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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to sign an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump is expected to announce automobile tariffs on foreign-made cars.
Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as president
President Donald Trump says he's considering ways to serve a third term. “I'm not joking,” he says in an NBC News interview.
Senate President Bill Ferguson moderates floor debate during crossover day at the Maryland State House in Annapolis earlier this month.
Letter: Bill Ferguson should allow vote on bill prohibiting automatically charging youths as adults
Two members of Jews United for Justice urge Senate President Bill Ferguson to agree to put SB422, which would stop youths from automatically being charged as adults for crimes, to a vote in the state Senate.
U.S. Rep. Andy Harris speaks during a press conference hosted by the Maryland Maryland Freedom Caucus in Annapolis on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. Harris is the only Republican member of Congress from Maryland and chairs the U.S. House Freedom Caucus.
Elon Musk is not an idiot. Andy Harris told me so.
Elon Musk is not an idiot. "Look it up," Andy Harris said. "in the dictionary." I learned a lot from the Eastern Shore congressman's tele-town hall. Some of it was even true.
Hundreds of protesters gather in front of a Tesla dealership in Owings Mills on Saturday, March 29, 2025, to protest Elon Musk and the DOGE government cuts.
Hundreds of ‘Tesla takedown’ protesters turn out at Owings Mills dealership: ‘No oligarchs! No fascists!’
Hundreds of protesters are lining both sides of Reisterstown Road outside the Owings Mills Tesla dealership, expressing outrage at the company’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk.
Dan’s Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Letter: Power line bill could open path for environmental exploitation
A reader says a proposed power transmission line that crossed three protected Maryland wildlands will not benefit our state and would encourage future environmental exploitation.
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: Protestors gather outside of USAID headquarters on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said in a social media post that he and U.S. President Donald Trump will shut down the foreign assistance agency.
A Maryland judge tried to stop Musk’s ‘wood chipper’ plan. But an appeals court clears the way for DOGE.
A federal appeals court lifted a Maryland judge’s order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Jason Steer, Executive Director of Creative Alliance, sits in front of a piece titled “Land of the Free….” created by artist Ajee Hassan.
Baltimore arts and culture communities chart new paths after Trump diversity bans
The arts have become the latest battleground over efforts to address gender, racial discrimination and inequity.
New cars at the Dundalk Marine Terminal. Maryland lawmakers are changing plans for a proposed vehicle sales tax increase.
Maryland lawmakers adjust planned tax increase after Trump auto tariffs
The swift pivot marks yet another Trump-induced change in course for lawmakers navigating a tough budget squeeze.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to sign an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump is expected to announce automobile tariffs on foreign-made cars.
Trump asks Supreme Court for permission to resume deporting Venezuelan migrants under wartime law
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court for permission to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants.
The new steel and cement replacement pipe can be seen next to a group of representatives from DPW, Garney Construction and The Baltimore Banner at the bottom of a six-story deep excavation at Lake Montebello on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
The long-closed Lake Montebello loop is reopening — for now
Crews have finished filling in a massive sink hole at Lake Montebello, a reservoir in Northeast Baltimore. Another project is planned for fall.
Transmission lines travel north from Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant in Lusby, Maryland.
Maryland lawmakers are planning $200 million in energy bill rebates
Maryland lawmakers are working on a plan to give rebates to electric utility customers to blunt the impact of rising bills. But how much might you see? Lawmakers can’t say just yet.
Republicans proposed more than 20 amendments targeting tax hikes and spending. Democrats shot them all down.
Live coverage: Lawmakers could approve rebates to help with rising power bills
Gov. Moore and lawmakers announced a budget deal last week, but some details still need to be worked out.
Community members review data detailing the budget shortfall facing Harford County Public Schools as a part of a presentation by Superintendent Dr. Sean Bulson at Aberdeen High School in November.
How a plan to make Maryland schools better is putting budgets in crisis
Three years in, the Blueprint has become synonymous with budget cuts, leaving school leaders reconsidering how they spend every dime.
For years the Port of Baltimore has led the country in vehicle imports. New cars are seen at the Dundalk Marine Terminal.
Trump’s latest auto tariffs explained: What car buyers should know this year
The White House also said the import tax would apply to “key’’ auto parts, including engines, transmissions, powertrain parts and electrical components.
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: Tourist walk past the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture that is currently under construction July 16, 2015 in Washington, DC. The museum is located on the National Mall near the Washington Monument and is scheduled to be completed and dedicated in 2016.Ê (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with ‘improper ideology’
President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed his intention to force changes at the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order that targets funding for programs that advance “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
Kevin Roberts, president of the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, is scheduled to talk about “what federalism should look like in a Trumpian era,” according to the University of Maryland la school's Republican Law Society.
Project 2025 author comes to University of Maryland Law School on Monday
Kevin Roberts rescheduled his talk at the University of Maryland law school after canceling a prior event due to illness.
Loved ones of Mario Mireles Ruiz, his father Nicolas Mireles, and their friend Christian Marlon Segovia Jr. walk towards City Dock for a vigil in 2024.
Mistrial in Annapolis mass shooting offers a rare second chance for justice
When Charles Robert Smith returns to an Annapolis courtroom in September, prosecutor Anne Colt Leitess should be absent, not Judge Michael Wachs. There should be consequences when a prosecutor stumbles.
CORTE MADERA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 28: A Polestar electric car prepares to park at an EV charging station on July 28, 2023 in Corte Madera, California. Seven major automakers announced plans earlier this week to increase the number of high-powered electric vehicle chargers in the country with 30,000 new charging stations along highways and in urban areas. According to the Energy Department, there are currently an estimated  32,000 chargers across the country.
As electric vehicle sales lag, Maryland might punt fines for car companies
Under the Maryland program, part of the California-led Clean Cars II emissions standards, nearly half of new cars that roll off dealership lots need to be electric by the fall of 2026 or auto manufacturers could face fines.
John Galbreath filed a request under the state Public Information Act for access to five years of documents concerning alleged civic debts and communications with debtors.
The lawyer interrogating Maryland’s debt-collecting tactics
As of February, Marylanders currently owe nearly $4 billion to more than 100 public agencies.
Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen, left, and councilmember Mark Parker, right, speak with residents David and Deneen Colson in Baltimore's 13th District about rising Baltimore Gas and Electric rates on Thursday.
Cohen, councilmembers take BGE rate fight to city streets
The fight against Baltimore Gas and Electric Company’s planned rate increases escalated Thursday as a contingent of city leaders took to the streets to rally residents against the energy giant’s proposal.
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