Local government

Black women voted to make history supporting Kamala Harris. After her loss, many take it personally.

A development plan that would address flooding issues at City Dock in Annapolis could face delays after an anonymous group filed a lawsuit to stop the project, city officials said.

A video of Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott lamenting the loss of Vice President Kamala Harris — and America’s treatment of Black women in general — has gone viral.

Baltimore County voters approved a ballot measure to expand the council from seven to nine members. Backers hope it will lead to more diversity on a now all-male council with only one person of color.

At one Baltimore encampment, leaving can be more challenging than staying.

“This is the biggest and most important case in the city’s history,” Baltimore’s lead attorney, Bill Carmody, told jurors.

“It was kind of a gift that David Smith and the proponents of the bill gave this city,” said Zac Blanchard, who unseated a Smith-backed candidate in May.

Neighbors want to shut down an Essex boarding house. Residents say it’s the only thing keeping them off the streets.

See election results for the 2024 race for Baltimore City Council President between Democrat Zeke Cohen and Republican Emmanuel Digman.

See 2024 election results for the Baltimore mayor's race between incumbent Brandon Scott and Republican challenger Shannon Wright.

See 2024 election results for Baltimore City Council races.

The baby girl will be Scott’s second child with wife Hana Pugh, whom he married in August in a private ceremony.

Members of the Board of Estimates voted Wednesday to formally end the city’s contract with Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts. The contract will run through Jan. 20.

In Anne Arundel County’s school board race, four of the seven board members appeared to have won re-election, ensuring the county’s superintendent will likely continue to have the board’s support.

Democrat Johnny Olszewski Jr. was elected to Congress on Tuesday. At least six people have publicly expressed interest in serving as interim county executive.

Being popular doesn’t guarantee victory, and other lessons from Tuesdays election results.

Baltimore gets four more years of Scott and his progressive, if not incremental, agenda.

Howard County voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure to create a new inspector general’s office.

The anticipated win sets the stage for another four years leading Baltimore, a city that has not returned a mayor for a second term in almost two decades.

City officials had made a late push against Question H, warning residents that approving the measure, which sought to cut the City Council to eight members from 14, would reduce representation and mean poorer constituent services.