Maryland

Maryland’s comptroller want to penalize Alabama for its strictest-in-the-nation abortion ban. He’s urging the state’s pension system to divest itself from Alabama-based companies. In a Facebook post Thursday, Comptroller Peter Franchot said the law was “a malicious assault on the rights and protections of women everywhere.” See Also: Anti-Abortion Bill Could Give The Death Penalty As Punishment […]

A Maryland measure that’s the first of its kind could help people without health insurance find out if they qualify for free or low-cost insurance after they file their taxes. It will create a box for people to check on state income tax returns. If selected, the state’s health care exchange will see if the […]

Authorities have charged a Maryland man they believed plotted to ram a stolen truck into the pedestrians at the National Harbor waterfront development in Maryland. Rondell Henry, 28, has been charged with interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle. According to reports, Henry claimed he was inspired by the Islamic State when he stole a U-Haul […]

The Maryland General Assembly passed a bill Wednesday that would raise the minimum age to buy tobacco and tobacco-related products from 18 to 21. It is now on Gov. Larry Hogan’s desk for his signature. Maryland would be the 10th state to raise the purchase age to 21. The bill raises the minimum age to […]

A former worker with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is heading behind bars for her role in a scheme that traded nonpublic information for sports tickets and other bribes. LaFonda Lewis, of Maryland, was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in prison. The 57-year-old pleaded guilty in January to trading […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland could become the first state to stop participating in the federal Title X program due to a Trump administration rule that would prohibit family planning clinics funded by the program from making abortion referrals, under a measure headed to the state’s House of Delegates. The House is scheduled to take […]

Good news from the State Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation! Maryland’s unemployment rate fell to just 3.7%. That’s the lowest it has been since April 2008. That’s also 0.3 percentage points below the national average. See Also: U.S. Economy Grows But Black Unemployment Rises Maryland added 3,100 jobs in January, according to the preliminary survey […]

Maryland’s largest union says it is expecting thousands of teachers to march on the state capital in a call for increased school funding. The Maryland State Education Association says more than 5,000 educators from the union have signed up to attend the rally on Monday evening. Together they are pushing for more money for Maryland […]

Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Breaking News On Your Phone. Text WOLB to 71007 to join! Governor Larry Hogan is eyeing a $27 million savings in his supplemental budget for Fiscal Year 2020. Details were released Monday with increased funding for several state and local initiatives. The fiscal year 2020 budget also reportedly […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A white Maryland lawmaker accused of using a racial slur for black people to refer to a legislative district has apologized to leaders of the state’s Legislative Black Caucus. Del. Mary Ann Lisanti allegedly used the slur to refer to Prince George’s County during an after-hours gathering at an Annapolis cigar […]