Local government

County Executive Johnny Olszewski announced Tuesday that he will appoint Walker, his former director of public works and transportation, to become the next Baltimore County administrative officer.

Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman’s weekly newsletters have offered a glimpse into his mind, a few hundred words at a time. Somewhere along the way, the essays evolved from an official message to a letter from a friend.

Unions representing Baltimore City firefighters tapped Mayor Brandon Scott as their pick for City Hall’s top office.

Few have heard about Gov. Moore’s housing agenda, but many support its tenets.

The NBA’s Wizards and the NHL’s Capitals, which called Maryland home for decades before moving to the District of Columbia in 1997, seemed headed for northern Virginia until a deal to build a new arena in Alexandria ran into opposition in the Virginia General Assembly.

The recent spending funds an attack ad targeted at incumbent Mayor Brandon Scott, Dixon’s chief opponent in the Democratic primary. It echoes Dixon’s campaign rhetoric.

The Robert E. Lee Monument Removal Act, which was proposed by Democrats, would remove a statue of the Confederate general from Antietam National Battlefield.

Baltimore officials and members of the city’s flagship violence-intervention program, Safe Streets, have gone more than a year without a homicide in the area where their Penn North site is located.

Anne Arundel County is the latest jurisdiction in Maryland to publish a map of which residents need to test their home service lines for lead pipes.

P. David Bramble — more than any other individual — will determine the future of the Inner Harbor.

City officials attempted to block an Inner Harbor rally hosted by the far-right website Church Militant in November of 2021, but the event went forward after a federal judge sided with the group’s First Amendment lawsuit.

Baltimore County announced Monday it is planning on purchasing most of a 153-acre site and turning it into a county park.

But the program comes with requirements that could make it unfeasible for most people considering buying, renovating and living in one of the $1 homes.

Dr. Gregory Wm. Branch, the longtime health officer for Baltimore County has “departed” county government, according to a news release.

Scott repeatedly asked attendees at Roland Park Presbyterian Church if they wanted to return to “the broken ways of the past,” while Dixon painted her opponent as an inexperienced city manager unable to deliver city services.

With Maryland facing a $3.3 billion shortfall for transportation over six years, state lawmakers in Annapolis are looking at ways to raise money, including levying a 50-cent fee on most online purchases and home-delivery transactions.

To become reality, the vision for Harborplace must navigate a bureaucratic maze. That could take years.

Baltimore is resuming weekly pickups for curbside recycling beginning this week.

Though legislation clearing the way for MCB Real Estate's $1 billion Harborplace redevelopment was introduced before City Council in October, the body held its first and only hearing on the proposal three weeks ago and is expected to give final approval Monday night.

Rather than putting high-rise buildings at the center of Inner Harbor redevelopment, Baltimore should use the area to feature a town square everyone in the city could enjoy, a longtime city resident says.