Local government

That billboard is still in downtown Annapolis. But wait. Is that an ad for The Baltimore Banner I see, floating majestically over City Dock? Why yes! Beauty, as I have just been reminded, is in the eye. Sometimes like a poke.

Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Cumming, a former prosecutor, offered a full-throated defense of her tweets, arguing that she posted each from her personal account.

Maryland’s chief medical examiner has ruled the death of a man who had been in Baltimore Police custody as a homicide, in what appears to be the first case with such a ruling since a scathing audit.

Julian Jones, a veteran Baltimore County Council member, is running for county executive in 2026. He would be the first Black person to hold the job.

Baltimore County paid $100,000 to settle litigation that its inspector general initiated against a former employee, according to several County Council members

Annapolis is a small town where fewer than half the registered voters usually cast ballots. How much money do you need to convince 6,000 people?

The recent back-and-forth between President Trump and Gov. Wes Moore could set the stage for more direct intervention from the federal government.

The case now centers on the question of “just compensation.”

President Donald Trump posted a missive Sunday morning to his Truth Social platform insulting Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, escalating a simmering feud between the two leaders.

Baltimore’s sanitation workers will be guaranteed wage increases and new safety measures under a contract tentatively agreed to this week,.

Dan Cox, a Republican who lost to Wes Moore, is representing plaintiffs in two federal discrimination cases against Howard County government, the police department and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab.

Columbia's distinctive, some say quirky, street names have been around since its founding in 1967. But they’re gaining a new appreciation thanks to social media posts by a Columbia native who recently came home.

While the Dundalk Republican has publicly acknowledged his struggles with alcoholism, the altercation with police only came to light after Crandell’s wife filed a protection order.

The city filed the lawsuit in 2022 and previously reached a settlement with Polymer80, one of the largest manufacturers of ghost gun parts.

A proposal from Baltimore Councilwoman Odette Ramos would tax vacant lots at four times the current rate.

A Maryland pastor, Daniel Fuentes Espinal, makes a video statement after being released Thursday from a New Orleans detention facility.

Daniel Fuentes Espinal, the Maryland pastor arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in late July, is finally free and back with his family in Easton.

Baltimore, a city with 61 miles of shoreline, had no one minding the water.

Why are Maryland’s Democratic glitterati flocking to an extended-stay hotel whose other primary clientele are hospital patients and their families?

Legislation authorizing the disposal of the Remington property, technically known as the Northwest Citizens Convenience Center, is due to be introduced to the Baltimore City Council next week.