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Executive Marc Elrich’s proposed operating budget for Montgomery County includes a nearly 6% property tax increase. He said his plan, which fully funds the public schools’ operating budget request, recognizes the county faces economic headwinds.

The monthslong search for missing Baltimore boy Tristan King ended Friday morning in the Curtis Bay neighborhood, several people familiar with the case said.

Gov. Wes Moore and legislative leaders are backing a bill aimed at lowering Maryland energy bills, offering rebates and imposing new rules on utilities and data centers.

A sign from the Baltimore City Health Department was on the door Thursday morning, noting Mom’s Organic Market in Hampden was closed due to a violation.

Mom’s Organic Market has reopened Friday morning after the city’s health department shut the store down for a day due to a rodent infestation.

COLUMN | In a five-day span, the Ravens made the most ambitious trade in franchise history, annulled it, got hitched to the No. 1 free-agent pass rusher and became the NFL’s villain of the moment.

Tristan King ran from a caseworker in Baltimore and has been missing since September. Brooklyn residents have seen him, but authorities can’t find him.

COLUMN | The Mimi DiPietro Family Skating Center is scheduled to close forever after this season with no plan to replace it with a new indoor ice rink. The Baltimore Banners hockey team, whose existence may hinge on the dome staying open, is hosting a weekend rally in an effort to extend its life for a few more years.

Tattoo parlors around the country will sell flash designs — tattoos that are predrawn, not custom creations — at discounted prices.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore called it “tragic.” Mayor Brandon Scott said the situation has him “pissed.” Baltimore Schools CEO Sonja Santelises is “heartbroken” because of the Tristan King story.

Baltimore City Fire personnel contained a two-alarm blaze in the St. Paul neighborhood Thursday night that sent black smoke plummeting over the city.

U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, a native of the community, presented a check Thursday to County Executive Kathy Klausmeier.

A 28-year-old man died Thursday morning after a box truck struck him in Southeast Baltimore, police said.

The same cold front that brought severe thunderstorms and power outages to the region Wednesday night is sticking around through early next week.

Howard County officials held a press conference Thursday to discuss the fatal police shooting of Alex LaMoire, a 25-year-old man with autism.

A Maryland federal judge on Thursday ordered a psychiatric evaluation to determine competency to stand trial for Ziz LaSota.

Maryland is one of the few states in the U.S. that don’t allow beer and wine sales in most grocery stores. Here’s why.

Mayor Brandon Scott's legal team, fresh off a lucrative settlement, hired more litigators. Now the city is taking aim at online casinos “dressed up as a children's game.”

Clay Kearns and his mother, Erica, want lawmakers to require local governments to address safety issues.

As the Trump administration and conservative legislatures around the country attack rights secured for LGBTQIA+ people, Baltimore historians say sharing the stories of queer ancestors has never been more important.