Local government
Letter: Howard County kids with disabilities want fairness, not luxury
Benjamin Schmitt, president of the Howard County Education Association, says students with disabilities deserve fairness when it comes to educational funding priorities.
From brownfield to green jewel: Baltimore County opens $25 million park in Sparrows Point
The park includes playing fields, an indoor gym, and a new playground. It also features a 16,000-square-foot community center and an ADA-accessible fishing pier and kayak launch.
Baltimore’s population grew last year, but maybe hold off on the victory lap
Baltimore’s population gains may be linked to broad economic factors outside the city’s control.
Coffee Talk Cafe owner Nara Khakurel already knows your order. He wants to know you, too.
Nepali immigrant Nara Khakurel’s coffee shop in Towson is a nexus of jurors and Baltimore County officials.
Howard County picks new flag, opting for sunny, colorful design
Howard County has picked a design by county resident Esen Paradiso to be the new county flag. It replaces a design that’s been in place since 1968.
Trash incinerators may still lose subsidies, but advocates worry about ‘stealthy’ tactics
Environmentalists have pushed for years to no avail to end the state’s subsidy for trash incinerators, which burn garbage to produce electricity and steam.
Lawsuit tracker: How Maryland, Baltimore are suing the Trump administration
Maryland and Baltimore are suing the Trump administration. Here's where things stand.
Letter: Rethinking Baltimore County’s urban/rural line to address housing crisis
Baltimore County government should reconsider its Urban Rural Demarcation Line to address its housing crisis, says Sharonda Dillard-Huffman, a candidate for Baltimore County Council.
Anthony McCarthy helped shape Baltimore’s political landscape as top aide, adviser
Longtime political aide Anthony W. McCarthy died Sunday after a lengthy battle with kidney disease. He was 57.
Howard County executive expresses concerns about school board’s $1.26 billion budget request
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said Friday that the school board’s $1.26 billion funding request is “unattainable and unaffordable.”
‘It’s scary right now’: ICE holds detainees for days in bedless Baltimore cells
Immigrants and their attorneys claim there are no beds, little food and medicine at Baltimore’s ICE holding room.
After 8 years as mayor, the Annapolis parade is ending for Gavin Buckley
The end of Gavin Buckley's parade is in sight. Term-limited, the mayor leaves office in December for a return to the business that brought him to Annapolis, restaurants. Most mayors are soon forgotten. Will it be different for the brash Australian?
Novelist Amitav Ghosh, speaking in Baltimore, on climate change and ‘accelerating towards the abyss’
Novelist Amitav Ghosh discusses climate change ahead of his address at Loyola University Maryland 2025 Humanities Symposium.
BGE approach compared to ‘extortion’ as lawmakers grill execs over soaring bills
The Maryland General Assembly committees that oversee energy issues join a growing chorus of lawmakers and consumer advocates alarmed by rapidly rising utility bills.
It’s not sexy, but fixing Baltimore’s permits process could solve a lot of problems
Charm City has enough problems to overcome, and self-inflicted ones like poor permitting only make it more difficult.
Baltimoreans like benefit districts. Why is the Midtown one in trouble?
A bill introduced last year to speedily renew the district became mired in the City Council, received no hearing and ultimately died at the end of the session.
Are you a federal worker who lost your job? Here’s what you should know
The state and county governments are making resources available for laid-off federal workers.
Trump’s DOGE came for NOAA. Fired staff fear the worst is still to come.
More than 800 NOAA staffers fired last month as the Trump administration pushes aggressive tactics to winnow the federal workforce.
A coalition is trying to get Baltimore’s biggest nonprofits to pay the city more
Advocates are backing a City Council bill that would create a task force to help renegotiate Baltimore's PILOT with nonprofits.
Measles case reported in Howard County, unrelated to outbreak in Southwest U.S.
A Howard County resident who recently traveled abroad tested positive for the highly contagious virus measles, the Maryland Department of Health said Sunday.