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Comptroller forecasts one big, beautiful $189M hit to Maryland’s budget
President Donald Trump's tax changes equal less money for Maryland coffers.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, shakes hands with Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., as he celebrates with fellow Republicans after final passage of President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 3, 2025.
Congress is expected to allow Trump’s takeover of DC police to expire
Congress is expected to allow President Donald Trump’s temporary takeover of Washington’s police department to expire next week as the 30-day limit comes to an end and Mayor Muriel Bowser pledges to maintain close coordination with federal law enforcement.
Members of the West Virginia National Guard patrol a Metro station on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in August.
Baltimore Housing Commissioner Alice Kennedy to step aside
Housing Commissioner Alice Kennedy is changing roles as Baltimore faces criticism for its permitting overhaul.
Alice Kennedy, Baltimore housing commissioner, speaks at the announcement of ReBUILD Metro’s plans for renovating abandoned homes on Mura Street in East Baltimore.
Trump administration says Kilmar Abrego Garcia is ineligible for asylum
The Trump administration is fighting Kilmar Abrego Garcia‘s bid to apply for asylum in the United States.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is comforted by CASA member Lydia Walther-Rodriguez during a press conference outside the George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore last month.
Baltimore County activists clamor for more minority representation in new maps
About two dozen legislators and Democratic activists gathered in front of Baltimore County’s offices at the historic courthouse in Towson to protest what they consider an unjust redistricting map as well as an unfair process leading to it.
Councilman Pat Young, a Catonsville Democrat, chastises his council colleagues for their lack of transparency in council redistricting maps.
Annapolis’ next mayor will finish the big dig at City Dock. But what then?
When Annapolis voters elect a new mayor this fall, he or she will need to focus on finishing the reinvention of City Dock, a project that awaits federal funding.
City Dock, Annapolis, MD, May 9, 2025.
Olszewski’s former chief of staff identified as employee in inspector general lawsuit
Baltimore County paid former chief of staff Patrick Murray $100,000 to settle a lawsuit that its inspector general filed against him.
Patrick H. Murray, chief of staff for Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr., has resigned from his position and will be replaced Sept. 15.
Republican Sen. Steve Hershey explores run for Maryland governor
Maryland state Sen. Steve Hershey, one of the top-ranking Republicans in Annapolis, said he’s forming an exploratory committee for a potential run against incumbent Democratic Gov. Wes Moore.
Maryland Senate Minority Leader Stephen Hershey sits in the Senate Chamber in the Maryland State House on March 15, 2024.
What a California court ruling means for Trump’s plans to send troops to Baltimore
Attorney General Anthony Brown said he was encouraged by a California judge’s “good ruling” to keep a state’s military from policing civilians.
BALTIMORE, MD - MAY 02: National Guard armored vehicles drive near the Gilmor Houses housing project a day after Baltimore authorities released a report on the death of Freddie Gray on May 2, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore City state's attorney, ruled the death of Freddie Gray a homicide and that criminal charges will be filed on six Baltimore City Police officers. Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore's west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody.
The District of Columbia sues over Trump’s deployment of the National Guard
The city’s attorney general, Brian Schwalb, said the hundreds of troops are essentially an “involuntary military occupation.”
The District of Columbia sued to stop President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard.
Scott warns Baltimore not to give Trump what he wants
Questions about how the city and state would respond to federal intervention come a day after Trump said he was sending troops to Chicago and suggested he would do the same in Baltimore.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott at a news conference in February. On Wednesday, he urged residents to stand up for the city.
Parts of Baltimore’s Superblock damaged in five-alarm Downtown fire
Segments of the historic Superblock caught fire during Tuesday afternoon’s five-alarm blaze.
Damaged buildings are seen along Fayette Street at Howard Street the day after a five-alarm fire tore through several buildings in the block.
Gov. Moore’s sprawling executive order aims to boost Maryland housing stock
It’s unclear how many more units the governor’s executive order would induce, and to what extent it fills Maryland’s housing gap.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, left, and state Housing Secretary Jake Day take questions from reporters following an event at the Legacy at Twin Rivers community in Columbia on Wednesday.
Many seasoned inspectors general are out of the job. Will Howard County hire one of them?
Howard County received 58 applications for its first-ever Inspector General, an independent position that residents voted overwhelmingly to create last fall.
Board member Steven Quisenberry, on screen, virtually attends a meeting of the Howard County Inspector General Advisory Board, chaired by David Salem, center left, in Ellicott City on Thursday.
Baltimore County Council moves at its own pace: V-E-R-Y slowly
Pack a lunch and bring a pillow. Baltimore County Council meetings have been lasting more than six hours, which some say may not be good for democracy.
Baltimore County Seventh District Councilman Todd Crandell, left, at a Baltimore County Council work session at the Old Baltimore County Courthouse in Towson on July 29, 2025.
Trump hints at sending troops to Baltimore; White House won’t clarify
President Donald Trump was declarative on his plans for Chicago but ambiguous when it came to Baltimore.
President Donald Trump speaks with members of law enforcement and National Guard soldiers, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington, as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Attorney General Pam Bondi listen.
Gov. Moore spent Labor Day at George Clooney’s home in Italy
The Daily Mail tabloid published pictures Monday night of a shirtless Gov. Wes Moore and his wife, Dawn Moore, on a boat. The tabloid reported that the Moores were staying at a home on Lake Como owned by actor George Clooney.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks at the South Carolina Democratic Party's Blue Palmetto Dinner in Columbia, S.C., on Friday, May 30, 2025.
Trump’s use of National Guard during Los Angeles protests is illegal, judge rules
The decision comes as Trump has discussed National Guard deployments in Democratic-led cities like Chicago, Baltimore and New York.
A protester taunts a line of California National Guard protecting a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, 2025.
What Washington D.C.’s occupation can teach Baltimore
With President Donald Trump threatening to send the military to Baltimore, the situation in Washington is instructive to how things may unfold here.
Members of the West Virginia National Guard patrol the National Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday.
1.2M immigrants gone from US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows
More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July. That's according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center.
FILE - Migrant farmworkers pick a vegetable crop on an early morning in Fresno, Calif., on July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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