A judge in Annapolis tossed the redistricting ballot question. Then a second judge in Dorchester County tossed it again. Then, on September 3, the Maryland Supreme Court stepped in and put Question 3 back on the November ballot, ordering the state to rewrite the...
Maryland readers know the drill by now. A ballot question gets written, a judge tosses it, a second judge does too, and the state Supreme Court has to step in just to keep the thing alive for November. That's exactly what happened with Question 3, the redistricting...
Despite the objections of Republican lawmakers, two Circuit Court judges, and two justices of the Maryland Supreme Court, Maryland's legislative leaders bulldozed a constitutional amendment onto the November ballot that will give them a free hand to redraw...
Maryland voters in November will get to decide how congressional districts can be drawn, but they again will not be asked to decide about an expansion of online gaming. Any expansion of gambling in Maryland must go to referendum. State-drawn lines do more than decide...
Maryland now owns the Preakness. Outright. The state finalized an $85 million purchase of the rights to the race and the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, and the money didn't come from the general fund. It came through revenue bonds, a financing structure more familiar to...
A state lawmaker in Annapolis compared a Kalshi contract to a corn futures trade last week. That's not a joke. It's the actual argument prediction market platforms are making to Maryland's General Assembly, and it's working well enough to freeze regulators in place....
By Karen T. A cashier at a Hampden coffee shop told me last month that she hasn't seen a $20 bill in almost two weeks. Every tap, every scan, every "split it on Venmo" moment adds up to something bigger than convenience. It's a quiet rewiring of how money moves...
Gov. Wes Moore opened the 2026 legislative year with a frank admission: Maryland was staring down a $1.5 billion structural shortfall, and the FY2027 budget would be a low-growth exercise in triage. No new taxes. Painful cuts. A lot of difficult conversations in...
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