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.

Moore widens lead over Cox in governor’s race

Maryland Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wes Moore holds a 32-percentage-point lead over Republican opponent Dan Cox in the governor’s race on Nov. 8, according to a University of Maryland-Washington Post poll.

Maryland teachers quitting, larger exodus could follow

In the last academic school year, 9.1% of Maryland teachers left the profession altogether, according to the state department of education. Consequently, at the beginning of this year, county school systems across the state reported hundreds of teacher vacancies they needed to fill.

Maryland early mail-in vote count moves forward

The number of requested mail-in ballots has already exceeded the unprecedented half a million mail-in ballots in the July primary election.

State attorneys general press US archivist to publish ERA as constitutional amendment

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday in a suit contending that the ERA has been ratified by the necessary 38 states and has come into force.

Signs of rising voter registrations by women could alter midterm election history

The ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned two prior Supreme Court decisions, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, giving individual states the power to regulate all aspects of abortion not otherwise regulated by federal law.

CNS explores evolution, future of Supreme Court in ‘Takeover’ podcast

With the high court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade earlier this year, the moment seems right to trace the evolution of the Supreme Court, weigh the pressures it is facing now and assess its future.

Monkeypox cases drop, but disease hit Maryland’s Black communities harder

There are over 22,000 monkeypox cases in the United States and one person has died, according to the CDC. Infection rates have slowed over the past weeks.

Maryland becomes haven for out-of-state abortion seekers, providers

Maryland abortion providers see influx of out-of-state patients since the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

Former Hogan donors gave Moore four times more than Cox

Democratic nominee for Maryland governor Wes Moore has received nearly four times as much in campaign donations from Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s former financial supporters as has Del. Dan Cox, the Republican nominee.