Community issues

Voters overwhelmingly supported a ballot measure to solidify reproductive rights in Maryland’s constitution.

The future legality and availability of abortion hinges not only on ballot measures, as policies could shift depending on who controls Congress and the presidency.

Some believe race is coming into play in Harborplace and other issues in this year’s election.

Track results on the statewide ballot question that would amend Maryland's constitution to protect abortion rights.

Howard County Police arrested and charged James Alan Soltysiak, a 56-year-old Scout leader, with second-degree rape and assault.

What was your voting experience like on Election Day 2024?

Thirteen families have secured housing through newly built, 400-square-foot homes built in an alleyway. The project, called Hope Village, offers affordable homeownership in East Baltimore’s Oliver community.

Columnists being what they are, I’ve got some predictions. And a wish that the choices voters make will lead us to a better place as a country.

The shooting that killed a 14-year-old high school football player in Harford County came after a Halloween party, according to charging documents.

Baltimore County Police are investigating after a loaded firearm was discovered at the Hyper Kidz indoor playground in Owings Mills over the weekend.

The State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County has moved the theft case against Eric Epstein, the former longtime president of the Oyster Harbor Citizens Association, from general court to circuit court, where more serious cases are typically heard.

The Maryland Transit Administration is offering free Election Day rides on buses, light rail, the subway and paratransit vans.

About 80,000 students ride the bus in Baltimore County, and the system has nearly 1,000 buses.

The Maryland Department of the Environment issued a Code Orange and Code Yellow air quality alert for Baltimore and its surrounding counties.

The loss of the Key Bridge effectively disconnected the Baltimore Beltway in the southeast, rendering key travel routes and communities in the eastern part of Baltimore inaccessible to drivers without extensive additional travel.

Trans and nonbinary people can struggle to find clothes that fit their bodies, their gender expression and their budget, but the Skylight Boutique is a thrift store stocked with items that are often difficult and expensive to obtain.

Jai’den Alexander Winchester was pronounced dead at the scene.

#iVoted, which works in conjunction with Johns Hopkins University’s SNF Agora Institute, produces free concerts as an incentive to get young people to vote.

Signs point to large voter turnout by youths this election. But will they actually vote?

A former Easton Police officer was sentenced Friday for making sexual contact with two teenage girls while on duty, conduct that the judge called “well beyond an embarrassment.”