Laura Howell is CEO of the Maryland Association of Community Services, a statewide nonprofit association of over 125 developmental disability provider organizations. Her members provide residential, ...

Ande Kolp is executive director of The Arc Maryland. The statewide advocacy organization was formed in 1960 by parents who ...

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown filed a lawsuit in federal court for alleged “unlawful conditions” with immigrant ...

For the first time since 1974, Maryland Democrats say they have fielded a candidate to run for every legislative seat in the state this fall, in a "compete everywhere" strategy that hopes to ...

For thousands of Marylanders and their families who rely on support from the Developmental Disabilities Administration, last year's budget cuts had real impact, write Ande Kolp and Laura Howell, and a ...

A controversial IT sales tax was supposed to bring in $500 million, but is currently on track to raise about $50 million. Still, budget analysts and fiscal leaders are optimistic that new revenue ...

Maryland’s revenue picture improved by nearly $250 million over two years, buoyed largely by a factor that cannot be anticipated — people dying. The numbers released Wednesday by the Board of Revenue ...

After tweaking the STRIDE Act last year, advocates this year are pushing to repeal the law that encouraged utilities to update aging and unsafe natural gas pipelines by letting them recover costs in ...

With slightly more than a month left in the 2026 General Assembly session, the Maryland Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus laid out its priorities Thursday and assessed its progress on bills, some of which it ...