Just four days before the Maryland State Board of Elections is to begin counting early mail-in ballots, Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox filed another effort to halt the board’s plan to certify the Nov. 8 elections earlier.
Inside Maryland’s marijuana industry, beginning at the root
With Maryland voters poised to decide in November on whether recreational cannabis will be legal in the state, Capital News Service is taking a look at the state’s already legal medical cannabis market.
Laura Neuman, the only female Democratic candidate for Maryland governor, leaves race, endorses Peter Franchot
Laura Neuman is the first to fall from the primary contest and shift support to another candidate.
Maryland legislators say goodbye after years of service
As Maryland’s legislative session comes to an end, Capital News Service sat down with three representatives to talk about their time in the political sphere and ask what comes after their combined 52 years of service in the State House.
Maryland drivers say gas tax suspension not providing enough relief
ANNAPOLIS — At a Royal Farms gas station Thursday in Hyattsville, a gallon of regular gas went for $3.75, a lot lower than the national average that day of $4.22. That discounted price, however, is temporary, the result of the…
Soaring gas prices push Maryland drivers to alter travel, spending decisions
Drivers interviewed by Capital News Service said those costs are forcing them to make tough decisions about how they spend their money, from travel to fuel purchases to recreation.
Senate considering how to make legal cannabis profitable
ANNAPOLIS – With the House of Delegates having passed proposals to legalize recreational marijuana, the Senate has taken up the issue with a decidedly different focus. While bills in the Senate are also aimed at making recreational use legal, they…
A new Maryland bill would allow voters to decide on legal marijuana
The Maryland House of Delegates approved two bills Friday to adjust the states’ marijuana laws – one that would put the ball in voters’ hands by giving them an opportunity to legalize marijuana use and the other by allowing those convicted of possessing the drug to request their records be erased.
Commercial developers object to Maryland legislation’s climate change costs
The developers’ objections illustrate the tension between what many agree is a need to act on climate change and the cost of taking aggressive action to combat building emissions.
Maryland lawmakers resurrect paid family, medical leave bill
A coalition of Democratic legislators in the House and Senate introduced bills to give workers up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave to care for a family member with a serious health condition or disability.