Local government

A group of West Baltimore tenants claimed it was an act of fraud to charge rent without a license.

A certified planner and a volunteer firefighter have entered the race for Anne Arundel County’s top elected office. There are now five candidates, including four Democrats and one Republican.

“There are things you can only do in person,” Bruce Bereano said. “You can’t do it any other way.”

The man, Maurquise Emillo James, 22, of Baltimore, was working as a medical technician in the senior living facility when he shot a resident, Robert Fuller Jr., according to court documents.

The first Baltimore County Council expansion since 1956, plus no incumbent county executive, brings out a diverse field of candidates.

Red Maple Place, one of the Baltimore region’s most contested housing developments, faces yet another obstacle after Maryland’s environmental agency ordered a moratorium on some construction work.

Amid growing controversy over a Baltimore County Council vote in November 2024 that would double pensions for five of its seven members, two of them proposed legislation to roll that decision back.

All eyes will be on the race to be the next Montgomery County executive. But several other high-profile races are also taking place.

Baltimore City Council members are considering legislation that would enable increased oversight of abusive and negligent landlords — and would revoke rental licenses specifically for those who retaliate against undocumented immigrants.

The Howard County Library System has quietly terminated 55 support staffers who primarily stack shelves, drawing a sharp rebuke from the system’s employees union.

Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration recently took several steps to limit her access to city records.

Viva White Oak, a 294-acre planned community, will take advantage of Montgomery County’s first-ever tax increment financing plan.

COLUMN | The teenage driver killed last month in a fiery Howard County crash was at least the 31st person in Maryland to die in a police-related accident in the past five years. Almost all were killed when a driver fled from flashing lights.

Montgomery County health officials are sounding the alarm after confirming that a Virginia resident with measles visited a Bethesda building and could have exposed others to the condition.

In a letter sent to MCPS staff, Taylor wrote that it has been “heavy, painful, and even traumatic” to see “families separated in public view, lives lost amid unrest, and racist language and imagery.”

The Baltimore City Liquor License Board walked back changes that eliminated most evening inspections after lawmakers expressed concern in a letter this month.

The changes “would certainly have a detrimental impact on our constituents and communities,” the lawmakers wrote.

Megan Limarzi, the inspector general for Montgomery County, said her office was denied a record by the county attorney’s office under the Maryland Public Information Act.

Four years after police fatally shot 18-year-old Donnell Rochester, his mother continues calling on city and state officials to punish the officers involved.

Officials have yet to decide when the cameras will become active, but a grace period will be offered before tickets are issued, said a city Department of Transportation spokesperson.