Pamela Wood

The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission has awarded initial approvals for 11 more companies to grow or process the drug.

Maryland picks more companies to grow, process medical cannabis

October 5, 2020 at 6:44 p.m.

After more than a year of delays due to logistical errors and allegations of impropriety, the state has picked 11 companies to expand and diversify Maryland's medical cannabis industry. The...

Maryland lawmakers appear unlikely to vote to legalize recreational use of marijuana during the 2020 General Assembly session.

Legalizing recreational marijuana in Maryland not likely in 2020: ‘We are still in the investigative mode’

November 27, 2019 at 7:35 p.m.

The prospect of legalizing recreational marijuana use in Maryland is growing dim for 2020. While there's growing acceptance for adult use of the drug, and some see it as a...

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings gives remarks during a ceremony celebrating the life of her husband, Elijah Cummings. A public viewing and community celebration for Congressman Elijah E. Cummings was held at Morgan State University. (Ulysses Muñoz, Baltimore Sun)

‘This was a great man. A man who has inspired so many’: Baltimore bids farewell to Elijah Cummings at celebration

October 24, 2019 at 2:40 a.m.

As a day of tributes to the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings drew to a close Wednesday night, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings ascended a stage to speak about her late husband....

U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, who died Thursday, frequently clashed with President Donald Trump. Cummings chaired the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, which has been investigating the president and his business dealings.

‘Investigate this corrupt mess immediately’: 10 times Rep. Elijah Cummings fought with President Donald Trump

October 17, 2019 at 10:40 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, who died Thursday morning, tangled repeatedly with President Donald Trump over the past few years. The two men clashed from the start, and the conflicts intensified...

President Trump arrives in Baltimore to speak at the House Republican Members Retreat.

Trump visit draws protesters, supporters to Baltimore

September 13, 2019 at 12:01 a.m.

Dozens of demonstrators gathered in Baltimore's Little Italy neighborhood Thursday to send a message: President Donald Trump is not welcome here. When the president's motorcade sped down South President Street...

The Republican Governors Association had a large tent, where the group hosted a fundraiser starring Gov. Larry Hogan, which reporters were not allowed into.

At Preakness 2019, Maryland state government uses corporate tent to woo, reward

July 1, 2019 at 10:35 a.m.

The Maryland state government sponsored a corporate tent at the 144th Preakness Stakes to network with politicians and woo businesses. The tent was amid a line of corporate tents ringing...

From left, Jasmine and Albert McClellan, former Raven, attend Preakness day at Pimlico Race Course on May 18, 2019.

Preakness 2019: At race, Maryland politicians ponder future of Pimlico

July 1, 2019 at 9:22 a.m.

The question of Pimlico's future was front and center as politicians mingled in the corporate tents and watched thoroughbreds sprint by Saturday during the Preakness Stakes celebration. A plane circled...

Martin O'Malley, former governor and mayor of Baltimore, at left, urges members of the Legislative Black Caucus to work to preserve Pimlico Race Course and keep the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore. He was joined at the meeting on Thursday, March 21, 2019, by Mayor Catherine Pugh and former mayors Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Kurt Schmoke.

Four Baltimore mayors press black caucus to help keep Preakness in city, block bill benefiting Laurel Park

June 20, 2019 at 11:31 p.m.

Baltimore continued its full-court press Thursday to preserve Pimlico Race Course and keep the Preakness Stakes in the city, as current and former mayors lobbied the state’s black lawmakers to...

Baltimore County lawmakers to support city lawmakers on preserving Pimlico, Preakness

March 19, 2019 at 5:30 p.m.

Baltimore County’s delegates are lining up to support Baltimore City’s lawmakers in their efforts to prevent the owners of Pimlico Race Course from moving the Preakness Stakes and abandoning the...

Cheryl Kagan, right, on Dec. 3, 2014, at the Maryland State House in Annapolis.

Maryland Senate approves what would be nation’s first statewide ban on foam food containers and cups

March 6, 2019 at 2:52 p.m.

Maryland’s senators approved a bill on Tuesday that would ban polystyrene foam food containers and cups starting next year. If the bill eventually becomes law, Maryland would be the first...

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