Since no local races were held in 2023, campaigns and other political fundraising groups were not required to report any activity since last January.

Maryland's oldest newspapers are now back in local hands after nearly four decades.

Stacy Rodgers, who’s overseen Baltimore County government operations for almost five years, intends to retire from county government in April 2024.

“I’m looking forward to the new adventure of being a dad,” said Scott in a post on social media.

Next month, campaigns will have to reveal to the public, for the first time in a year, the sturdiness of their fundraising.

Vignarajah emailed a 185-page document detailing his past policy ideas to supporters this week, which includes a pledge to hire 600 more police officers, create a new cold case unit and strengthen enforcement of juvenile offenders.

A Fox45 anchor abruptly ended a live interview with Sheila Dixon after a man offscreen threw items and taunted the former mayor during her responses.

Sheila Dixon and Eric Costello made their first major public appearance together, after the councilman endorsed the former mayor for City Hall's top office.

The survey is the first in what Johns Hopkins 21st Century Cities Initiative researchers say will be an annual survey of life around Baltimore that they hope will inform community members and policy makers about the region’s strengths and challenges.

“She understands what our city needs better than any other candidate in this race,” Mayor Brandon Scott said of Alsobrooks on Tuesday at at the Zeta Center in Northwest Baltimore’s Park Heights neighborhood.

The panel was due to vote on three bills that aim to change zoning and street design around the Inner Harbor.

Shannon Sneed gave us an early peek into 2024 campaign finances this month, when the Democrat filed new records of donations in order to qualify for public financing.

Mr. Sid, as he’s affectionately known throughout the building, has greeted six mayors, more than 35 City Council members, and a steady parade of countless other Baltimoreans in nearly two decades of public service.

“We’d just talked about guns proliferating our neighborhoods and how the patrons knew young children, minors, that needed families or mentors to step in and guide them,” Dixon said.

Mayor Brandon Scott kicked off his campaign, surrounded by about 100 supporters at the Cahill Recreation Center.

The revitalization of rec centers and public spaces for city youth are a favorite issue of Scott’s and he's chosen to launch his reelection campaign at Leakin Park's Cahill Recreation Center.

Here’s what The Banner found when we dug through the most recent income disclosure reports.

City Councilman Robert Stokes owns 49% of a development company with ties to Ernst Valery, a prominent local developer.

Their alliance was not exactly a secret. Dixon had appeared at a major Costello fundraiser over the summer, while the councilman appeared at a public safety town hall in Little Italy, outside of his district, that Dixon held this month.

Council President Nick Mosby says he’ll introduce charter amendments to expand the council’s veto powers, following Scott’s third veto of his first term as mayor.