Category Archives: Local News

BALTIMORE (AP) - Two days after former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's ex-chief of staff failed to appear in court to stand trial on federal corruption charges, FBI agents raided his Florida home as the s...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Seven Virginia sheriff's office employees have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 28-year-old man at a state mental hospital last week, a loc...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The Maryland House voted Friday for a measure that would create a legal framework and tax structure to enable recreational marijuana to be sold in stores as soon as July 1.The Ho...

NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon is pausing construction of its second headquarters in Virginia following the biggest round of layoffs in the company's history and its shifting plans around remot...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Larry Hogan, the former Republican governor of Maryland who positioned himself as one of his party's fiercest critics of Donald Trump, said Sunday he will not challenge the ...

BALTIMORE (AP) - Baltimore leaders agreed Wednesday to pay a $6 million settlement to the family of a driver who was killed during a 2010 police chase involving Gun Trace Task Force officers - the cit...

Maryland Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller urged lawmakers Wednesday to approve an extension and expansion of tax credits for low-income residents that helped them during the pandemic but are set to end.The propo...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Jillian Balow, Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's superintendent of public instruction, announced her resignation Wednesday in a letter to the governor that did not offer a...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The politically divided Virginia General Assembly worked through dozens of pieces of legislation, including a major energy bill and stop-gap budget bill, on Saturday as lawmakers ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland lawmakers on Tuesday reelected Dereck Davis to be the state's treasurer for a four-year term.The treasurer, who is elected by the General Assembly, is the principal cust...