Community issues

Providing access to healthy meals for all students tears down the stigma and barriers that come with food scarcity and need, writes Mary Kay Connerton, the Anne Arundel County Public Schools coordinator of wellness.

Benjamin Moore, the soft and gentle cat who greeted new and old customers at the Waverly Ace Hardware store, died this week.

Maryland U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron resigned Wednesday, stepping down amid rapid changes to the U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump.

Baltimore City, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and a gun safety group are alleging in a lawsuit that gun manufacturer Glock has facilitated “the proliferation of illegal machine guns."

Drugs? Staffing? Lack of air conditioning? Maryland corrections officials and union members differ on reasons behind surge in violence.

The last major pharmacy in Federal Hill, a CVS Pharmacy, is set to close on April 2, according to the company.

The Community College of Baltimore County is launching an initiative to address a shortage of welders needed to replace the Key Bridge.

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, for a minimum of $5, will let you name a pile of elephant dung after an ex. Or anyone, really.

Here’s our latest on the winter storm, including closings and more weather-related news from across the region.

With snow starting to fall in and around Baltimore, school districts have begun to announce their operational plans for Wednesday.

The Baltimore-based energy company is looking to relicense its Southern Maryland reactors beginning in the 2030s.

The councilman says he just wants to save lives. The mayor’s office says he’s an attention seeker playing political games.

He was experiencing a manic episode at the time due to bipolar disorder, a doctor determined.

Which schools around Baltimore are closing early with snow in the forecast?

More than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans filed a federal court lawsuit challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at houses of worship.

The former executive director of the Women’s Law Center says Katie Curran O’Malley’s accomplishments make her far more than just a former first lady.

The U.S. lacks about 7.3 million homes for renters with extremely low incomes, according to estimates from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

The first trial against Grace Ocean is set to start in June 2026, but it will still be quite some time before a judgement is handed down.

U.S. attorneys general are suing to stop the Trump administration from cutting funding for costs related to research, a move putting hundreds of millions in funding in Maryland at stake.

Leaders of the agency and across the state said they hoped the money would help set the housing authority on the right course.