Local government

Ellicott City Partnership has parted ways with its executive director Sharon Christiansen at a time of significant consequence for the historic Main Street.

The all-white, six-member Calvert County school board’s policy removal is the latest in what some see as right wing actions by conservatives who join Maryland’s nonpartisan school boards.

A group of Chinese investors stands to lose its entire $47 million investment. They are claiming in a new court filing that the June auction was effectively rigged in favor of a Virginia-based private equity firm.

Maryland and other blue states have been met with funding denials, program cuts and other means that hurt their constituents under the Trump administration.

Howard County is launching a guaranteed basic income pilot program to study how transformative $1,000 monthly cash payments would be for 20 needy families.

The city could walk away with about $152 million if it takes the deal — a fraction of the $5 billion that Baltimore sought.

The Baltimore County Council has introduced legislation to adopt a final redistricting plan, a move it hopes will raise minority representation in an increasingly diverse county.

Thirty-two years ago, Orlando Ridout IV organized the rescue of the Maynard-Burgess House in Annapolis as a form of reparations.

Under the Trump administration, ICE has detained immigrants in Baltimore holding rooms for an average of 51 hours, four times longer than the maximum time limit under its longstanding policy, according to a Baltimore Banner analysis of federal data.

For the next 10 days, Baltimore County residents can access the pool inside CCBC Essex’s Wellness and Athletic Center.

As Baltimore County Councilman Todd Crandell faces alarming revelations about a drunken encounter with police last year, some constituents have concerns about his accessibility as an elected official.

A report from the Center for Land Economics suggests that state tax assessors have systematically undervalued Baltimore's vacant lots.

Maryland's schools leader says they could withhold funding or seek to remove school board members if Somerset County tries to oust its superintendent.

Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier believes the county's inclusion on the list was “in error.”

Tatum has worked for election agencies in Texas and Washington, D.C. as well as the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

The two-year feud between two Anne Arundel County Orphans Court judges heads toward a denouement this month, when a disciplinary commission considers complaints against one of them. Unfortunately, they dragged me into this.

The Baltimore County Council was to vote Monday night on the nomination of former EPA program manager Khadija Walker to be inspector general. County Executive Kathy Klausmeier tapped Walker to replace IG Kelly Madigan, who has ruffled feathers in the suburban county.

Federal cuts and a local push to get more money for Baltimore are squeezing the city’s most powerful entity.

The Baltimore County Council on Monday is set to decide whether to confirm County Executive Kathy Klausmeier’s pick of Khadija Walker to be inspector general. The road to the vote has been anything but smooth.

The two-term mayor has not said publicly what might be next, but he has the option to run for a third term in 2028.