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A budget stalemate could lead to a government shutdown affecting almost a quarter-million Maryland residents, as well as endanger funding for a Key Bridge replacement.
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State officials feared that without the extension, Maryland residents could lose access to SNAP, cash benefits and other programs they need to get by, while the contact dispute is worked out.
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The move came the same day that Worcester County Commissioners moved to block the purchase of two West Ocean City Harbor properties that are part of the wind farm project.
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The Defense bill also included sharp pay raises for troops, but the ban on gender-affirming care for military youth drew the most attention.
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The move by the pension board to focus on climate impact, long a goal of Comptroller Brooke Lierman's, brings Maryland one step closer to divesting fossil fuels from its investments.
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Malone, a career firefighter, was known for his sense of humor, his public safety efforts and his ever-present cologne.
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The Key Bridge and language that could lead to the Commanders' return to Washington were just some of the sweeteners in the 1,500-page bill, as Congress looked to head off a shutdown and head out of town.
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It was the vice president's second trip to Prince George's County in four months, though under less favorable conditions than last time, when she was a newly minted presidential candidate.
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The meeting of the state's Electoral College -- the 60th time in Maryland, one of the few states to reach that milestone -- was upbeat, even if the outcome was not what the Democratic electors wanted.
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The emergency contract is needed to keep electronic benefits transfers, for services like SNAP and other benefits, going, after the contract that was supposed to operate EBT was overturned.
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Sen. Jill P. Carter would be the sixth senator to leave that body since the 2022 elections; the governor also filled openings on the state school board and the Public Employees Relations Board.
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Carlos Ayala, the former board of elections member charged in the Jan. 6 attack, wants a judge let him leave the country with his family for a two-week Christmas vacation in El Salvador.
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Abortion rights advocates weigh in on the race to replace outgoing Sen. Sarah Elfreth, new faces in the lobbying world and a MACo board makeover, in political notes.
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The new battle is over Bladensburg's plan to annex the former Prince George's Hospital Center site, a valuable parcel that the nearby town of Cheverly had planned to annex and redevelop as a new town center.
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The Blueprint for Maryland's Future is a "remarkably bold" plan, but is in danger of falling short of its goals, writes Kalman Hettleman, who calls on state leaders to step up and defend it.
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Tonya Sweat becomes the sixth Democrat running for county executive and Shayla Adams-Stafford is the second to enter the special election for the District 5 council seat.
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The event, organized by @RepGlennIvey, drew workers and contractors worried about their jobs in the face of President-elect Donald Trump's vow to slash the size of government.
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Lawmakers and elected officials speaking at the Maryland Association of Counties' annual legislative look-ahead all saw pretty much the same thing: a "enormous" budget problem next year.
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The report notes that Blacks account for 32% of Maryland's population, but 71% of those incarcerated in the state's prisons.
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