Local government

Baltimore County has settled a five-year-old lawsuit that former inmates in the county’s detention center filed over compensation for working in the waste and recycling center in Cockeysville.

COLUMN: The dispute over the Magothy Inn is aggravating for the neighbors, but it’s the liquor board that should concern the wider public. Fabricating a rule that downplays conflicts is a petty abuse of power, with stakes so small no one noticed till now.

The Baltimore organization’s taxpayer funding has attracted scrutiny and accusations that it lacks transparency in its spending.

Yara Cheikh, the president of the Baltimore County Public Library board, reiterated that the board will abide by a 2019 policy that the part-time librarian positions will be phased out through attrition. When the part-time librarians retire or move on, they will not be replaced, but they have no reason to fear layoffs, Cheikh said.

An earlier attempt at a ban flopped. Here’s what you need to know about the new ban.

Members of the Baltimore spending board voted unanimously in favor of two items allowing Johns Hopkins University to proceed with more work on its planned Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Institute.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball signed off on legislation months ago to allow for county surplus funding to go to the school system. Now he's calling that into question.

Immigrants in Baltimore County worry about the implications of Baltimore County's recent agreement with ICE to hold inmates with detainers at the county detention center even as experts argue it's unconstitutional.

Gabe Albornoz fought hard for a seat on the Montgomery County Council but quit for a job in which he can work “closer to the ground.”

The new lease is significantly easier for the city to break than the previous agreement as Baltimore considers relocating its helicopter fleet.

Had the county paid the inmates the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour instead of $20 per day, it likely would have spent far less.

An eastern Baltimore County landfill that angered local residents over its request for a “trash juice” permit will be required to shut down within eight years, per a new agreement approved Wednesday by Maryland’s top spending board.

For those who haven’t been following the legislation closely (and even some who have), here’s what you need to know about the housing package.

The North Point branch of the Baltimore County Public Library has seen bedbugs on and off over the years, but the problem seemed worse to some this time.

Inspector General Kelly Madigan said goodbye to the Baltimore County Council with one wish. Well, actually three.

Advocates for the 14 part-time Baltimore County Public Library librarians who were fired — then quickly reinstated — weeks before Thanksgiving are asking the Baltimore County Council for a more permanent reprieve.

The City of Annapolis and plaintiffs in two federal housing discrimination cases are moving toward settlement negotiations, according to court filings from Friday.

The bills would establish an Office of Immigrant Affairs and prohibit discrimination.

Baltimore County’s first housing needs assessment found a drastic deficit in homes and mounting affordability challenges.

This year, five county sheriff’s offices entered agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, joining three counties that already had longstanding pacts with the federal agency.