Maryland's Angela Alsobrooks was officially sworn as the state's first black woman senator shortly after noon Friday, an honor she recieved ...

New laws in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia affect health care, consumer rights, transportation, and environmental ...

The Senate is convening for the start of the 119th Congress on Friday, with a dozen new senators joining the upper chamber.

A nearly $3 billion deficit is expected to ignite the toughest debates over funding priorities in years — with all kinds of ...

Voters in Virginia will begin the new year filling state Senate and House vacancies on Tuesday in a trio of special elections that could determine control of the narrowly divided ...

Maryland is set to examine their current method of evaluating poverty in schools throughout the next year, potentially ...

During his time in public office, Cardin has worked on international human rights, the preservation of the Chesapeake Bay and ...

Johnny Olszewski Jr. planned to bring his young daughter to the U.S. House of Representatives for his swearing-in on Friday. ...

In a Town Hall discussion on the controversial Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP), lawmakers, energy experts, and policy makers spoke about the variou ...

Nearly 300 mourners gathered in Cambridge on Thursday to celebrate the life of Richard Colburn, a political icon who served ...

The New York senator is the highest-profile Democrat to endorse a candidate in the Democratic National Committee chair race.

General Assembly opens Jan. 8, the earliest date possible, which means the annual scramble by lawmakers and elected officials ...