Nathaniel Exum

Baltimore County senators rebuffed an effort to abolish Maryland's death penalty yesterday, persuading lawmakers instead to restrict when capital punishment can be used. The Senate's first full debate on the death penalty in more than three decades was...

Gov. Martin O'Malley's push to end the death penalty in Maryland would probably fall short if a legislative vote were held today, even though the governor insisted yesterday that the repeal effort "has a real shot this year." A Baltimore Sun survey of...

Many of those on the front lines of the battle over rising electricity costs say one voice has been noticeably absent from the debate - the state's top consumer advocate, the Office of the People's Counsel. Lawmakers accuse the office and its chief,...

Amid concerns that her appeal to African-American voters might be wavering, Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend spent yesterday reaching out to Maryland's black elected officials and emphasizing her family's political roots. Townsend visited...

A prominent group of Baltimore-area ministers is calling on Mayor Martin O'Malley to remain in his job and not run for governor - as supporters of Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend are being pressured to endorse her unannounced candidacy for the office....

District 7 32 of 32 precincts - 100% x-Diane DeCarlo 7,407 80% Jerry Hersl 1,843 20% -------------------- District 8 31 of 31 precincts - 100% x-Katherine Klausmeier 10,254 85% Raymond C. Shiflet 1,779 15% -------------------- District 11 36 of 36...

After a gripping debate in which senators described watching friends and family members die in pain, the Maryland Senate voted yesterday to reduce punishment for the very ill who use marijuana as medicine. The House of Delegates approved an identical...