Opinion

The surprise announcement by Larry Hogan that he is running for the U.S. Senate got me thinking about the former 2-term governor and his legacy, and how I never see him at the grocery store.

People in Baltimore can address an urgent need by becoming foster parents for refugee children, Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Baltimore-based Global Refuge, says.

Some areas of the Chesapeake Bay region and certain communities, including the Latino community, could be acutely impacted by flooding risks linked to climate change, Shanna Edberg, director of conservation programs at Hispanic Access Foundation, says.

“Runaway Bride” is neither romantic nor comedic. Happy Valentine's Day.

Boosting high-tech innovation in Maryland would play a vital role in fueling economic growth, Kelly Shulz, CEO of the Maryland Tech Council, says.

University System of Maryland administrators used misleading testimony in their attempts to sway lawmakers considering legislation to allow collective bargaining rights for faculty and graduate students at public four-year colleges and universities, two faculty members say.

University of Maryland administrators once again used legislative testimony to mischaracterize the employment situation of graduate students and faculty seeking collective bargaining rights, two faculty members say.

Aaron Schatz, the inventor of DVOA and a stat head, was the only NFL Honors voter to conclude Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was not the MVP this season. His dissenting vote, and the reaction to it, says a lot more about our expectations than the quality of his analysis.

The media and political agenda of The Baltimore Sun’s new owner is sparking fears about what his model for local ownership will mean for the newspaper, Isaiah Jerome Lewis Poole, a journalist and nonprofit communications executive, says.

Baltimore is well-suited to help solve what Gov. Wes Moore has called a housing crisis in Maryland, says Annie Milli, executive director of Live Baltimore.

The Anne Arundel County Council narrowly voted to change its rules governing staff supervision, making the whole council a collective boss with the power to hire and fire. The change didn’t sit well with some council members.

Lamar Jackson is one of 11 men to win MVP more than once, and all are enshrined or Canton-bound. But a second MVP award only intensifies the demand for Jackson to follow up his regular-season exploits with a championship, the one piece the others have all attained.

These former Glen Burnie High prom dates rekindled their relationship decades later after reconnecting on Facebook. A diagnosis changed their journey.

The decision by cancer-diagnostics giant Exact Sciences to close its Baltimore office shouldn’t be seen as signaling any kind of broader tech collapse in this area, the former CEO and current CEO of the UpSurge say.

Charles Osgood recalled his Baltimore upbringing as giving him so much that he loved.

The National Aquarium should be applauded for setting a new standard for aquariums with its dolphin sanctuary plan, a consultant for the Whale Sanctuary Project says.

After Erica Griswold became Anne Arundel County’s first Black register of wills, she was hailed as a hero. Now she faces theft and other charges related to allegations that she cashed a $6,645 check that was made out to her but was intended for her office to cover inheritance taxes.

Bobby Witt Jr. reached an extension with the Royals for 11 years and $288.8 million, and it can go for longer. Naturally, with a group led by billionaire David Rubenstein buying a stake in the Orioles, fans will wonder about deals for Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Holliday.

The Baltimore Orioles sale to David Rubenstein holds promise for the direction of the team, but the city should consider what lies ahead in future stadium lease negotiations, two Orioles fans and taxpayer advocates say.

New Baltimore Sun owner David Smith will turn the newspaper into another vehicle to spread his right-wing agenda, media critic and author David Zurawik says.