David R Brinkley

Baltimore prosecutors might soon be packing up and leaving their cramped digs in the city's 112-year-old courthouse for a newer downtown office building. A plan being pushed by leaders in Baltimore and Annapolis would provide up to $1 million for the...

After campaigning in Western Maryland the last three congressional elections, Joseph T. Krysztoforski thinks he has established a “good foothold” in the 6th District and is trying again. Even when Maryland redrew its congressional...

Whew, what a week. First, my Frosty the Snowman costume gets trashed, then the 6th District congressional race gets even more trashed before it even starts. Really, what was that? I know there'd been what the weather forecasters call an "upper atmosphere...

Flocking to their candidates Alliances are forming in Maryland’s 6th District Congress race, with four months to go before the primary and the general election 11 months away. When state Sen. David R. Brinkley, R-Carroll/Frederick, announced...

A longtime top aide and confidant to Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett who has considered running for his boss' seat in 2012 abruptly resigned, the congressman confirmed Thursday, fueling speculation that the 10-term incumbent will not seek another term. Bud Otis,...

Bud Otis, U.S. Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett's chief of staff, has resigned after news circulated that he was testing the waters for a possible 6th District campaign if Bartlett didn't run again. Bartlett, R-Md., said "a flurry" of news stories about Otis'...

In Annapolis, bills can be killed when they’re assigned to a committee and nothing happens. For Gov. Martin O’Malley’s state legislative redistricting plan, inaction will have the opposite effect — the new map will become law...

Brightman, Bruchey are official candidates Washington County Board of Education member Donna L. Brightman and Hagerstown Mayor Robert E. Bruchey II filed Monday to run for re-election, according to the Washington County Board of Elections. Both...

During a meeting with state legislators Monday, local construction contractors appealed for lower taxes, lower wage requirements for state contracts, fewer safety regulations and an end to a state program promoting use of minority-owned firms for state...

Two local Republican lawmakers — state Sen. Christopher B. Shank and Del. LeRoy E. Myers Jr. — are considering jumping into a 6th Congressional District race if 10-term GOP incumbent Roscoe G. Bartlett bows out. Even though Bartlett, 85,...

Gov. Martin O'Malley said yesterday that he favors a special session of the General Assembly in the coming months to solve Maryland's projected $1.5 billion budget shortfall. The Democratic governor has not begun the formal process of calling a...

State lawmakers, using a system of patronage that persists in Annapolis despite tight budgetary times, are seeking to direct hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to projects at nonprofit organizations they help run. In Baltimore, Del. Hattie N....