Community issues

The City of Annapolis and plaintiffs in two federal housing discrimination cases are moving toward settlement negotiations, according to court filings from Friday.

The Anne Arundel County Council on Monday narrowly passed a watered-down transportation bill that was a hallmark of County Executive Steuart Pittman’s administration.

Here’s a timeline of what we know about Kilmar Ábrego García and key events in his legal battle with the Trump administration.

Tariffs have hit holiday retailers hard. But a longstanding Cockeysville business kept the economic climate from ruining Christmas.

The spans that one day could replace the Chesapeake Bay Bridge would likely each have four lanes, nearly doubling the road capacity on one of the state’s most recognizable crossings under a proposal to be voted in Thursday.

The bills would establish an Office of Immigrant Affairs and prohibit discrimination.

The Baltimore County Council unanimously approved a 50-year tax credit for a massive port project on Sparrows Point. The new container terminal is expected to break ground early next year.

Steve Anderson started the comic store Third Eye in Annapolis in 2008. It has expanded, and he wants it to become "America's favorite nerd store."

Baltimore County’s first housing needs assessment found a drastic deficit in homes and mounting affordability challenges.

Investigators determined the early morning fire that gutted Falkenhan’s Hardware store in Hampden, as well as one weeks earlier at "The Castle," were caused by electrical accidents.

Maryland is among nearly two dozen state, federal and local agencies suing Uber for “deceptive enrollment, billing and cancellation practices” through Uber One.

A 23-year-old inmate died in a Maryland prison on Saturday, according to state police, and another inmate has been identified as a suspect in his death.

A former lieutenant at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover has been found guilty for his participation in a cover-up after one of his junior officers physically abused a prisoner.

Baltimore City firefighters have contained a blaze at Falkenhan’s Hardware, a staple in Hampden that sits on the edge of the Miracle on 34th Street holiday lights display.

Gregory Jones, 32, of West Virginia, was found guilty of the 2018 double murder of Joshua Frazier and Ashley Dickinson.

Police identified Tyrone Alexander Chappell Jr., 41, of Silver Spring, as the driver who on Friday went into cardiac arrest and was involved in a two-vehicle crash in Cloverly.

This year, five county sheriff’s offices entered agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, joining three counties that already had longstanding pacts with the federal agency.

The case will be given to prosecutors on Tuesday as they consider formal charges against Nick Reiner.

Doctors are also reporting an increasing number of patients in Maryland who are dangerously sick with drug withdrawal.

The water-down version of once transformative transportation bill that would've held bicycle, pedestrian and public transit to the same standard as car traffic is slated for a vote Monday night.