Local government

There are no public pools in Baltimore County. Nearly 70 years after the Supreme Court's Brown decision overturning the "separate but equal" principle, some attribute this to the legacy of segregation.

Baltimore residents crowded the City Council’s Public Safety Committee meeting on police accountability to condemn police-related deaths.

Following Gov. Wes Moore's decision not to locate the state's first cannabis incubator at the Catonsville armory, residents voiced frustration with the process and discussed what they would like to see there.

Although Baltimore City officials say they never sought the money from the state, they confirm they are exploring a deal with Plank to relocate the aviation unit.

Nearly a year after a Western Howard County resident retroactively applied for a permit to keep a go-kart track on his property for his son, a local county board is poised to decide the track’s fate later this month.

Audio from emergency dispatches show a single call for help for a 27-year-old woman quickly spiraled into a much larger crisis.

The outcome of mediation in a class action lawsuit will either free the next Annapolis mayor to move past an ugly history or hobble the city with a crippling payout and more years of litigation.

Baltimore County Inspector General Kelly Madigan has found that a third county corrections officer with ties to Nigeria committed fraud by obtaining a federal COVID loan for a business that did not exist.

Baltimore Gas and Electric still believes that the Baltimore Peninsula will one day become a pulsating metropolis.

At ARPA funding dries up, many nonprofits have also been socked by the loss of other federal dollars slashed under the Trump administration.

Boat ramps are the gateway to the Chesapeake Bay for hundreds of thousands of Marylanders. So when the public ramp shuts down people are going to notice.

The seven-member Baltimore County Council unanimously voted down the additional $2 million loan for Red Maple Place in Towson.

After two cancellations, Baltimore leaders starting this week will launch a series of public hearings on the city’s drug overdose crisis, which has been the worst in the country.

Baltimore County Councilman Izzy Patoka introduces legislation to change the county charter so an appointment board chooses the inspector general.

A recent policy change at Baltimore City Circuit Court could lead to the separation of children from their parents or guardians.

Fort Garrison Fort was built in 1692 to house rangers patrolling colonial settlements, but it is rarely open for people to learn its history.

After Baltimore City scored a windfall of new money from settlements with drug companies, leaders unveiled a draft plan of how to tackle substance use.

City leaders are arguing a program to replace aging gas lines with more durable material is costing city residents.

The team behind Red Maple Place is asking a reluctant Baltimore County Council for more money.

“It’s our way of meeting them where they are at and allowing them to be themselves,” Baltimore's Farring Baybrook Rec Center Director Bertha Mae Coleman said.