The Baltimore Banner thanks its sponsors. Become one.

Local government

    A still from a livestream by Howard County Police as Chief Gregory Der updated the media on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2025, about a double shooting that left one teen dead and another in critical condition.
    Arrest made in fatal Columbia double shooting; teen victim identified
    Police arrested an 18-year-old in connection with Saturday’s double shooting in Columbia.
    Mary Theresa Weil, 77, walks past the Christ Church Harbor Apartments on Light Street where she has lived happily for eight years. Last summer she accidentally left a battery pack out on a balcony in the heat and a small fire caused some damage. Now, the building won’t renew her lease.
    Will Maryland expand tenant protections in a tight housing market?
    A challenging economy may imperil a popular tenant rights bill from passing.
    Anne Arundel County ‘cyber incident’ disrupts services, forces closure of county buildings
    The county is the latest in a string of state entities to have experienced cybersecurity breaches over the past few years.
    Trash cans on North Chester Street are set out for pickup in the afternoon of Thursday, August 29, 2024.
    City administrator creating new deputy mayor job to improve city services
    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.
    The People’s Counsel David S. Lapp testified Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, during a Baltimore City Council committee about BGE rate increases, the high bills and winter shut-offs.
    BGE customers demand rate relief as utility bills soar: ‘Shouldn’t have to choose between oxygen and the heat’
    Baltimore Gas and Electric Company customers in Baltimore and around Maryland are facing significant rate increases.
    The U.S. and Maryland flags fly at half staff on Jan. 20, 2025, hours before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States, to honor Jimmy Carter, the 39th.
    Baltimore Dems tap Sean Stinnett, spouse of local party chair, for open delegate seat
    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.
    Exterior of the Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.
    Former Baltimore City employee who took bribes to wipe tax liens gets 4 years in prison
    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.
    After six years at the helm of the city's economic development agency, Colin Tarbert is stepping down as the president and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corp. this summer.
    Head of Baltimore’s economic development agency stepping down
    The president and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corp. will step down this summer after six years at the helm.
    The Iron Bridge Wine Co. in Columbia currently has a Class D liquor license, which allows sales for both on- and off-premises consumption, but co-owner Steve Wecker wants to experiment with shipping a selection of wine bottles to clients’ homes.
    Should Howard County expand liquor laws for movie theaters and taverns? State lawmakers are considering it
    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.
    For the second time, a City Council hearing to discuss Baltimore’s opioid crisis has been shut down.
    Baltimore City Council again calls off opioid hearing under pressure from mayor
    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.
    This year, Juan Webster and his team will train about 2,000 Montage International employees at its 16 properties worldwide, including the Sagamore Pendry Baltimore, in diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging best practices.
    Why these Marylanders are doubling down on DEI
    Marylanders are leaning into DEI as the term itself is being weaponized and its initiatives have become a target of the Donald Trump administration.
    The WIN Waste Baltimore trash incinerator is seen along I-95 in Baltimore.
    Maryland wants to stop subsidizing its trash incinerators. Would they close?
    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.
    Baltimore City Sheriff Sam Cogen at his office in May.
    Baltimore sheriff’s overtime order resulted in $2.2M overpayment to officers, inspector general finds
    Baltimore Sheriff Sam Cogen directed his staff to use a code on electronic timesheets to boost their wages, triggering an improper calculation that cost the city more than $2.2 million, the city’s inspector general has found.
    A new housing complex in Bowie.
    Poll: Maryland voters cite housing as top concern
    Two polls in the last month found housing was the top concern.
    The Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant occupies a 466-acre site on the Back River in Dundalk.
    Pricey contractors helped rescue a Baltimore wastewater plant. You’re paying the tab.
    A Baltimore Banner review found the city has spent tens of millions of dollars since 2022 on three different firms hired to bolster the city’s workforce, and millions more have been committed.
    Councilman Mark Conway has called a hearing on the city opioid crisis.
    Mark Conway wants to talk about opioids. Should he?
    The councilman says he just wants to save lives. The mayor’s office says he’s an attention seeker playing political games.
    Councilman Isaac ‘Yitzy’ Schleifer said he would arrange a series of hearings to question BGE over the increasing price of energy bills.
    Baltimore City Council to investigate BGE rate increases
    Residents in Baltimore and around Maryland have been outraged for weeks over high BGE bills, especially for natural gas.
    Annapolis housing authority CEO and executive director Melissa Maddox Evans, flanked by state housing officials, lawmakers and elected leaderes, said she hoped to re-open shuttered public housing units within 12 months. Photographed on Monday, February 10, 2025.
    Annapolis housing authority to receive $3 million bailout to confront ‘financial crisis’
    Leaders of the agency and across the state said they hoped the money would help set the housing authority on the right course.
    If there were a vacancy on the Baltimore County Council today, it would be filled by the county executive. Some want to change that.
    Proposal would broaden who fills Baltimore County Council vacancies
    If there were a vacancy on the Baltimore County Council today, it would be filled by the county executive. Some want to change that.
    Howard County residents who work for the federal government packed a forum about the Trump administration’s moves to slash the workforce.
    Maryland federal workers feel pressure ahead of buyout deadline
    Hundreds of federal workers turned out for a forum in Howard County ahead of the Thursday night deadline to decide whether to take Elon Musk's resign-with-pay deal.
    Load More Stories
    Oh no!

    Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes. If the problem persists, please contact customer service at 443-843-0043 or customercare@thebaltimorebanner.com.