Christopher B. Shank

Kristin B. Aleshire is pressing for answers about an 11th-hour robocall that attacked him before the Washington County commissioners election nearly two years ago. Aleshire said he wants the state to enforce election laws that still haven’t been...

The just-finished debate over whether Maryland should legalize table games and add a sixth casino cut through political parties and county delegations. Of the six Republicans representing Washington County in Annapolis, three voted in favor of the...

With a bit of math and a few clicks of a mouse, state Democrats transformed a once-sleepy congressional district in Western Maryland last week into one of the most closely watched political battlegrounds in the nation. Hours after Gov. Martin O'Malley...

Local Republicans are crying foul over a proposed congressional redistricting plan that would radically redraw District 6 — currently represented by Republican Rep. Roscoe Bartlett — to include much of Democrat-heavy Montgomery County. "I...

State lawmakers representing Washington County suspect they’ll be called back to Annapolis for a special session on budget matters. But they say three months should have been enough for the legislature to finish its work. It should never have...

Celebrating and protesting As Gov. Martin O’Malley traveled to and from the new Maryland State Police barrack near Hagerstown on Monday, protesters waved signs expressing their displeasure with three O’Malley-backed measures — in-state...

A Maryland Senate committee Thursday approved a bill toughening the penalty for child abuse causing death — the first positive vote for the measure since it was proposed in 2008. After four years of trying — and failing — in Annapolis...

Dee Myers’ voice still cracks as she softly tells lawmakers the story of her grandson’s death five years ago. The 4-month-old boy, Justice Christopher Calvin Myers-Cannon, was shaken to death in January 2007. Floyd Edward Bingaman III of...

As the Maryland General Assembly’s session nears an end, much of Washington County’s business has been sewn up. The county delegation’s signature bill — establishing stricter financial accountability for the Washington County...

Washington County pursuing tax-credit program Washington County has joined Frederick County, Md., in trying to start a new system of property-tax credits for new or expanding businesses. To qualify, an existing business would have to add at least 1,500...

A state contract for building maintenance supplies was questioned on Thursday by local business representatives who said they can do better. Sen. Christopher B. Shank, R-Washington, is trying to pass a bill to let state agencies drop out of cooperative...

The newest attempt to legalize marriage in Maryland for gay couples advanced a step on Tuesday — Valentine’s Day — as two committees voted to send a bill to the full House of Delegates. The Judiciary Committee and the Health and...