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    The Maryland House of Delegates chamber is largely empty on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, as Speaker Adrienne A. Jones leads a pro forma session that lasted two minutes.
    Live coverage: What will Trump mean for Maryland?
    The second administration of President Donald Trump will shake up the conversation in Maryland's State House.
    Battery storage systems, like this one installed in Calvert County by BGE in 2023, could help level out supply and demand of electricity in Maryland.
    Batteries and where to put them could be next in Maryland’s energy wars
    The most important thing to understand about electricity in Maryland may be that everyone wants more of it. Or maybe the most important thing is that few people want to live near it. Not power plants. Not power lines. Not solar or wind farms. We’re about to see if that's how people feel about batteries.
    The Maryland House of Delegates chamber is largely empty on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, as Speaker Adrienne A. Jones leads a pro forma session that lasted two minutes.
    Live coverage (week 2): Explaining the 18% of Marylanders who will see a tax increase
    Gov. Wes Moore has promised $2 billion in budget cuts. We’ll find out where this week.
    A man loads packages from a metal pallet into the back of an Amazon box truck.
    Maryland may add 75-cent ‘retail delivery fee’ to most orders, including Amazon and DoorDash
    A proposal for a 75-cent retail delivery fee has some wondering who will end up paying: companies or customers?
    The University of Maryland, Baltimore County is among the 12 campuses in the University System of Maryland.
    University System of Maryland faces $111 million cut in Gov. Moore’s budget
    The budget also predicted tuition increases at system campuses, though the Board of Regents has control of that.

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    Del. Jheanelle Wilkins, a Montgomery County Democrat, leads a press conference for the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 in Annapolis.
    Justice reform, health and housing equity top Maryland Black Caucus’ priorities
    The caucus already flagged one component of Gov. Wes Moore’s budget proposal — unveiled the day before — that gives them pause: freezing the amount of money going to community schools that serve high-need neighborhoods.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore proposed his budget Wednesday, spelling out changes schools can expect in the coming year.
    What Gov. Moore’s budget means for Maryland schools
    The governor has proposed scaling back and delaying key parts of Maryland’s education reform plan.
    Gov. Wes Moore’s new budget proposal could mean lower tax bills for nearly two-thirds of Marylanders.
    Most Marylanders would see a tax cut under Gov. Moore’s budget. How would that work?
    The changes would raise hundreds of millions of dollars for the state.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has proposed a $67.3 billion budget for state government, closing a budget gap by cutting spending and raising taxes for high earners.
    We reviewed Gov. Moore’s budget proposal so you don’t have to
    Just because Moore introduced the budget this way, it doesn’t mean it’s going to end up like this.
    Maryland Attorney General applauds for Maryland Gov. Wes Moore as he delivers his first State of the State address on 2/1/23 at the Maryland State House.
    Maryland AG sues software vendor, landlords for price-fixing rents
    The attorney general’s office blasted the defendants as a ‘cartel.’

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    Maryland would add two new tax brackets, for individuals earning more than $500,000 and $1 million, to raise more than $800 million.
    Moore’s budget plan will tax Maryland’s highest earners to close deficits
    Under the proposal, the state would establish two new tax brackets for individuals earning more than $500,000 and $1 million while offering relief for others.
    Last year, officials announced a $213 million federal grant that the Maryland Transit Administration would put toward brand new light rail cars.
    Baltimore’s light rail to survive cuts amid Maryland’s budget gap
    The state’s finalized six-year transportation spending plan includes previously deferred rehabilitation projects for the 32-year-old train line.
    U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland’s lone Republican representative in Congress, speaks at a launch for the Maryland Freedom Caucus on Lawyers Mall in Annapolis.
    With Andy Harris’ advice, the Maryland General Assembly gets a Freedom Caucus
    The seven members represent a fraction of House Republicans in a chamber where the Democrats hold a better than 2-to-1 majority.
    Gov. Wes Moore speaks during The Baltimore Banner’s Inside the Legislative Session event Tuesday morning.
    Moore: Maryland taxes to go up for some, but not sales or property taxes
    Moore did not offer details of the tax hike, including who would pay more and by how much. But he said the increase would be coupled with tax cuts for two-thirds of Marylanders and a cut in the corporate tax rate.
    Gov. Wes Moore is allocating $27.5 million in his budget in an effort to boost College Park as a hub for quantum computing.
    Moore wants to make a ‘big bet’ on Maryland’s quantum computing industry
    A $27.5 million effort on quantum computing is part of the Democratic governor’s plans to spur more economic activity in the state, particularly in emerging industries.

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    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has directed his team to find $50 million in savings by being more efficient in how the state spends money.
    Moore wants to save $50 million by streamlining state government spending
    Moore used a laptop as an example, with different agencies paying different prices for the same piece of equipment.
    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - JANUARY 07: A military honor cordon transfers the flag-draped casket of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to a hearse during an arrival ceremony on January 07, 2025 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Carter’s body will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda until a funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington on January 9. Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Georgia.
    No state holiday in Maryland for Jimmy Carter funeral
    Gov. Wes Moore’s administration has decided not to grant state workers the day off, despite President Joe Biden declaring Thursday a federal holiday.
    The Maryland House of Delegates on opening day of the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis, Md., on Wednesday, January 8, 2024.
    General Assembly: Here’s what lawmakers say are their priorities this year
    Lawmakers come to Annapolis with bills they’d like to pass on behalf of their constituents back home
    The T. Rowe Price sign on the Orioles scoreboard is seen while players warm up before a game last season.
    Oriole Park to receive new video board and sound system in 2026
    A temporary sound system upgrade is coming this season, according to Orioles spokesperson Jennifer Grondahl.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, flanked by Senate President Bill Ferguson and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, gives remarks during the first day of the General Assembly session in the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md. on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
    Budget dominates conversation on General Assembly’s opening day
    The word of the day was ‘tough’: Tough road, tough conversations, tough decisions