Maryland News

While a contested constitutional amendment to legalize slot machine gambling is grabbing attention in Maryland, voters statewide will also decide a little-discussed ballot question on Election Day: Whether to ...

The state Board of Public Works recently approved $1.4 million for open space projects in all three Southern Maryland counties.

The report addresses the slots plan in question in terms of public policy and public revenue impact.

The couple behind a two-day stand-off at a Hancock hotel could be looking at a much longer list of charges.

Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives, seeking to stave off a recession that many fear is about to grip the United States, pushed on Monday for a second economic stimulus package and greater ...

Comptroller Peter Franchot says two companies will pay $12 million in avoided taxes in Maryland.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a small black poodle from the Chesapeake Bay Tuesday night, according to the Maryland Gazette.

The Maryland State Police classified 53 nonviolent activists as terrorists and entered their names and personal information into state and federal databases that track terrorism suspects, the state police chief ...

Comptroller Peter Franchot says it will take weeks and possibly months to know the full magnitude of the global economic crisis on Maryland's revenue collections.

Police say that at around 6:29 p.m. troopers responded to a single-car crash that occurred on eastbound Route 50 just east of Hall Road.

A pair of con artists scammed Prince George's County homeowners out of roughly a million dollars, according to a statement from State's Attorney Glenn Ivey.

The governor and members of his budget office continued working toward putting together roughly $250 million in recommended cuts on Thursday that he said would be painful but have become necessary in Maryland ...

Concerned with the economic and environmental impacts of gypsy moth infestation, officials from Garrett, Allegany and Frederick counties argued Wednesday that Western Maryland needs to be a top priority for the ...

Maryland rarely executes prisoners and reserves such punishment for the worst criminals, a prosecutor told a state commission Tuesday.

Gov. Martin O'Malley says more painful budget cuts could be needed later after next week's round of budget cuts, if the economy doesn't pick up.

Tim Hutchins, the former superintendent of the state police, listens as current State Police Superintendent Col.

ANNAPOLIS - Up to 1 million Maryland residents who are eligible to vote are not registered to do so as the deadline to sign up for the November election creeps closer, Maryland political leaders said Tuesday.

At her coming-out party on Tuesday in a prison parking lot, Razor the dog sniffed one wooden box, lunged at and jumped over a second, then smelled a third and promptly sat down next to it.

Suspected illegal immigrants accounted for almost one in every 10 people detained by authorities in Frederick County in the past six months, the Frederick News-Post reported.

At least nine Maryland premium loan companies charged Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund policyholders more interest than allowed by state law, insurance regulators said Monday.