Local government

The ballot measure to expand Baltimore County Council is aimed at bringing diversity to the all-male and mostly white council.

Critics have said the ballot measure to shrink the Baltimore City Council will disenfranchise majority-Black neighborhoods. A Banner analysis found the vast majority of signers live in those neighborhoods and are Democrats. But why did they sign?

Baltimore’s share of state cannabis taxes will be more than $7 million, and Question G is meant to prepare the city for that new revenue stream.

Former Mayors Kurt Schmoke, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Bernard C. “Jack” Young encouraged voters to vote in favor of Question F. Their backing was announced by Baltimore for a New Harborplace, a group that has been trying to mobilize support for the redevelopment.

High property values and relative population density have given the town an outsized importance in the county’s economic picture.

The 2nd Congressional District is made up of most of Baltimore and Carroll Counties and a portion of Baltimore City.

The culture wars infiltrating public schools all over the country are creeping into Maryland. That’s became especially apparent in this race.

Baltimore County Police say they are looking for a 16-year-old suspect in the shooting death of another teenager at a Pikesville motel last weekend.

City Council members cited concerns that the amendment process was too rushed and lacked consensus among the body and city agencies.

Two grants are offered: up to $10,000 to purchase a home or up to $20,000 to purchase and renovate a home.

“Removing information could obstruct multiple investigations,” the inspector general wrote, adding that the matter has been turned over to law enforcement.

During their brief moments in the sun, some Republican candidates have managed to raise money and bring attention to issues like deficits or property taxes that might otherwise be ignored in heavily Democratic Baltimore.

With 65.2 million people, making up 19.5% of the total population, Latines could be an influential voting block this election.

The Port of Baltimore is among 55 ports across 27 states and territories that will receive nearly $3 billion through the Clean Ports Program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Some question Baltimore County’s plans to spend more than $6 million in county funds to renovate Rocky Point Golf Course’s clubhouse. The county’s Revenue Authority, which oversees golf courses and parking garages, typically pays for such projects.

The tenants said MCB Real Estate was a subpar landlord that drove down the shopping center’s value.

Whether the David Smith-financed effort to shrink the City Council is approved or rejected has big implications for the future of politics in Baltimore.

A military veteran and supporter of former Gov. Larry Hogan’s Senate Run says Hogan exemplifies civility and shows our leaders are “real people.”

As the general election draws near, Kamala Harris and Angela Alsobrooks are experiencing a different kind of intimacy as their friendship may matter now more than ever.

The tourist town’s lawsuit, filed Friday, comes after months of threats and as seaside communities in other parts of the East Coast have waged an offensive against a nascent U.S. offshore wind industry.