Tributes poured in for Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-5th), who will step down after 60 years in public office, with official Maryland recalling a friend, mentor, colleague, dedicated public servant and natural politician who left his stamp on state and national politics.

Baltimore area officials still want to create some kind of regional body to oversee the area’s water system — just don’t call it a regional water authority. Costs for such an authority are too great, but new regional oversight might do the trick at less cost.

Michele Lambert, who was director of legislative affairs for then-House Speaker Adrienne Jones, joins Comptroller Brooke Lierman's office as the new Board of Public Works director, the second former Jones staffer to land a new post this week.

Maryland activists were unable to get the state to boot Avelo Airlines from BWI, after the low-cost carrier began deportation flights for ICE. But those flights are about to end anyway: Avelo said it is suspending its contract with ICE for financial reasons.

The U.S. House approved a bipartisan bill Thursday to resurrect the enhanced tax credits that expired at the end of last year for people who purchase their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act marketplace.