Local government

Advocates are backing a City Council bill that would create a task force to help renegotiate Baltimore's PILOT with nonprofits.

A Howard County resident who recently traveled abroad tested positive for the highly contagious virus measles, the Maryland Department of Health said Sunday.

Months after a 36-year-old trash collector died on the job, state inspectors found that Baltimore's Department of Public Works routinely exposed employees to dangerous heat and humidity.

Mayor Brandon Scott and wife Hana Scott welcomed a baby girl to their family.

Gannon Sprinkle, a junior at the University of Maryland, hopes to "bridge the gap" between college students and long-term residents.

Johns Hopkins researchers believe their findings represent the first assessment of how Baltimore-area residents think about climate change.

Organizers of the Baby Bonus proposal, which would have given $1,000 to new parents in Baltimore City, are trying to find a way to keep the spirit of their proposal alive.

A Thursday hearing will be the first time public officials discuss transit’s impact on students since a Banner investigation found it’s nearly impossible for them to get to school on time every day.

The mayor and a councilmember have been arguing over the city’s opioid policy for months. Eleven ounces of jumbo lump helped straighten things out.

Conditions at the much beleaguered solid waste division of the Baltimore Department of Public Works are beginning to improve after myriad problems were brought to light last summer.

A 24-hour schedule will help officers get to more “hot spots” where enforcement doesn’t always happen but where the department knows offenses are happening, city officials said.

Sharonda Huffman, who is seeking to become the first Black woman elected to the Baltimore County Council, is pushing back against claims that she held a political fundraiser at the Essex branch.

The Baltimore City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee approved more than $14 million to community organizations and city agencies to help tackle Baltimore’s overdose crisis, which in recent years had become the worst ever in a major American city.

James said Scott gave him three objectives when he took the job: Stabilize the office — which had been hemorrhaging people — get crime down and win the election.

Baltimore will name a “permit czar” and an accompanying advisory board in an effort to centralize its permitting process as it undertakes a $3 billion vacant home remediation effort.

The Howard County Council voted down a proposed zoning change that would have stopped W.R. Grace from adding a pilot plastic recycling plant to its Columbia headquarters.

The overage, about one-fifth of the board’s overall budget, came after election officials opted to increase the number of early voting centers in the city from seven to eight.

A Baltimore County councilman wants to make it harder for developers to build in parts of the county outside of the Urban-Rural Demarcation Line.

While immigrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia have expressed anxiety, fear and uncertainty — regardless of citizenship, white immigrants say their experience has been very different during the current Donald Trump administration.

Three of Maryland's congressional representatives join the chorus of voices calling for an end to Baltimore Gas and Electric rate hikes.