Maryland news

Maryland’s wastewater treatment facilities contributed a 46% increase in nitrogen and phosphorus pollution last year in the Chesapeake Bay. Many were operating in violation of discharge permits.

A winter dredge survey released last month put the estimate for the Bay’s prized critter at 227 million — the lowest in the survey’s history.

Check out history and see your lawmakers at work with a visit to the State House in Annapolis, the oldest state capital building that's in continuous legislative use.