Opinion

Have a lot of cookbooks you never use? A home cook, a chef and a food blogger give some advice on how to make cookbook hoarding more useful.

The General Assembly approved Anton's law to ensure transparency and accountability regarding police use of lethal force in Maryland. A new Baltimore County Police policy means the department doesn't intend to abide by the objectives set forth in the law, members of the Baltimore County Coalition for Police Accountability say.

Visit Annapolis is trying to determine if the service is sustainable and has set a July 4 target date for finishing a study.

Public Editor DeWayne Wickham corrects inaccuracies he made in taking The Banner to task for a Nov. 20 story it published on Johns Hopkins University’s effort to create an armed police force.

Having trouble being excited about the New Year because the last couple have been so terrible? There's hope!

A Baltimore City schoolteacher calls on the school system to revamp a compensation system under which teacher and staff pay lags nearly all other Maryland jurisdictions; an advocacy group seeks to bridge the divide between some Baltimore residents and the police who serve them.

The Baltimore Banner has demonstrated its commitment to new journalism with examples of coverage and storytelling that can distinguish it from legacy news outlets, DeWayne Wickham, The Banner's public editor, says in his year-end assessment. He also cites instances in which The Banner could've served its readers better.

Gov.-elect Wes Moore’s plans for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay offer the best opportunity in years for historic restoration of the watershed, Josh Kurtz, Maryland executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, says.

Here are my predictions for Annapolis and Anne Arundel County in 2023. They are unscientific, unsupported by anything other than wild guesses and, in all but one case, remarkably unlikely to come true. That way, you can’t really come after me if I’m wrong.

One tradition says a man must be the first person to cross a home’s threshold.

Fully exempting military retirement pay from state income tax would help keep the retirees in Maryland along with the tax revenues generated from their post-military careers, retired Navy Rear Admiral Tom Jurkowsky says.

I know there are avid readers like me out there, so here’s a year-end wander through my personal book list, the top reads at the Anne Arundel County Public Library and some notes on what Annapolis (Annapolish?) authors published this year.

Kwanzaa’s tenets and values are important for African American people. Here’s how to incorporate them into your life without it being overwhelming.

A large investment of federal and state funding for skills training is needed to build the workforce for fixing Baltimore’s crumbling infrastructure, State Sen. Cory McCray and entrepreneur Mike Rosenbaum say. That kind of “Marshall Plan” for Baltimore would benefit workers and all residents of the Baltimore region, they say.

There’s no agreement on how to address a workforce housing crisis, or even if there is a one.

Residents, community activists and others took to the streets in protest one year after an explosion at the CSX coal storage facility in Baltimore’s Curtis Bay area. Residents spoke about their heightened fears of dangers to health, safety and the environment they believe the facility poses.

Inspired by the holiday song, here's my grown-up Christmas list — world peace, an end to racism and maybe a new car? Like on ”The Price Is Right”?

Incoming Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown must take the steps needed to release the report on alleged sexual abuse by priests in the Baltimore Archdiocese, the Baltimore Banner’s public editor says. Judge Anthony Vittoria’s decision to block release of the report “undermined the public’s expectation of judicial fairness,” DeWayne Wickham says.

In a year when antisemitism in the United States is soaring, a community built on discriminatory practices came together to celebrate its Jewish residents.

Annapolis is a town that puts a lot of effort into its holiday lights.