Senate panel passes bill making Chesapeake National Recreation Area a national park unit

The Chesapeake Bay area is one step closer to becoming part of the national parks system with the Chesapeake Bay National Recreation Area Act moving onto the Senate floor.

Trump’s pledge to ‘drain the swamp’ risks thousands of Maryland federal jobs

Many federal jobs in Maryland could be jeopardy under President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to reclassify scores of civil servants as appointees.

Maryland goes for Harris: “Girl power” beats out Trump

Reliably Democratic Maryland was called by the Associated Press for Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race on Nov. 5.

Gunpowder Riverkeeper files motion to join Maryland’s suit over water pollution near Joppa

The Riverkeeper for the Gunpowder River, a tributary of the upper Chesapeake Bay, has filed a motion to join the Maryland Department of the Environment’s case against a real-estate developer for hundreds of permit violations over two years. The state is seeking significant fines and restoration of the affected waterways.

Think tanks, often funded by foreign governments, send House members on trips around the world

Private funders paid for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or their staff to travel overseas more than 4,000 times in the past decade. The bill for the vast majority of those trips was footed by nonprofit organizations, including prestigious think tanks that receive foreign government funding.