Maryland General Assembly 2026

State lawmakers were quick to question and seek alternatives to some of the governor’s major energy proposals as the two branches weigh how best to provide utility bill relief to Marylanders.

Betsy Fox Tolentino has been leading the Department of Juvenile Services for over seven months and state legislators appear ready to make her appointment official.

Updates on Maryland's contentious redistricting efforts from WYPR State House reporter Sarah Petrowich, and WYPR's Scott Maucione on the Maryland AG's suit to block a DHS detention center in Washington County.

Amid ramped up federal immigration enforcement efforts, Maryland lawmakers are working to regulate state-level participation where they can.

Maryland has been a member of the PJM Interconnection for seventy years, but state officials wonder if leaving the grid could help lower utility bills.

Jeffries met with Senate President Bill Ferguson to try and sway Ferguson to pursue a Democratic-leaning Congressional map.

Gov. Wes Moore signed legislation on Tuesday that requires Maryland jurisdictions to immediately terminate their 287(g) agreements.

The funds would go to Medicaid and the state health insurance exchange.

Two proposed bills would create legal ramifications for using deepfake technology to spread election misinformation and impersonate someone with an intent to defraud them.

Social media is shown to increase anxiety and depression among youth.