The recommendations include deploying more state troopers, increasing speeding fines and lowering the temporary work zone speed limits.
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Despite Trone’s lead in the Democratic primary, Alsobrooks isn’t out of it, OpinionWorks pollster Steve Raabe said.
While Gov. Wes Moore was quick to declare victory as the General Assembly adjourned its legislative session, advocates and environmentalists said they viewed the session as mediocre at best in helping to achieve the state’s lofty climate aspirations.
Youth development programs are among the resources needed to address the social and economic causes of juvenile crime, says Lillian Bocquin, a fellow with the Center for Adolescent Health at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Local governments will soon be able to set higher tax rates for homes deemed vacant.
Gov. Wes Moore and Mayor Brandon Scott earned high marks from city voters for their response to the Key Bridge collapse, according to a new poll by Goucher College in partnership with The Baltimore Banner.
Maryland’s lone Republican in Congress, U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, said he thinks it’s acceptable for the federal government to front the money for the bridge while pursuing payment from liable parties.
Del. Shaneka Henson has been urged by an ethics panel to apologize for discussing state funding for a nonprofit organization that paid her to be its legal adviser.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and other officials provided an update Wednesday on cleanup efforts at the Key Bridge, which was toppled by a massive container ship on March 26.
A majority of voters indicated strong feelings about abortion, but more expressed concerns about crime and the economy.
The House and state Senate both unanimously passed legislation approving the name change for the 40-year-old Banneker-Douglass museum.
Here’s a roundup of this year’s changes that made it through and one that began the session with strong momentum then fizzled out in the final days.
With the 2024 Maryland General Assembly in the books, Gov. Wes Moore signed the first of hundreds of bills into law, including an act that would temper the economic impact of a devastating bridge collapse.
The Victim Compensation Reform Act of 2024 will overhaul the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, a body that’s supposed to help victims of crime in Maryland.
Maryland’s delegation on Capitol Hill is preparing legislation that would ensure that the federal government pays the full cost of replacing the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed into the Patapsco River two weeks ago.