Brooke Lierman declares victory as Maryland’s first woman chief financial officer

Brooke Lierman would become the first woman elected to the position in Maryland’s history.

Democracy, inflation, political dissatisfaction drives Marylanders to polls

Before Election Day, 781,291 Marylanders had already cast their votes through early voting and mail-in ballots, according to the Maryland State Board of Elections.

Maryland residents head to polls on first day of early voting

Voters told Capital News Service the threat to democracy and abortion rights were their main issues.

Maryland Republican Party at critical juncture as election nears

Larry Hogan is one of the most popular governors in Maryland’s recent history. But when Hogan asked his fellow Republicans to nominate Kelly Schulz, a candidate in his mold, to run for the state’s highest office, they instead chose Dan Cox, a 2020 election denier.

Governors, EPA address restoration failures, path forward

A report released by the EPA last week said only West Virginia and Washington are on track to meet their pollution reduction objectives.

Maryland, bay states criticized before big environmental meeting

Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, the states with the largest runoff into the Chesapeake Bay, are not on track to meet their goals to restore the nation’s largest estuary by 2025.

Court approves early counting of Maryland mail-in ballots

Prior to the court’s ruling, Maryland election laws only authorized the counting of mail-in ballots on the Thursday after election day.

Court to decide by weekend on counting mail-in votes early

Election board members said the current rule of waiting to count votes until the Thursday after the election will “leave local, statewide, and even federal contests without certified results until late December 2022 or early January 2023.”

Cox, Moore campaigns heat up as early voting nears

Democratic nominee Wes Moore and his Republican opponent, Dan Cox, have begun campaigning in earnest after being relatively dormant over the past month.

Cox holds day of events in Republican friendly Allegany County

Allegany County voters heavily favored former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.