ANNAPOLIS – By conventional wisdom, this should have been a bad year for Maryland’s ailing racing industry

GLEN BURNIE – Don Dwyer Jr

ANNAPOLIS – The drive for public financing of political campaigns in Maryland took a step forward Tuesday, when the House of Delegates passed a bill that would pay for General Assembly campaigns with public funds

ANNAPOLIS – Senate Democrats approved a series of changes to Maryland’s election laws late Wednesday, despite objections from Republicans who predicted that such measures would increase election fraud

ANNAPOLIS – Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley said Thursday he welcomes a statewide audit of crime statistics and expressed confidence it would show that the city’s figure are accurate

ANNAPOLIS – Disgusted by a recent protest at the funeral of a soldier in Carroll County, where gay marriage opponents carried signs disparaging American war dead, the House passed a bill Wednesday to ban such demonstrations at funerals

ANNAPOLIS – The House of Delegates passed a bill Tuesday that would establish electronic poll books intended to prevent people from voting more than once, as well as mandate the creation of polling places on large college campuses for students and faculty

ANNAPOLIS – Action by the General Assembly to address consumer outrage over a projected 72 percent increase in electricity bills is gaining momentum, with the Senate’s top Democrat vowing Thursday to deal with the problem even if it takes a special legislative session

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Senate began to take bites out of Gov

ANNAPOLIS – A leading opponent of gay marriage called Tuesday for the removal from the bench of the Baltimore judge who ruled that the state law barring same-sex marriage was unconstitutional

“It’s clear to the public that the court has violated their trust,” said Delegate Donald H