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Mark Conway wants to talk about opioids. Should he?
The councilman says he just wants to save lives. The mayor’s office says he’s an attention seeker playing political games.
Councilman Mark Conway has called a hearing on the city opioid crisis.
Baltimore City Council to investigate BGE rate increases
Residents in Baltimore and around Maryland have been outraged for weeks over high BGE bills, especially for natural gas.
Councilman Isaac ‘Yitzy’ Schleifer said he would arrange a series of hearings to question BGE over the increasing price of energy bills.
Shooting inside East Baltimore courthouse under investigation
Police Commissioner Richard Worley, at a news conference late Friday morning, said the 35-year-old man was in critical condition.
Police on site of a shooting at the Eastside District Court on Friday.
Want to park illegally in Baltimore? You probably won’t get a ticket
In 2024, transportation officers wrote almost one-third fewer parking tickets than what they wrote two years prior, according to enforcement data.
Cars parked along Wildwood Parkway during a street cleaning window in West Baltimore.
Confusion, anger as Maryland officials, nonprofits grapple with funding freeze
State officials and nonprofit leaders reported they were locked out of federal systems used to draw down federal funds for Medicaid reimbursements and financing basic needs for low-earning Marylanders.
A Trump administration order Monday night ordered a pause on federal grants and loans.
Maryland among states shut out of Medicaid system, health secretary says
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on social media that the Trump administration is aware of the issue and that no payments had been affected.
Maryland Health Secretary Laura Herrera Scott speaks about a state grant program that will send $120 million worth of grants to organizations that provide mental and behavioral health services for kids so they can partner with schools to bring treatment and other support into schools. The program was the focus of a press conference in Annapolis on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023.
Mayor, councilman at odds again over Baltimore’s opioid strategy
What Mark Conway says is groundbreaking and lifesaving, the mayor’s office says is irresponsible and simplistic.
City Councilman Mark Conway is pushing for wider use of buprenorphine to help with the city’s overdose crisis.
Former Maryland elections board member among Jan. 6 pardons
Carlos Ayala had his case dismissed earlier this week after President Trump issued a blanket pardon to the Jan. 6 participants. Ayala’s trial was scheduled for June.
Federal court documents identify Carlos Ayala as wearing a grey 3M-style painter’s mask and a "Stop the Steal" button at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Ayala was charged with civil disorder and other charges and was pardoned by President Donald Trump.
Baltimore will not change immigration policies, Scott says, despite arrest threat
A Justice Department official directed prosecutors across the nation to investigate and charge officials who don’t comply in carrying out the administration’s mass deportation agenda
Mayor Brandon Scott delivers his 2024 State of the City address at Baltimore Center Stage on March 25, 2024.uk
A fatal plunge, an icy DC river and a rescue boat stuck in Baltimore
As emergency crews responded to a submerged vehicle, they didn’t have access to a boat with ice-breaking capabilities because it has reportedly been in Baltimore for repairs.
For decades, the John Glenn has broken ice up and down the Potomac River. For at least two years, it's been at the General Ship Repair Corp. in Baltimore.
Meet the well-connected lawyer challenging Scott Shellenberger
David, the deputy Maryland state prosecutor, has collected $105,000, according to campaign finance disclosures.
Deputy Maryland state prosecutor Sarah David.
What Baltimore City Council hopes to tackle in 2025
Sewage backups, permitting problems, truancy and more are on the council’s priority list this year.
City Council members have proposed bills on truancy, permitting, sewage backups and consumer protections.
New Year, auld feud: Brandon Scott and Ivan Bates are at it again
It may be a new year, but for Mayor Brandon Scott and State’s Attorney Ivan Bates, it’s an auld feud.
Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates and Mayor Brandon Scott chat on October 17, 2024 before sitting on a panel discussion about gun violence.
What to know about Maryland snow totals, school closings and more
As a winter storm sweeps across Maryland, here’s what you need to know about plowing, schools and more.
A pedestrian crosses Lombard Street early Monday as a winter storm blankets the region.
Forget eggs and milk. Sleds are the hot item.
If you don’t have a sled, there may be time to get one before Monday.
A little girl is chased by her dog while sledding in front of the Observatory at Patterson Park last January.
Winter storm updates: Baltimore-area schools close ahead of heavy snowfall
The National Weather Service has placed the state under a winter storm warning — most of the Baltimore metro area is forecast to see at least half a foot of snow.
Snow in Fells Point last January. The latest forecast is calling for at least 4-10 inches for most of the Baltimore area.
Baltimore snow updates: Officials warn 10 inches possible, take storm ‘seriously’
Drivers in the Baltimore area and surrounding counties can expect snow showers and slippery road conditions on their commutes home Friday evening.
Snow flurries at the National Aquarium on Friday, January 3, 2024.
All this actually happened in 2024: The year in Maryland politics
Here are six stories The Banner’s political team can’t stop thinking about.
Baltimore, rat birth control is on the way
Baltimore City embraces a Plan B for rats, so to speak.
A gray rat stands on its hind legs in the street next to a curb.
Kamala Harris, in Maryland speech, urges resolve ahead of Trump presidency
“The movements for civil rights ... would never have come to be if people had given up their cause after a court case or a battle or an election did not go their way,” the vice president said.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Prince George’s Community College in August.
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