Regina Holmes

STATE COMMISSION’S VOTE ON NEW DEGREE PROGRAM WAS IMPROPER, AG SAYS: The Maryland Higher Education Commission’s vote in June to allow Towson University to create a new business analytics doctoral program wasn’t conducted properly, according to an advice letter Thursday from the Office of the Attorney General. The letter sent to new Commission Chair Catherine […]

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The president of Morgan State University is accusing Towson University of setting up a new academic discipline that duplicates a well-established program at Morgan — reigniting a bitter and longstanding fight in Maryland about white educational institutions creating programs that already exist at historically Black colleges and universities.

MOORE RAISED THREE TIMES AS MUCH FOR INAUGURATION AS HOGAN DID IN 2019: Gov. Wes Moore (D) raised almost $4.6 million for his inaugural celebration in January — close to three times as much money as his predecessor, former Gov. Larry Hogan (R), took in for his second-term inauguration. Scores of prominent Maryland businesses donated, with […]

Listen to this article MOORE PICKS STATE POLICE VETERAN TO HEAD AGENCY: Gov. Wes Moore (D) has tapped Lt. Col. Roland L. Butler Jr. to lead the Maryland State Police, an agency in the throes of a federal probe of its hiring and promotional practices and questions as to whether those practices have been racially […]

Gov. Wes Moore urges tax breaks for military retirees and mandates Minority Business Enterprise reports; ex-treasurer is charged with stealing over $140,000 in campaign funds

Listen to this article This is an updated list of candidates for local and state offices in Montgomery County as of Sept. 14. Here are voter guides for other candidates on the ballot. Maryland Reporter’s Voters Guide: Statewide candidates for governor, comptroller, attorney general Maryland Reporter…

Listen to this article This is an updated list of candidates for local and state offices in Prince George’s County. Maryland Reporter’s Voters Guide: Statewide candidates for governor, comptroller, attorney general Maryland Reporter’s Voters Guide: Candidates for Congress Voters guides from other so…

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Listen to this article This is an updated list of candidates for local and state offices in Anne Arundel County as of June 8. Candidates for county executive, county council and local judiciary offices are listed first, followed by the state legislature. A voters guide to statewide offices is a sep…

President Donald Trump has tested positive for coronavirus, along with first lady Melania Trump, the first couple tweeted early Friday morning.

The outbreak of COVID-19 infections among Delmarva poultry workers could threaten not only the tri-state area but also the nation’s food supply chain, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday.

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh on Wednesday joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting Pennsylvania in its U.S. Supreme Court case defending mandated contraceptive coverage under Obamacare.

Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh was sentenced in federal court on Thursday afternoon to 3 years in federal prison — closing the chapter on both the nearly year-long corruption scandal that rocked the city, as well as a political career that spanned more than two decades.