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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.
Will Howard County give an extra $38 million to fix aging schools?
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball signed off on legislation months ago to allow for county surplus funding to go to the school system. Now he's calling that into question.
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, left, wrote the County Council on Dec. 10 to confirm nearly $38 million in surplus funds, but stopped short of committing to provide it to the schools, as a recently adopted county bill had stipulated.
Feeling the ‘impact’: Why Gabe Albornoz quit the council and asked for his old job back
Gabe Albornoz fought hard for a seat on the Montgomery County Council but quit for a job in which he can work “closer to the ground.”
Former Montgomery County Councilmember Gabe Albornoz was recently appointed the recreation department’s director.
Maryland is keeping more foster kids with family, but there’s still a long way to go
Research shows that foster kids adjust better and are more likely to be reunited with the parents when they stay under the care of loved ones.
Faith Staubs moved to Washington County in October 2024 and was caring for Skyler full-time before Christmas. She said the once quiet boy has blossomed since being home with family.
Why did Baltimore County cut a deal with ICE, and is it constitutional?
Immigrants in Baltimore County worry about the implications of Baltimore County's recent agreement with ICE to hold inmates with detainers at the county detention center even as experts argue it's unconstitutional.
Baltimore County residents and advocates demanded answers and condemned County Executive Kathy Klausmeier’s decision to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a rally in Towson in November.
US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67
The official response to the first lawsuit filed by one of the victims’ families said that the government is liable in the crash partly because the air traffic controller violated procedures.
The U.S. government admitted in a federal court filing that it was liable in a deadly helicopter and plane crash that killed 67 people. In July, National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy spoke during an NTSB fact-finding hearing on the midair collision.
Baltimore signs new Martin State heliport lease, with BPD’s Canton plans uncertain
The new lease is significantly easier for the city to break than the previous agreement as Baltimore considers relocating its helicopter fleet.
Baltimore Police helicopter Foxtrot flies low over the Penn North neighborhood looking for overdose victims following a mass overdose incident on Thursday, July 10, 2025.
Baltimore County refused to pay inmates as employees. That may cost taxpayers $8.3M
Had the county paid the inmates the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour instead of $20 per day, it likely would have spent far less.
Workers sort through multiple sets of conveyor belts of recycled materials 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.
Days Cove landfill in White Marsh required to shut down by 2033
An eastern Baltimore County landfill that angered local residents over its request for a “trash juice” permit will be required to shut down within eight years, per a new agreement approved Wednesday by Maryland’s top spending board.
The Big Gunpowder Falls and Bird River as seen beyond Days Cove Rubble Landfill in White Marsh.
Hyundai and Kia owners can get hardware fixes, plus up to $4,500 for thefts
Hyundai and Kia owners who had cars stolen, even after installing a software fix, could be eligible for up to $4,500 in compensation.
Kia Dealership, Owings Mills, MD., March 28, 2023.
Maryland lawmakers reverse Gov. Moore’s veto of reparations study
The bill to study the lingering harms of slavery and state-sanctioned discrimination became a friction point between Wes Moore and the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.
Maryland lawmakers returned to Annapolis for a one-day special session that included overriding 18 of Gov. Wes Moore’s vetoes.
What Baltimore’s housing and zoning overhaul would — and wouldn’t — do
For those who haven’t been following the legislation closely (and even some who have), here’s what you need to know about the housing package.
People gathered outside City Hall in November to speak against the Scott administration's package of zoning policy bills.
Bedbugs bedeviling Baltimore County library branch in Dundalk
The North Point branch of the Baltimore County Public Library has seen bedbugs on and off over the years, but the problem seemed worse to some this time.
The drop off box at the North Point branch of the Baltimore County Public Library.
Most immigrants arrested in Maryland crackdowns have no criminal record
But contrary to the messaging from the president and his team, most of those arrested this year had no criminal history, according to a Banner analysis of newly released federal data.
In recent months, the gap between arrests of immigrants with and without criminal records has widened even further.
A genetic disease is stealing their toddler. A blood test at birth could have saved her.
In October 2024, Kennedy Krieger Institute doctors diagnosed Carmen Akras with late infantile onset metachromatic leukodystrophy, or MLD. The recessive genetic condition destroys the nervous system and affects one of every 40,000 babies in this country. There is a test, and a new therapy, that could help other children.
Annie Akras holds her daughter, Carmen, inside their home in Baltimore last month.
US Capitol statue of civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee’s place
The U.S. Capitol will display a statue sculpted by Steven Weitzman of Maryland that shows Barbara Rose Johns protesting at her segregated Virginia high school.
A statue of Virginia civil rights activist Barbara Rose Johns, whose statue will replace one of Robert E. Lee as one of Virginia's two statues on display at the Capitol, is unveiled Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump expands travel ban, adding 5 more countries and imposing new limits on others
The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others.
President Donald Trump speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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