Local government

The proposed charter amendment known as the Baltimore Baby Bonus Fund is unconstitutional and will not appear on city voters’ general election ballots, according to a Friday ruling from Judge John S. Nugent.

The County Council is laying plans to name an interim executive, should Johnny Olszewski get elected to Congress.

A reader says the mayor must fix the “deplorable, inhumane” working conditions at the Department of Public Works sanitation yards after a worker died while on his route.

Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration has opted to remain silent on the city’s response to overdose deaths as it navigates litigation with opioid makers and distributors.

Scott says people caught mistreating their fellow employees will be ‘held accountable.’

What was once known as “Murder Mall” will now become headquarters for a city office, with Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration ready to award $16 million to developer and campaign supporter P. David Bramble.

For more than a decade, the city has awarded millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to a Florida company to do much of the work that falls under the Baltimore City Board of Elections’ purview.

A coalition of Baltimore City Council members and AFSCME Council 3 leaders came together Tuesday morning to demand more protection for public employees following the heat-related death of a sanitation worker, Ronald Silver II.

The superstitious among us are secretly wondering if some festival organizer stepped on a crack in the pavement or walked under an errant ladder. All we know is it has just been one thing after another with Artscape these last few years.

Ronald Silver II knocked on a woman's door and asked for water. He then passed out and she called 911.

As his congressional campaign enters a crucial phase, Baltimore County Democrat Johnny Olszewski Jr. has been facing renewed scrutiny over a controversial 2020 payment by the county to a retired firefighter.

So far the reception from state leaders has been lukewarm and city budget officials have also pushed back, according to emails and other communications obtained in a public records request.

Two Annapolis police officers who are union representatives used department tech to track a police major's vehicle as he worked from home, prompting police Chief Ed Jackson to suspend them. The officers have returned to work, but the incident lies at the heart of a planned no-confidence vote.

City code makes clear that employees are prohibited from working for or receiving payment from organizations that have contracts with their agency, as Chase Brexton does with the health department.

Montgomery County lawmakers want to establish a pilot program that would automatically ticket drivers if their vehicles are making excessive noise via unlawfully modified exhaust systems.

The tourism group Visit Harford is suing Harford County, alleging it hasn’t been paid for promoting tourism in the county.

Emails between developer La Cité and Baltimore officials reveal that unpaid water bills inflamed an already strained relationship — and contributed to the city’s decision to end La Cité's future development rights in Poppleton.

Dr. Emenuga is the subject of a criminal investigation that focuses, at least in part, on work she did at a health care provider while also serving as Baltimore’s health commissioner.

The Vote4More! campaign failed to get enough valid signatures on petitions to get the question of a four-seat expansion on the November ballot, but the question of whether to expand by two more will be.

Before her promotion to commissioner, Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga worked as the health department’s Youth Wellness and Community Health Division, where she oversaw clinical services in schools.