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Justice Department begins releasing long-awaited Epstein files
The Justice Department on Friday began releasing its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender and wealthy financier known for his connections to some of the world’s most influential people.
Gary Rush, College Park, MD, holds a sign before a news conference on the Epstein files in front of the Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
Moore says staff understands his ‘demand’ for transparency in government
The governor’s comments come after reporting revealed staff set internal chat messages to auto-delete after 24 hours, leaving no trace of the government business discussed.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore delivers remarks to lawmakers and members of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington in Rockville, MD on December 3, 2025.  At the annual JCRC Legislators and Lox breakfast, Moore and other lawmakers attended and gave support to Jewish community members worried about rising anti-semitism.
What Kevin Plank’s exit from Baltimore Peninsula means for the project’s public subsidies
With Baltimore Peninsula’s visionary, Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank, walking away from future development, what happens to the public money that Baltimore agreed to front?
Scenes around the Baltimore Penninsula on June 30, 2025.
Baltimore County settles suit over inmate pay. The legal fight cost taxpayers $8.3 million
Baltimore County has settled a five-year-old lawsuit that former inmates in the county’s detention center filed over compensation for working in the waste and recycling center in Cockeysville.
Bales of various plastics are stacked within the Materials Recovery Facility at the Baltimore County Central Acceptance Facility, as seen during a tour of the facility on May 23rd, 2025 in Cockeysville, MD.
Hutzell: Anne Arundel liquor board made up a rule to ignore bar complaints
COLUMN: The dispute over the Magothy Inn is aggravating for the neighbors, but it’s the liquor board that should concern the wider public. Fabricating a rule that downplays conflicts is a petty abuse of power, with stakes so small no one noticed till now.
The Magothy Inn has been a fixture in the Chelsea Beach section of Pasadena for decades, and a source of complaints.
We know at least this many Montgomery County students have been deported
The students include some who were deported and some who left the country because their parents were deported, according to Maryland's largest immigrant advocacy group.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle is parked outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in Broadview, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Man suspected in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing found dead, officials say
A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility where he had rented a unit, officials said.
A bouquet is left outside of the engineering and physics building at Brown University, the site of a mass shooting last weekend that left two people dead and nine others injured, on December 14, 2025, in Providence, Rhode Island. A suspect in the shooting and a killing in Massachusetts was found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility.
‘History is off’: Moore administration deletes internal messages after 24 hours
Open government experts and archivists say setting messages to vanish could hinder accountability, dash the public’s right to inspection and keep archivists from reviewing documents for historical value.
Gov. Moore’s redistricting commission moving forward with redrawing of congressional maps
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s redistricting advisory commission met in private Thursday to recommend that the state redraw its congressional boundaries.
U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks speaks during a panel discussion in North Bethesda earlier this month. Alsobrooks, as chair of the redistricting advisory commission, recommends Maryland move forward with redrawing of congressional maps.
Baltimore youth fund supporters pack hearing as council weighs restrictions
The Baltimore organization’s taxpayer funding has attracted scrutiny and accusations that it lacks transparency in its spending.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2025 - Supporters of the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund, many wearing red, pack Baltimore City Council chambers Thursday to testify against legislation that would place new restrictions on the fund.
Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks  after being sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug
Reclassification would not make it legal for recreational use by adults nationwide, but it could change how the drug is regulated.
Scenes at the Herbiculture cannabis dispensary
Congress says the Naval Academy can’t build a second golf course at Greenbury Point
The U.S. Naval Academy Athletic Association proposed a golf course at Greenbury Point in 2022.
Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, joined by Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Sarah Elfreth fields questions from attendees during a U.S. Congressional town hall meeting at Howard Community College’s Kahlert Complex in Columbia, Md. on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
Baltimore County board says part-time librarians’ jobs will be protected
Yara Cheikh, the president of the Baltimore County Public Library board, reiterated that the board will abide by a 2019 policy that the part-time librarian positions will be phased out through attrition. When the part-time librarians retire or move on, they will not be replaced, but they have no reason to fear layoffs, Cheikh said.
Laura Kellman, a librarian from Anne Arundel County, raises a fist in solidarity as her peers speak out at an emergency meeting to address their grievances last month in Towson. This week, Baltimore County Public Library’s board announced that their part-time librarians’ jobs will be protected.
Trump’s handpicked board votes to rename DC arts institution to Trump-Kennedy Center
President Donald Trump’s handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center, the White House said.
President Donald Trump tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Monday, March 17, 2025.
5 things to know about Montgomery County’s plastic bag ban
An earlier attempt at a ban flopped. Here’s what you need to know about the new ban.
A shopper uses a reusable bag, given out by the Department of Environmental Protection during a press conference on Thursday to promote Montgomery County’s “Bring Your Own Bag” law, which will go into effect on Jan. 1.
Baltimore County teachers want the right to strike. Could legislation make it happen?
Maryland law prevents teachers from striking, but educators want that to change.
Cindy Sexton, head of the Teachers Association of Baltimore County, talks to reporters about having to renegotiate salary raises with Baltimore County Public Schools on May 14 outside the union's Towson headquarters.
Moore will step into national spotlight with ‘Things That Matter’ town hall on CBS
A prime-time slot on a major network gives the governor the opportunity to introduce himself to a broad national audience — especially as he has eyes on his 2026 reelection campaign and a future beyond that.
Gov. Wes Moore has signed on to participate in a CBS town hall, a debate series pushed by the network’s new Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss.
US says price increases eased last month but Americans aren’t feeling it
U.S. inflation slowed unexpectedly last month, according to data that was delayed, and likely distorted, by the government shutdown.
Grocery Outlet Inc. cut the ribbon to celebrate the opening of its newest store in Overlea, Maryland on January 23, 2025.

The new grocery boasts cheaper prices than competitors. While the store officially opened at 7am, there were shoppers lined up around the shopping enter as early as 5am.
Johns Hopkins AI center work approved despite neighbors’ objections
Members of the Baltimore spending board voted unanimously in favor of two items allowing Johns Hopkins University to proceed with more work on its planned Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Institute.
The corner of Remington Avenue and Wyman Park Drive on August 5, 2025. Residents have been actively protesting the tree removal that comes with JHU construction at this intersection.
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