Local government

It may be a new year, but for Mayor Brandon Scott and State’s Attorney Ivan Bates, it’s an auld feud.

Baltimore County’s inspector general found that a roofing company that did business with the county and Baltimore City skirted local labor laws and was approved for public funds under false pretenses, according to a report released Wednesday.

The companies are accused of using an algorithm to set rents and minimize competition among landlords.

Five things to know about Kathy Klausmeier, Baltimore’s new county executive.

Baltimore County Councilman Mike Ertel was elected chair of the County Council on Tuesday, succeeding fellow Democrat Izzy Patoka. The Towson Democrat will lead the seven-member council in 2025.

Baltimore County Council chooses longtime state Sen. Kathy Klausmeier to be county executive for the next two years.

Baltimore County Council picks a new Baltimore County executive.

The ‘Iron Man’ moved a minor league club to Aberdeen in 2002, but after years of tension, Cal Ripken Jr. sold his namesake team.

Selling beer and wine in grocery stores will not harm package goods retailers, says a reader and former chairman of the Maryland Alcohol and Tobacco Commission.

As Anne Arundel County Democratic and Republican party leaders decide this weekend on the next state senator for Annapolis and the next delegate for Pasadena, one consideration will rise above all others: Who can hold the seat in 2026 and improve their party’s prospects?

All of Maryland’s 24 jurisdictions experienced increased values amid a tight housing market.

A Howard County community association is pushing to have an unauthorized Go-kart track removed from one homeowner's 11-acre property.

The LGBTQIA+ community anxiously awaits what a Donald Trump presidency will mean for their rights.

Stephen Miller heads America First Legal, which sent warning letters to numerous officials in Maryland jurisdictions it accused of “concealing, harboring or shielding” immigrants.

City Hall and other city-owned buildings reopened on Monday after closing early on Friday to undergo mitigation for Legionella bacteria.

Two more government buildings closed early on Friday after showing elevated levels of Legionella bacteria in the water system, the mayor’s office announced.

Baltimore City embraces a Plan B for rats, so to speak.

What seemed to be the certain destruction of Camp Small has instead brought unexpected opportunity.

Former colleagues described Gilliss as intelligent, professional and "just a lovable guy."

Filed this past July, the lawsuit argues that the tax sale system in Baltimore is unconstitutional.