Local government

A bill by Councilman Pat Young would impose a moratorium on data centers in Baltimore County until 2027.

Del. Caylin Young is not resigning from his elected post in the state legislature representing East and Northeast Baltimore.

Baltimore City has achieved a stunning turnaround in violent crime despite a rift between State’s Attorney Ivan Bates and Mayor Brandon Scott.

The funding would come out of the county’s reserves for the fiscal year 2026 budget, which ends in July.

Little more than a week into 2026, the deaths of Nikitha Godishala, Venkata Asha Appana and Krishna Kishore Kotikalapudi have stunned Howard County’s growing Indian community.

Gabriel Moreno is an immigration attorney and CEO of Luminus, a Columbia-based nonprofit that supports immigrants.

New York investor Benjamin Eidlisz made waves in Southeast Baltimore before myriad housing companies connected to him failed.

If you're in the market for a home, Maryland and county governments have some financial incentives to retain more households on their tax rolls.

The deal, known as a project labor agreement, calls for priority hiring of union labor for four projects by the city’s Department of Public Works.

The facility operates in Gunpowder Falls State Park and has been the subject of controversy over its “trash juice” permit.

Members of the Baltimore Board of Estimates voted to resolve a civil rights lawsuit that Gary Washington filed in 2019.

Gov. Wes Moore is endorsing three bills meant to spur construction and increase housing in ways both big and small. They’re also a chance for Moore to notch wins before voters decide this year whether to give him a second term.

Data, and conversations with those who work in the field, show that residents of Montgomery County are struggling mentally, and that demand for mental health services has increased.

Carolynn Grammas, a longtime prosecutor in Anne Arundel County, resigned from her post in October to challenge State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess in the upcoming election.

Baltimore County flags have been lowered to half-staff at county agencies to honor a detective who died after a medical emergency while on the job last week, according to Executive Kathy Klausmeier.

Montgomery County Council President Natali Fani-González said the Trump administration mishandled the ouster of Nicolás Maduro, particularly by failing to wait for Congress to approve the military action.

While the area around the airport has been industrialized since the 1920s, when the Glenn L. Martin Company established an aircraft plant there, the community has chafed at the ongoing development of the peninsula.

As the president tries to reshape the nation’s policy toward homelessness, a new 42-unit Baltimore project, Sojourner Place at Park, is symbolic of a different approach.

The complaint alleges that Steve Quisenberry violated Howard County ethics laws by serving on the advisory board that selected his boss, who in turn picked him for the top job in Baltimore County.

The Montgomery County government and Montgomery History plan to commemorate the semiquincentennial through a yearlong celebration.