Maryland’s annual legislative session began Wednesday with new leadership, including the first new Senate president in more than three decades and the first black woman to preside as speaker over the House of Delegates at the start of the state’s 90-day session. Senate President Bill Ferguson, a Baltimore Democrat, was elected unanimously by senators to take Sen. Thomas V....

Lawmakers in the Maryland General Assembly began the 2020 session with new leaders. Chris Gordon reports.

For the first time in 17 years, the Maryland General Assembly will be led by two presiding officers who aren’t white men over 55 named Mike.

In Maryland, you’ll be need to be 21 to buy cigarettes starting Tuesday.

A bill proposed in Montgomery County, Maryland, would force vape shops to move away from schools.

A ban on plastic foam containers aimed at businesses that sell food has taken effect in Maryland’s capital city.

In a surprising turn of events, Del. Adrienne Jones was elected speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, making her the first woman and the first African American elected to the position. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports.

The Maryland General Assembly has passed a measure to require rape kits to be tested.

The Maryland General Assembly has approved a bill to raise the age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21.

A little-known handheld medical device that performs cranial electrical stimulation has had a high success rate in treating anxiety and depression, Dr. Joshua Weiner says.

Maryland became the sixth state in the nation to approve a gradual minimum wage increase to $15 an hour.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed two bills into law that would allow Virginia schools to open up to two weeks before Labor Day, while also providing students a four-day Labor Day weekend.

The Maryland General Assembly has given final approval to raising the state’s minimum wage from $10.10 to $15 an hour by 2025.

The Maryland General Assembly has given final approval to a measure to let local school boards decide when school starts.

The Maryland General Assembly is deliberating legislation to stiffen the background checks conducted by public school districts.

As Maryland’s state lawmakers reconvened on Wednesday, they said education funding, transportation improvements and redistricting were on their agendas. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.

There were 11 sexual harassment complaints filed against a member of the Maryland General Assembly last year, according to a report released Thursday, but it’s unclear how many lawmakers were the target of complaints because they are unnamed and the report only lists a total number of complaints.

Maryland lawmakers are working on the last day of the legislative session to pas bills on school safety, medical marijuana and more. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.

The Maryland House of Delegates on Saturday passed measures aimed at fighting crime, advanced a bill to increase school safety and approved an agreement between the House and Senate aimed at increasing diversity in the state’s medical marijuana industry.

The governor’s office released a list of bills Thursday evening that the Democrat-led legislature sent to the Republican governor that he is neither signing nor vetoing, so they will automatically go into law.