Few states have embraced the ideas behind the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with more enthusiasm than Maryland and Massachusetts, which adopted many of them years before the passage of the federal law.

The Maryland legislature's decision to require that its big businesses spend 8 percent of payroll on health insurance has turbo-charged the AFL-CIO's "Fair Share" campaign to enact similar legislation ...

As drug-pricing proposals proliferate at the federal level, states are taking their own steps to rein in sticker prices. That fight hasn't been easy, what with the pharma industry's lobbying power.

Maryland’s Public Service Commission on Friday awarded offshore wind renewable energy credits to two developers seeking to build more wind turbines off the coast of Ocean City. The subsidies will go ...

A key question for Maryland, Massachusetts and Maine is whether they will implement some of the strictest renewable and energy targets in the nation. Three East Coast states with some of the nation’s ...

Six Maryland women were arrested in Massachusetts last week after breaking into a home and leading officers on a pursuit, according to police. After being released on bail, three of the women were ...

From the 1st out lesbian governor in the U.S. to Maryland's 1st Black governor. Maura Healey becomes the first openly lesbian governor in any U.S. state. Voters in Maryland elected Wes Moore, the ...

Massachusetts and Maryland announced deals Friday to ramp up purchases of offshore wind, giving a jolt to the East Coast's growing base of manufacturers and shipbuilders that supply the industry.

Joe Biden is projected to win traditionally Democratic Massachusetts, Maryland and the District of Columbia, according to CNN. The Democratic nominee will take Massachusetts’ 11 electoral votes, ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- One thing about people who are fans of the University of Maryland Terrapins is that they all probably are at least somewhat familiar with what the state of Maryland looks like. That, ...