Local government

The recently circumspect Chesapeake Bay Foundation warned in a statement that Trump’s moves could “spell disaster” and create “an existential crisis” for the decades-old cleanup effort.

There are warning signs that a $33 million grant critical to completing the Annapolis climate resilience project at City Dock will not materialize.

Councilman Pat Young of Catonsville gets an early start on the 2026 election by announcing that he is running for Baltimore County executive. He is an Iraq War veteran and former state delegate.

Hundreds of federal workers packed a job fair in Howard County Tuesday night to rehearse in mock interviews, pose for professional headshots and adapt their often lengthy resumes for the private sector.

Howard County’s most expensive public project, Ellicott City flood mitigation, is overbudget at more than $153 million and counting.

The office would have the power to investigate complaints and issue citations. An accompanying board could suspend a business’s license if it engages in unfair or deceptive practices.

The Baltimore County Council is adding members and redistricting. It could look completely different in 2026.

Global Refuge, the nonprofit organization formerly known as Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), laid off hundreds of employees nationwide this week.

Police arrested an 18-year-old in connection with Saturday’s double shooting in Columbia.

A challenging economy may imperil a popular tenant rights bill from passing.

The county is the latest in a string of state entities to have experienced cybersecurity breaches over the past few years.

By hiring a deputy mayor of operations to oversee DOT and DPW, it is expected those agencies will be more closely watched and will operate with more efficiency.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company customers in Baltimore and around Maryland are facing significant rate increases.

Sean Stinnett, a community leader who is married to the chair of Baltimore’s Democratic Party, has been nominated for an open seat in the House of Delegates.

Joseph Gillespie’s attorneys asked for two years, but the request was denied by U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett, who expressed extreme disappointment with Gillespie’s conduct.

The president and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corp. will step down this summer after six years at the helm.

Maryland lawmakers are weighing an expansion to Howard County’s liquor laws that would pave the way for movie theaters to serve alcohol as well as for licensed taverns to offer delivery service.

The only member of council who can cancel another’s hearing, City Council President Zeke Cohen had avoided wading into the back and forth. Until now.

Marylanders are leaning into DEI as the term itself is being weaponized and its initiatives have become a target of the Donald Trump administration.

After a years-long campaign by environmental advocates, top Maryland lawmakers want to cut off a program that has paid tens of millions of dollars in green energy subsidies to incinerators.