the primaries, and how…

Baltimore County State Sen. Jim Brochin finds himself in a bitter Democratic primary race in which both the governor and county executive are supporting…

WYPR's Fraser Smith and Christopher Connelly talk about Maryland's 2014 law that protects transgender people from discrimination, and efforts to put the…

WYPR's Fraser Smith and Erin Cox of the Baltimore Sun talk about how the controversy over a proposed wind farm in Somerset County is giving Governor…

Negotiations over how to deal with a Court of Appeals decision mandating representation at all bail hearings went deep into this legislative session.…

Expectations for the recently concluded legislative session were low. Lawmakers about to face voters want to avoid anything controversial.Which is not to…