Local government

PJM Interconnection, the power grid operator for 13 states and Washington, D.C., is hosting its annual meeting in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

The proposal would raise taxes for higher income earners while lowering them for others, and also eliminate a homeowner tax credit.

The Howard County Ethics Commission dismissed a complaint alleging a conflict of interest involving Steve Quisenberry and Kelly Madigan in the search for the county’s first inspector general.

City officials said the Amigos Mexican Grill on Baltimore Avenue was ordered to close on Friday after a review by the city’s fire department and permitting office.

Baltimore County Councilman Wade Kach, who has represented the northernmost reaches of the district for 12 years, has resigned, effective immediately.

Two county executive candidates have put forward competing bills, creating an unusual competition as the upcoming election impacts council business.

The decision was a blow to Baltimore City’s legal strategy, with legal observers saying the case was all but dead.

The senator gives Jawando one of the most high-profile endorsements in the race to date.

Taxes would increase for higher-income earners and decrease for those making $150,000 or less.

Mayor Michael Estève said the rate increase was still 2 cents short of what’s needed to close the structural deficit in the city budget.

Speaking at a forum hosted by the Anne Arundel Affordable Housing Coalition on May 7, Democratic county executive candidates Allison Pickard, James Kitchin and Pete Smith said a supplemental tax on secondary luxury residences was worth considering.

COLUMN | Ferry travel is a romantic idea, but when romance hits political and fiscal reality, the water gets a little rough. Chesapeake Bay proposals are — at best — delayed.

Cumming sits at a crossroads, engaged in a legal fight over the ability of her office to do its job and — possibly — an existential fight over her leadership

Bowie Mayor Michael Estève tells The Banner he wants to tackle residential speeding and attract new business to the city.

The Prince George’s County Council will have to address lingering effects from federal job cuts and increasing liabilities in the coming years.

Johns Hopkins University received approval to move forward with a 25,000-square-foot data science and computer center in East Baltimore as the City Council weighs a one-year moratorium on data centers.

If the bill passes, it will apply only to new data center permits. This could impact the planned center in Dickerson that has been at the center of controversy.

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin sent a letter signed by 39 other House members urging the preservation of the program.

A close reading of Prince George’s County’s 860-page budget, along with interviews with economists, suggests that the county’s toughest fiscal challenges lie ahead.

The question, which would appear on ballots this fall if approved, would make Inspector General Isabel Cumming a “co-custodian” of Baltimore City records, ensuring that she would have access.