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The Baltimore Banner's news quiz, based off news coverage and stories featured in The Scan.

The money would cover raises for just one year, and the school system would need to scrounge up millions more within its existing budget to sustain the higher pay in subsequent years without added cost to taxpayers.

Each month, The Baltimore Banner will curate some of our favorite images from the previous four weeks or so; that’ll include photographs and illustrations, from both our team of staffers and our wide pool of freelance contributors.

Restaurant owners who want to build on or expand their waterfront properties in Baltimore County could soon be exempt from state waterway protection regulations, per legislation under the County Council's consideration. A nonprofit dedicated to improving the Chesapeake Bay's health says the bill violates Maryland law.

The longer kids stay in hospitals, physicians and administrators say, the more that their mental health deteriorates, and the more that limited and costly emergency-room resources are shifted away from other patients with critical needs.

You don’t have to be old enough for a bank account to start to understand money.

The Baltimore County Council is due to vote this month on legislation that would hike the salaries of the county executive, council members and the county’s head administrator by around 10% and do away with pension limits for council members.

The number of Marylanders receiving SNAP benefits declined by more than 158,000 between March and May — an 18% drop.

"Wear and carry" applications in Maryland rose more than 600% from June 23 to July 11 compared to the same period last year, according to state police. This follows a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June striking down New York’s rules for concealed weapons permits, and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's subsequent suspension of a requirement that applicants provide a "good and substantial reason" for possessing a regulated firearm.

Baltimore County is moving forward with plans to build a cricket facility, some 15 years after providing a nondescript field for players. The county is trying to be more responsive to its immigrant residents, who make up 13% of the total population.

Patrick Murray's departure follows that of Deputy County Administrative Officer Drew Vetter.

The first allegation against James Weems came almost three weeks before his wife shot him in a Washington, D.C. hotel.

Former St. Paul's School Athletic Director Paul Bernstorf has been named the new Executive Director of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association.

As part our “Better Baltimore” series, we explored Maryland’s relationship with its deer populations and the complexities involved in curbing their numbers.

It’s still unclear whether the Baltimore County Board of Education is allowed to stick to a voting rule that calls for seven yea votes to approve an agenda item. Things would have been different if they hadn’t.

Shwaze Collins has bounced around several careers to support his rap profession, but he has since found a job that he loves just as much.

Six of the 10 Baltimore County board of education candidates are moving onto the general election this November after the counting of mail-in ballots from the July 19, 2022 primary finished Friday afternoon.

A circuit court judge in Baltimore County has given the green light to a controversial project in East Towson, overruling a 2021 vote by the Baltimore County Board of Appeals blocking the affordable housing development.

With all ballots counted, the four-term incumbent held a 2,115 vote margin over challenger Robbie Leonard.