College Park residents no longer need an excuse to vote with an absentee ballot
Previously, College Park voters had to provide one of five excuses to vote absentee.
Maryland bill would allow past criminal behavior to be used in sex offense cases
The bill passed through both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly.
A UMD graduate student is running for a Maryland House of Delegates seat
Winnie Obike is running to represent Maryland’s 22nd district.
Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin will run for re-election
Cardin will face four opponents, including Chelsea Manning.
USM Board of Regents pushes for more closed meetings
Regents say publicly discussing topics such as business ventures could harm the USM.
At least 3 dead in shooting at Maryland business park, police say
The suspect, 37-year-old Radee Labeeb Prince, was caught by officials in Delaware.
Maryland attorney general joins lawsuit against Trump’s DACA decision
The suit accuses the Trump administration of violating due process and federal laws stating the government will not use DACA participants’ information for deportations or prosecutions.
A new registry has opened for Maryland patients seeking medical marijuana
The program is new accepting applications for patients to receive marijuana from state-licensed dispensaries.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declares opioid state of emergency
Between January 2016 and September 2016, 1,468 Maryland residents died from overdoses.
Maryland’s former U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski is joining the Johns Hopkins faculty
She previously represented Maryland in the U.S. Senate for 30 years.