County Executive Isiah Leggett says that a reconsideration of the county bag tax's applicability to bags from non-food and non-alcohol stores needs to be preceded by a data-gathering survey.
It's a rare political moment with Democrats in power in the neighboring Commonwealth of Virginia.
Illegal immigrants can begin the process to get a Maryland driver’s license beginning Monday, Nov. 4.
Maryland had the third highest increase in food stamp participation from June 2012 to June 2013, following Illinois with 15 percent and Wyoming with 11 percent.
Top Maryland health advocates endorsed a proposal to increase state cigarette taxes by $1 per pack, in a report released Wednesday.
The bill seeks a five years prison term for anyone caught distributing sexually explicit images of an ex-significant other.
One year later, the state receives $19 million in aid to help the hardest-hit communities.
Same-sex couples face legal issues in parenting that straight couples do not.
“You can’t just turn science on and off like a switch,” said Joanne Carney, director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Office of Government Relations.
Eight governors announced a collaborative initiative to put 3.3 million zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2025.
It's called the Maryland Society of Patriots.
The gubernatorial candidate attributes bad publicity to politics.
In the 2014 primary and general elections, Friendship Heights residents may want to use early or absentee voting, rather than risk having to wait in long lines at the Friendship Heights Village Center.
Republicans have strongholds where Democrats used to reign and vice versa, according to figures from the Sunlight Foundation.
There'll be more polling location options during early voting next year.
Pay hike would be phased in over the course of four years, The Washington Post reports.
Have you tried to log on? So far, 2,400 households have reportedly enrolled.
David Fraser-Hidalgo sworn in Monday
Rep. Bill Young was praised by President Obama for his support of the armed services.
Candidates tout plans to expand pre-K programs for children in Maryland.
Delegate Heather Mizeur's low voter support is probably largely due to the overwhelming majority, 78.7 percent, of people polled who indicated they didn’t recognize her name.
The county executive traveled to Wall Street on Thursday to brief bond houses on the county's economy.
The park is back in business.
An appeals court earlier ruled that Maryland’s rules do not infringe upon Second Amendment rights.
Congress votes to reopen government, raise the debt ceiling.
Puppets, artists and county officials, including County Council Executive Isiah Leggett, joined together to ask that Glen Echo Park be reopened.
Only a fraction of Marylanders who have created accounts on the state's health exchange website have purchased a plan through the website.
The county estimates that the nonprofit organizations running programs and facilities in Glen Echo Park—a national park—are losing a total of $25,000 a day during the federal government shutdown.
In this video, U.S. Rep. Christopher Van Hollen demonstrates how a recent rule alteration made by the House of Representatives complicates ending the government shutdown. The video has gone viral on the internet.
Glen Echo Park remains closed during the shutdown.
Thanks to the Maryland Dream Act, hundreds of young, undocumented immigrants will get a chance at a more affordable college education. But they're still not eligible for government or bank loans and scholarships.
The well-known neurosurgeon, formerly of Johns Hopkins Children's Center, spoke at the Values Voter Summit.
A group opposed to fracking in Maryland is speaking out.
Here are the salaries. You decide.
How are Maryland lawmakers in Congress handling their paychecks during shutdown?
Immigrant advocacy groups are considering putting forward legislation that would make it illegal for local law enforcement to detain undocumented immigrants for possible deportation unless they have committed a serious crime.
Ask candidates hoping to represent Montgomery County what they'll do to address the concerns of the county's renters.