Local government

A Q&A with Shawn MacInnes, the new president and CEO of the Columbia Association.

Under the Renew Baltimore amendment, the city’s property tax rate would have to decrease for seven consecutive years until it is at nearly half of its current level.

Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown said in a ruling the gas emissions that damaged Baltimore fall under the federal Clean Air Act.

Johns Hopkins and Baltimore City Councilwoman Odette Ramos say they’ve consulted attorneys following their back-and-forth over a proposed AI center, according to communications obtained by The Baltimore Banner.

The proposed charter amendment, if approved, would provide one-time payments of at least $1,000 to parents upon the birth or adoption of a child.

The state finished a yearlong process of determining who should stay on Medicaid, and ended with fewer from a year ago but more than pre-COVID.

The city now hopes to expand the whole-block model used in the tiny East Baltimore neighborhood to more parts of the city, perhaps using financing methods usually reserved for commercial developments.

A hearing to examine Baltimore’s opioid overdose crisis was abruptly canceled Wednesday morning as a dispute between Mayor Brandon Scott and the City Council member who’d called the meeting boiled over and became public.

Questions abound about how the money will be used to combat overdoses.

Red Maple Place, a proposed 56-unit housing development in historic East Towson, will not be subject to new design standards.

If voters decide the city of Baltimore should give new parents $1,000 of unconditional cash, this is how the program could be funded and implemented.

The proposal to slash Baltimore’s property tax rate nearly in half has stoked fears of cratering finances in City Hall. Organizers behind the initiative said Tuesday that they disagreed with the decision and plan to challenge it in court.

In what they are calling a “historic” event, the Annapolis Police Department, as well as the ACLU of Maryland, is being recognized by the Caucus of African American Leaders.

Annapolis is developing a plan to make it easier to get into the water. But swimming? It’s not on anyone’s priority list.

The Baltimore County Council this week cleared the way for a fall referendum on expanding the council by two members. But not everyone is pleased, as some wanted to add four members to bring more diversity while others objected to the process of drawing new district maps.

Howard County could, for the first time, establish an office of the inspector general to focus on complaints of fraud and illegal activities.

Baltimore County Council members voted unanimously Monday night to increase impact fees on developers in hopes of collecting more revenue that can be used for schools and roads.

When Baltimoreans hit the polls in November, they’ll have the chance to vote on whether City Hall should give a one-time payment of $1,000 to parents upon the birth or adoption of a child.

The Edmondson Community Organization filed the case on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.

The Baltimore County Council's historic vote means voters will get to determine this fall whether to expand the 7-member council by two members so that its membership looks more like the increasingly diverse county.