The 2025 legislative session was a slog, but Maryland Matters staff still had one thing to do: We fanned out to talk to ...

With about 10 hours to go in the 90-day session, lawmakers gave final passage to a trio of energy reform bills Monday focused ...

A key advisory panel recommended that the state's property tax stay unchanged next year, at 11.2 cents per $100 in assessed ...

Jessica Brady Reader is one of the many advocates who spend days, months, even years working for bills they believe will ...

Passing a budget took longer than usual this year, but this time it was ongoing federal cuts that delayed the process before ...

A sobering report on racial maternal health disparities in Montgomery County, a Metro-oriented groundbreaking in Prince ...

The governor was disappointed, some of the biggest bills got put off to the last day, last-minute wrangling doomed some bills, and it all ended at midnight with balloons and confetti to mark the end ...

After it was stalled for most of the day, a watered-down package of protections for Maryland's immigrant community was rushed through by lawmakers with just minutes to spare before the midnight end of ...

Hours after the close of the 2025 session, Gov. Wes Moore (D) and legislative leaders signed dozens of bills — many focused on work force and employment issues — into law.

The signing of legislation creating the Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy (ODEAP) is more than a policy win, writes Jennifer Laszio Mizrahi. It's an affirmation of Maryland’s ...

The signing of legislation creating the Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy (ODEAP) is more than a policy win, writes Jennifer Laszio Mizrahi. It's an affirmation of Maryland’s ...