Community issues

House Bill 763, which is sponsored by three Democrats, would remove the representative of a Muslim advocacy organization from the Attorney General’s Hate Crimes Commission

The contract with a Colorado-based contractor spans five years, but could be extended for up to three more, for a total cost of up to $100 million.

The Maryland Office of the Comptroller has initiated about 209,000 refunds.

Polymer80, one of the largest makers of parts for ghost guns, agreed to curtail its business in Maryland and to stop selling its parts to Maryland residents in neighboring states.

A “compromise” bill is forthcoming, the county executive’s office said Tuesday.

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. is running for Congress. Here’s what happens to the county executive position if he wins.

The Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 requires police officers to intervene to prevent or stop a use of force that’s beyond what’s authorized under the law.

“When we talk about the housing crisis that we’re all wrestling with and dealing with, we know that this is about individual lives. It’s about individual livelihoods. It’s also about the health and the success of our entire state,” the governor told lawmakers on Tuesday.

The Maryland Transit Administration is getting a federal and state funding boost to modernize its aging light rail cars.

Baltimore County Police said the case was closed Tuesday, but released documents on the original report. “She stated that she was physically assaulted which left her with multiple bruises,” police wrote.

An Aberdeen man was arrested in Philadelphia and charged in a fatal shooting at an Edgewood bar and restaurant over the weekend.

Smelly chicken plant leftovers, some of it trucked across state lines to be stored in pits until it can be spread as fertilizer on farm fields, is stinking up parts of Maryland now.

Lutherville. Timonium. Cockeysville. I never thought that I'd move back to the 'burbs where I grew up, but then I did-- and discovered the area is full of hidden gems.

Some school officials say it can be disruptive, burdensome on staff and not that nutritious.

Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill that, if passed, would automatically redact the names of minors who are victims of crime from publicly-available court documents.

Baltimore Police said 13-month-old Messiah Heggie was pronounced dead on Oct. 27, 2023, shortly after leaving the hospital. The death has been ruled a homicide from drug poisoning.

Police arrested Teneshia Pollock, 35, of Baltimore, after she allegedly shot at a female motorist, grazing her in the head, and then at an off-duty police officer in downtown Baltimore on Saturday afternoon.

A shooting early Sunday an an Edgewood Tiki bar left a 24-year-old Aberdeen man dead.

In 2012, Corey Jennings pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder and use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence in the shooting of Ryan Watson on June 14, 2011. Nine years to the day of the shooting, Watson died. He was 34.

Vincent Schiraldi's track record demonstrates he was the right choice to lead Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services, say former directors of the Washington, D.C., and Delaware juvenile services agencies.