Community issues

The Howard County Council voted down a proposed zoning change that would have stopped W.R. Grace from adding a pilot plastic recycling plant to its Columbia headquarters.

Democrats are inviting laid-off federal workers like Katie Stahl to the Capitol on Tuesday to call attention to what they say have been indiscriminate job cuts.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin paid a visit to Annapolis recently amid concerns about state and federal budget cuts. Some worry about the potential effects on the bay economy.

The Social Security Administration plans to cut its workforce by more than 7,000 by offering employees early retirement and buyouts and through expected resignations.

Brian Delen, 48, was convicted last November of second-degree assault and use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence.

A Baltimore County councilman wants to make it harder for developers to build in parts of the county outside of the Urban-Rural Demarcation Line.

Maintaining Maryland’s prison fences is estimated to cost the state $34 million every two years for the next 30 years.

Never before had more people accused of crimes in Maryland, but deemed too mentally ill to participate in their own cases, been left languishing in jail than in February.

A power outage disrupted flights at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Monday morning.

Kelly O. Hayes has been the chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s southern district office in Greenbelt since 2021.

Keyona Dillon, 34, of Middle River, is charged with first-degree murder and related offenses in the killing of her daughter, London Olsen.

Redevelopment of Poe Homes in West Baltimore, and other distressed communities across the region, could slow if federal housing grants and programs end.

Pope Francis continued his recovery from double pneumonia but skipped his weekly noon blessing.

Despite what many assume, research suggests only children have “pretty normal” life outcomes compared to those with siblings.

This is life with three children: chaotic, messy, sticky.

As Fort McHenry celebrated its 100th anniversary of being a national park, visitors and workers felt the effects of a reduced staff due to DOGE’s cuts.

Christine Pendzich, a 350MoCo steering committee member, says lawmakers should stop promoting outdated natural gas technology and instead focus on lower-cost and healthier renewable solutions.

A 15-year-old who was shot near the Mall in Columbia has been pronounced dead, per Howard County Police.

The Baltimore County Fire Department battled a brushfire late Saturday night that broke out on the grounds of Sheppard Pratt’s Towson campus near the historic gatehouse.

Dr. Francis Collins came to the NIH in 1993 to lead the Human Genome Project, which in 2003 completed mapping the human DNA instruction book.