The Food and Drug Administration wants to remove artificially manufactured fats from ingredients’ lists. Trans fats are found in some baked goods, frozen pizza and coffee creamers.
Maryland holds steady in a new energy scorecard. A state group says more must be done to improve Maryland's standing.
State agencies are warning the state’s 10 largest jurisdiction to implement stormwater fees or face fines of $10,000 a day.
TSA employees will honor the one among them who was killed in a shooting rampage in Los Angeles.
Is panhandling a right, or too dangerous?
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.
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.
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.
It's called the Maryland Society of Patriots.
The gubernatorial candidate attributes bad publicity to politics.
Republicans have strongholds where Democrats used to reign and vice versa, according to figures from the Sunlight Foundation.
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.
The state senator who is also running for Howard County executive said the legislation puts the burden on business owners and is unnecessary.
David Fraser-Hidalgo sworn in Monday
The park is back in business.
The county executive traveled to Wall Street on Thursday to brief bond houses on the county's economy.
Congress votes to reopen government, raise the debt ceiling.
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.
Ask candidates hoping to represent Montgomery County what they'll do to address the concerns of the county's renters.
The commuter rail service is adding two special trains, canceling two others and adding cars on the Penn Line to deal with the afternoon rush.
A possible government shutdown starting Tuesday would cause federal agencies in Maryland to close or seriously cut back operations.
In the last two years, Maryland’s increase in public health insurance coverage is higher than all but 13 states.
Could civilian drones fill the skies?
At a visit to the Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Sen. Ben Cardin talked about his ideas for reforming the country's tax code.
Low wages have forced some workers to turn to organizations like Mid-County United Ministries, a Montgomery County nonprofit that provides financial assistance, to supplement their income.
U.S. Census data released this week shows a near-generation high poverty rate of 15 percent.
WAMU 88.5 reported that Councilman Marc Elrich wants to raise Montgomery County's minimum wage to $12 an hour.
Find out how the Affordable Care Act’s provisions might affect Wheaton residents.
How did the Washington Metropolitan area add thousands of jobs in June but still see higher unemployment?
Fed Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin would assume the highest post ever by a woman at Treasury.
Montgomery County Executive: State regulator’s decision is “premature and unwise.”