Local government

Exelon, whose subsidiaries include Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. and Potomac Electric Power Co., became a punching bag — in one case literally — for Democrats looking to establish populist bona fides in an election year defined by affordability.

The amendments would require data center developers to submit plans that demonstrate how they will procure or produce clean energy.

Brandon Scott has been appointed president of the African American Mayors Association, a national nonprofit representing more than 500 mayors across the country.

Anne Arundel County is creating a work group to study Police Department policies that affect the work of its acclaimed Crisis Intervention Team. The announcement follows The Banner’s reporting on the ouster of the unit’s longtime leader and other changes since his removal.

Annapolis Mayor Jared Littmann on Friday nominated two powerful members of his staff.

COLUMN |Anne Arundel County is retreating from its role as a leader in police response to mental health crises. The silence surrounding it is an insult to the public.

Federal authorities are weighing in on a lawsuit between Howard County and Genesis GSA Strategic One LLC, a case with implications for the future location of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Baltimore field office.

The security guards' union says they are striking to protest efforts by one company, Abacus Corporation, to prevent employees from unionizing.

Some council members warn that dipping into reserve funds could hurt the county’s fiscal health.

After a Baltimore County woman charged with 328 counts of animal cruelty found a way to get her pets back, county officials are introducing legislation to close loopholes in existing animal welfare laws.

The candidate, Democrat John Dove Jr., said he intends to move to a Pasadena home within the district and argued that he had until May to do so.

Requity wants to scale so that vocational students complete one vacant house a year.

About one-third of county voters cast their ballots by mail in 2024.

The lieutenant who led the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team to international renown has been reassigned to mall security after being disciplined for giving his team discretion not to handcuff people with mental illness or addiction.

The debate over how to fix the housing plight in the county’s third council district, which includes portions of Rockville and Gaithersburg, is a microcosm of a countywide struggle.

Howard County’s $432.6 million capital budget proposal represents an approximately 16% increase from last year.

Howard County’s Chief of Police Gregory Der is planning to retire from the department on June 1 in the wake of two fatal police-involved incidents.

One Baltimore Democrat endorsing another is usually a nothing burger, but in this case, there’s so much beef.

In Baltimore, annual salary increases for elected officials are a foregone conclusion, a gift from city lawmakers past.

The spending plan, which must still be approved by the City Council, is about $3 million larger than the current fiscal year, which began July 1.