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    Howard County Council member Deb Jung.
    Council member Deb Jung launches campaign for Howard County executive in 2026
    Jung’s announcement comes early in the election cycle, giving the Democrat more than a year to campaign leading up to the primary election in June 2026.
    Nick Stewart on his porch on March 29, 2025, at home in Catonsville.
    A ‘pro-growth’ candidate wants to shake up the Baltimore County executive race
    In a heated field, Nick Stewart seeks to highlight his platform as “pro-growth” and “progressive” in Baltimore County executive race.
    Work at 1400 Aliceanna St., a major Chasen Cos. development, has been stopped for months.
    Developer Chasen Cos. is unraveling — and leaving a mess across Baltimore
    Developer Chasen Cos. is leaving a mess across Baltimore City.
    Baltimore is suing Ahavas Chaim, a group that helps Jewish teens. They received $500,000 in ARPA money, but spent $230,000 of it buying the property next to theirs at the corner of Park Heights Avenue and Seven Mile Lane.
    The COVID grant was supposed to help the community. Instead they bought property.
    Baltimore City is suing Ahavas Chaim after the group used federal COVID-19 aid intended for rental assistance to buy property instead.
    Anne Arundel County alcohol sales are regulated by the Board of License Commissioners, a three body panel now being changed after complaints.
    After toxic cocktail of complaints, changes are coming to Anne Arundel’s liquor board
    A state senator says he has been "flooded" with complaints about Anne Arundel's Board of License Commissioners. It prompted him to push for changes, including expanding the board's size.
    A boater passes under the Amtrak bridge over the Susquehanna River, downriver from where AquaCon plans to build an indoor salmon farm in Cecil County.
    Norwegian company’s second try at indoor salmon farm draws more environmental blowback
    Environmentalists blocked AquaCon’s plans for an Eastern Shore salmon farm, but the company is trying again on the Susquehanna River.
    Martin State Airport is seen with a coating of snow after a winter storm.
    Groups drop suit over pollution worries at redevelopment of WWII bomber plant in Middle River
    A dispute over pollution concerns from construction work at the site of a World War II-era manufacturing plant in Eastern Baltimore County has fizzled quickly.
    Detective who helped label Kilmar Abrego Garcia a gang member had trouble of his own
    Former Prince George’s County Police Cpl. Ivan Mendez, who interviewed Kilmar Abrego Garcia and helped label him as a gang member, later pleaded guilty to misconduct.
    An existing set of transmission lines crosses over Old York Road near the start of the proposed route of the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP) in northern Baltimore County.
    Sheriff’s office won’t cooperate with Maryland power line developer ‘under any circumstance’
    The Carroll County Sheriff’s office said it would not “force” a landowner to comply with a civil access order.
    Bestselling authors Erik Larson, Jennifer Weiner, and Percival Everett are three of the upcoming speakers at the Baltimore County Public Library's author series.
    Baltimore County Public Library takes a page from the Pratt with marquee author series
    The Baltimore County Public Library is taking a page from the Pratt library’s playbook and engaging the public with lively talks, much-needed services and even some parent-and-me desks so you can take your child to the library and get some work done.
    The Baltimore Community Foundation donated $1.2 million to help the families of the six workers who died in the Key Bridge disaster.
    Key Bridge families get $1.2M donation after being shut out of largest relief fund
    The Baltimore Community Foundation donated $1.2 million to help the families of the six workers who died in the Key Bridge disaster, Mayor Brandon Scott said Tuesday afternoon.
    Trash cans on North Chester Street are set out for pickup in the afternoon of Thursday, August 29, 2024.
    Baltimore’s proposed tax cut could come at a cost — like a new trash fee
    Cutting Baltimore City property tax rates would come at a cost — about $120 million annually.
    CRISFIELD, MD - SEPTEMBER 24: A home health aide walks to her client's home along the flooded Cove Street following two days of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Ophelia on September 24, 2023 in Crisfield, Maryland. Ophelia made landfall early Saturday in North Carolina, producing high winds and heavy rain across the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. The city of Crisfield will apply for Federal Emergency Management Agency and Maryland Department of Emergency Management grants to help pay for a $63 million flood control program to mitigate flooding by raising roads, and building new tide gates, berms, and other projects.
    FEMA cancels tens of millions in Maryland sea-level rise, flooding grants
    FEMA canceling a disaster mitigation program is a blow to the flood-prone town of Crisfield and a wetlands restoration effort in South Baltimore.
    Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott delivers his State of the City address on Monday.
    Taxes, test scores, the arts: 3 promises in Mayor Scott’s State of the City address
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott delivered his State of the City speech in a more casual, TED Talk-style format.
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball briefs the County Council on his proposed fiscal year 2026 budget on April 21, 2025.
    How Calvin Ball proposes to tighten Howard County’s belt amid federal, state cuts
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball unveiled a $2.3 billion operating budget proposal for the fiscal year beginning in July, recommending $100 million be trimmed from the county’s books.
    The Dutch Village apartment complex was home to as many as 120 students at Yorkwood Elementary School last year.
    A troubled New York investor started to flip a Baltimore community. Then he died.
    Before his death, Mendel Steiner was fighting off a receivership petition at two Baltimore apartment complexes.
    Mayor Brandon Scott’s proposal would drop the property tax rate for homeowners below $2 per $100 of assessed value.
    Baltimore mayor proposing property tax cut by 2028
    Mayor Brandon Scott will announce the plan in his State of the City address Monday evening.
    Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks during a news conference upon his arrival from meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
    Van Hollen says improperly deported man ‘traumatized’ by time in dangerous prison
    Sen. Van Hollen is the first person Kilmar Abrego Garcia has spoken to see being unlawfully deported and imprisoned in El Salvador. He told the senator he wants to talk to his wife.
    Transmission lines travel north from Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant in Lusby.
    Grid reforms could save Marylanders over $500 a year on power bills, climate group claims
    Officials from Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania joined press calls earlier this week alongside the group Evergreen Action, which commissioned the report, to blast PJM’s management.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia and one of his children in an undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025.
    What to know about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man ICE mistakenly deported to El Salvador
    Abrego Garcia’s deportation, and the fight to bring him back, remains an international topic of discussion — dominating news coverage and attracting the interest of political figures.
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