Opinion

Decriminalizing drug paraphernalia is one step Maryland can take toward ending policies that have failed to curb an epidemic of drug-related deaths, says Jessie Dunleavy, an advocate for drug policy reform.

Since his selection first overall in 2019, Adley Rutschman represented a promising future for the Orioles, and his arrival ushered in an era of success. But now Mike Elias and company have to figure out a tricky next step: How to keep the 25-year-old star in the fold with a big-money extension.

The Orioles started winning as soon as Adley Rutschman joined the team 162 games ago. We did our best to measure all the ways he's helped this team.

Twitter blue checks, once used to verify your identity, have given way to a topsy turvy world of uncertainty and trolling for the low price of $8.

Baltimore-based artist Hayley Thornton-Kennedy illustrates the struggle mothers have with identity.

Gov. Wes Moore and Paul Monteiro, the newly appointed secretary of service and civic innovation, cite examples of how service to one another can improve the lives of Marylanders.

Annapolis is a small town, and most days a safe one. But over the years that I’ve called it home, the bodies keep piling higher and higher. It’s a geography of violence where we step over the men, women and children killed by guns.

The Baltimore Orioles have historically struggled to attract effective free agents, but pitcher Kyle Gibson has been an exception. He loves Vaccaro’s, Little Italy and the Inner Harbor, but what really sold him on Baltimore is something more profound.

Many in the game weren’t high on the 23-year old who headlined Baltimore’s return in the controversial Jorge Lopez trade last summer. But he’s finding his way at Bowie.

I didn’t become a parent expecting gifts, as raising a nice, responsible kid who’s a good person is reward enough. But since we’re on the subject ...

A year after leaving fans disappointed by trading away players at the deadline, Baltimore’s GM is signaling a desire to let this team compete because he believes the young players already on the roster will improve in the months ahead.

Current Orioles remember well the lessons they learned playing at Aberdeen. But Jackson Holliday, the No. 1 pick in last year’s MLB draft, is uninterested in contemplating the adjustments he’ll have to make at this level. And in his first game, a soaring home run showed why he’s so confident.

Not long after Mike Elias made Heston Kjerstad the second overall pick in the 2020 MLB draft, he described him with the scouting term of ‘hitterish’ — meaning he likes to swing the bat, hits the ball hard and at good angles and with carry to all fields. That player, this year, is back.

A ceremony Friday capped 40 years of struggle to open a waterfront park in Anne Arundel County, involving historic forces that continue to limit public access to the Chesapeake Bay, difficult negotiations with neighbors and disagreement over the right way to balance 340 acres of impossible beauty as both an environmental treasure and recreational jewel.

Maryland students should graduate with knowledge about handling their personal finances, Julie Weaver, executive director of the Maryland Council on Economic Education, says.

The Orioles have covered up for lousy starts with an explosive offense and strong group of relievers. But when they do get solid performances from pitchers in the rotation, they need to take advantage.

Black residents of the Deal Island peninsula endure hardships to cling to the land where their enslaved ancestors once lived, says Rona Kobell, a Banner contributor and co-founder of the Environmental Justice Journalism Initiative, which produced the film “Eroding History.”

I crossed paths with a friendly phone store employee who was fatally shot at the same location the next day. I can’t make sense of it.

U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin’s decision not to seek reelection in 2024 has set off a scramble for the coming open Senate seat. It got me thinking about the most important qualities in a senator.

Maryland can do more to support English learners and boost dual-language education, say representatives of an organization advocating for immigrant students and their teachers.