Politics

Mary Dennard has served as a guardian of Harriet Tubman's history since the 2000s, when residents and later federal and state officials came together to develop a plan for the $21 million Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad historical park.

The complaint alleges that Steve Quisenberry violated Howard County ethics laws by serving on the advisory board that selected his boss, who in turn picked him for the top job in Baltimore County.

The Trump administration will close NASA’s largest research library, located at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, this week.

The company contracted to care for the teenage girl who had been living in an East Baltimore hotel for weeks failed to lock up her medication or properly supervise her, a state report found.

Long a favored getaway for presidents seeking a few hours’ solace from the stress of running the free world, the Courses at Andrews are known as the “president’s golf course.”

The Montgomery County government and Montgomery History plan to commemorate the semiquincentennial through a yearlong celebration.

Assessments rose more slowly this year after three years of big property value increases.

Enhanced tax credits that have helped Americans offset the cost of Affordable Care Act health insurance for the last four years expired overnight.

A scramble for county executive and the arrival of a first-ever inspector general are among the story lines to watch in Howard County in 2026.

“We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again,” the president said on social media.

Officials didn’t use the software meant to ensure compliance with contract rules — despite paying for it since 2008.

No one can really predict anything in politics, but one thing seems certain: this time next year, there will be new faces preparing to take over many Baltimore County offices.

It’s been nearly a year since a Banner investigation revealed just how hard it is for Baltimore children to get to school on time, but Maryland’s most powerful lawmakers remain mum on the issue.

The report listed a slew of recommendations to prevent future explosions and fires in the city’s underground conduits.

A newly unsealed order in the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia reveals that high-level Justice Department officials pushed for his indictment, only after he was mistakenly deported.

With elections on tap in 2026, a replacement will have to wait until 2027.

COLUMN: When Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York on Thursday, the city will become the largest local government in the United States led by a Democratic Socialist. Til then, Montgomery County holds the title.

The transportation department set a loftier street-paving goal than in the previous three years, but fell far short of it.