Local government

The plan would set the property tax rate on vacant properties at triple the current level for the first year it is in effect and then quadruple the current rate in subsequent years.

The Baltimore County Council voted not to change the maps that accompany a ballot question on whether to expand the council.

Those familiar with the bank’s work said JPMorgan Chase can help Baltimore fill its empty storefronts, reduce its vacant housing surplus and bring more good-paying jobs to city residents — all crucial to its financial sustainability.

The Baltimore County Council has approved the nominations of Joseph W. Dixon as fire chief, and of C. Scott Holupka and Emily Brophy to be Planning Board chair and vice chair, respectively.

“Do we send checks to dead people?” Council chair Izzy Patoka asked.

The fate of a nearly $1 billion plan to reimagine Baltimore’s downtown waterfront now rests in the hands of judges.

Baltimore joined that exclusive group last month, launching a trial against the drug distributors McKesson and AmerisourceBergen that has been six years in the making.

Walk under the U.S., Maryland, and Swedish flags and into the mammoth blue-and-yellow IKEA building in College Park, and the first of many brightly colored, chipper displays makes clear that saving the planet is at stake with every purchase.

Baltimore’s City Hall may have fumbled a chance to put its highest priority issue before voters.

Some Baltimore County residents are expressing concern about County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.’s efforts to shape the makeup of the Planning Board shortly before voters head to the polls to consider term limits and City Council approval for planning board members.

Wade Kach’s current term ends in December of 2026. He said he won’t run again, citing his health.

The executive order comes about 10 months after Mayor Brandon Scott and community partners rolled out a comprehensive strategy designed to abate the city’s vacant housing epidemic

More than 136 employees in the solid waste division don’t receive health insurance from the city, the inspector general found, and many of them didn’t even realize they were uninsured.

Despite veto of a California bill, state officials and advocates in favor of reparations say it's obtainable in Maryland.

Councilwoman Odette Ramos championed legislation to establish a “land bank,” but she pulled back the legislation when it came time for the city council to vote.

BOPA says the money was meant for the organization; the mayor’s office said it was a restricted grant that was always meant for the city.

Maryland’s newly published and adopted heat standard, which goes into effect Monday, requires all workers to have access to water, shade and rest breaks when temperatures exceed 80 degrees.

Greenbury Point is a reminder that the Navy, where a rifle range has operated for some 100 years, can be a tough neighbor.

The typical female brown rat has about five litters a year, with up to 12 “pups” a litter.

The Coalition for Atonement and Repair seek restorative justice from the city of Annapolis after urban renewal displaced the Old 4th Ward in Annapolis.