Politics

The Baltimore County Council approved all but $6.6 million of Kathy Klausmeier’s proposed $4.8 billion budget for fiscal year 2026, denying funds for a golf course renovation.

Republicans stayed up all night to pass their tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson to muscle President Donald Trump’s priority bill.

Mayor Brandon Scott's budget would increase fees on landfill use, EMS transports, and ride-sharing and taxi rides, and more.

Some students left the U.S. rather than risk being deported to a third country.

In-person classes will resume at the National Fire Academy, over 10 weeks after they were paused amid the Trump administration’s review of federal spending.

The stunning attack on Wednesday evening prompted Israeli missions to beef up their security and lower their flags to half-staff.

Shipping plans are made months in advance and without assurances that the Locust Point pier will be open for business in 2026. Companies may soon opt to route their deliveries elsewhere.

Ken Ulman, chairman of the Maryland Democratic Party, is stepping down and switching to a role boosting Gov. Wes Moore’s “economic growth agenda.”

The Howard County Council approved a $2.35 billion operating budget Wednesday.

The Army started loading up some of the tanks that will take to the streets of the nation’s capital during the 250th anniversary celebration of the service next month.

A federal judge says the White House violated a court order on deportations to third countries with a flight linked to the chaotic nation of South Sudan.

Pat Young has become the first declared candidate for Baltimore County executive to fund his campaign through a newly created public financing option.

Connolly, who served in Congress for more than 16 years, announced in 2024 that he had esophageal cancer and would retire.

Baltimore County was charging 1999 prices for its bond funds. This was problematic for finishing projects. It took a quarter century to fix it.

About half of the staff at Green Ridge Youth Center is on leave injured, union reps said, and morale has plummeted

Maryland lawmakers joined a call from the Office of People’s Counsel for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to stop supply costs from surging this summer.

The RENEW Act was among 23 bills Moore vetoed Friday, many of which he said put an unnecessary burden on the state as it manages a strapped budget.

Multiple existing programs will be folded into the state's new Department of Social and Economic Mobility, which was signed into law Tuesday.

During a full day of racing capped by a dramatic come-from-behind Preakness Stakes win by the horse Journalism, dozens of fans watched the action in a trackside tent paid for by Maryland taxpayers.

Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.