Katie Shepherd

Angela Alsobrooks will be Maryland’s first Black U.S. Senator. She pledges to help restore reproductive rights, push for gun laws and, if needed, end the filibuster.

The approval keeps County Executive Marc Elrich from running for a third consecutive term, which he had planned to do.

Republican Neil Parrott and Democrat April McClain Delaney went head to head in a bruising campaign to represent Maryland’s 6th Congressional District.

So far, Democrats have spent about $25.2 million on television ads supporting Alsobrooks. Republicans have spent about $34.9 million booking ad time in support of Hogan.

The former president is the latest prominent Democrat to back Alsobrooks in the close race that could decide which party holds the majority in the Senate.

Maryland’s Future, a deep-pocketed super PAC backing Hogan, the state’s popular former governor, reserved $18 million in airtime during the last six weeks of the race.

A former officer was convicted of sexual abuse of a child. He met the victim during the 2005-2006 school year when she was 15 years old.

The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin says the region’s main water source faces threats of infrastructure failures or a natural disaster.

The Democrat running for Senate in Maryland improperly benefited from tax breaks on two properties. Her campaign said she was not aware of the errors.

The $8 million sculpture was funded by dozens of influential families who found a personal connection to the war. The completed memorial will be unveiled Friday.