Under the proposal before the Baltimore County Council, Olszewski would have ultimate say over what eligible employees receive — and how much — when they resign or retire from county government.

Pikesville condominium owners wanted restitution for years of wastewater overage they’ve paid, but say the change will suffice in the interim before — they hope — Baltimore County overhauls its water and sewer utility rates.

The recommendation for no oversight or advisory panel sits precisely opposite changes that Olszewski sought to impose on the county’s first inspector general office in July 2021 that would have created an oversight panel appointed by himself and the council chair.

McCollum is charged with multiple counts of felony theft scheme, embezzlement and perjury, the Office of the State Prosecutor announced Thursday.

After Baltimore County Police fatally shot Joseph Robert Henry Thompson 11 times, AG investigators said police “dragged” Thompson’s body by his ankle from his apartment into a hallway and did not render medical aid.

Chris Bendann, who taught at the private school for boys in North Baltimore, was charged with rape and sexual abuse of a minor.

The Independent Investigations Division within the attorney general’s office is investigating the shooting.

The question of whether oversight of Baltimore’s water and wastewater systems — which serve Baltimore County and parts of Carroll, Howard and Harford counties — should change hands has lingered for years amid its dysfunction.

Legislative services, the department responsible for writing the bills, confirmed receiving more than 700 requests in the last two days before the deadline — a new record.

The Blue Ribbon Commission on Ethics and Accountability is required to hand over final recommendations to the Baltimore County Council by Feb. 16.

Superintendent Darryl Williams has faced criticism over school bus delays and lagging academic performance. Now a newly elected school board must decide whether to stay the course or start over with a new leader.

“I just have to say it: If the county owns an alley, are we responsible to repair the alley if we deem it needs to be repaired?” Baltimore County Council chair Julian Jones asked before emphasizing: “We own the alley.”

The Baltimore County executive’s office is also considering whether to seek County Council approval establish a land banking authority.

City Council President Nick Mosby has selected attorney Robert Dashiell to represent him in his appeal of a ruling by Baltimore City’s ethics board, according to recent court filings.

First elected in 2018 to represent the area surrounding Randallstown and Owings Mills, Democratic Baltimore County Councilman Julian Jones will serve his fourth stint as chairman.

The project has drawn the ire of hundreds of people who have signed petitions, penned letters to elected leaders, protested at meetings with transit officials and picketed the proposal with signs warning: “NO APARTMENTS, NO COMPROMISE.”

The open meetings compliance board says it lacks “investigatory powers” to determine whether the subcommittees were intended to obscure deliberations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Ethics and Accountability from the public.

Maryland’s two highest courts have new names after voters approved the change last month.

County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. has hired or promoted four new department directors one month after announcing departures of several Baltimore County officials, including the county’s first female police chief, who has not been replaced.

The county will pay another $2.1 million to the city’s Department of Public Works for undercharging some county ratepayers in the last two years.