Local government

The Baltimore Police Department’s deputy commissioner overseeing internal affairs and officer discipline, Brian Nadeau, has been suspended.

Housing advocates are urging the Baltimore County Council to grant the project a transit-oriented development designation, which would unlock financial support from the state.

While most council members seemed inclined to close the incinerator for environmental reasons, they expressed skepticism about alternatives.

The County Council voted to “clarify” a controversial budget transfer at the center of a lawsuit between the county government and a separate bi-county agency that oversees the region’s parks and recreation programs.

This was the second time the county executive vetoed the appointment of James Hedrick.

The council will weigh options for the incinerator this fall. One controversial option includes increasing the amount of trash the county long-hauls to a landfill in Virginia.

Orioles ownership has engaged a real estate firm to begin a multiyear effort to develop land next to Camden Yards, David Rubenstein wrote in a new book.

Harford is the only county in Maryland to have permanently banned data centers.

Baltimore lawmakers are considering a new Department of Neighborhood Safety that would incorporate the city’s existing crime diversion office and bolster 911 responses that don’t include traditional law enforcement, according to a city official.

After a seven-week recess, the Montgomery County Council will reconvene Tuesday with a jam-packed agenda.

The Baltimore region has some of the most segregated schools in the nation.

The city is considering two kinds of tax breaks for three development projects, including a $900 million redevelopment of Harborplace.

Private lender AmeriTrust sued New York-based investors for $14M fraud, alleging inflated Baltimore home values and racketeering.

Will Jawando, 43, the Democratic nominee for county executive in the November general election, had been hospitalized since Saturday after having a heart attack during a pickup basketball game.

Tonya Sweat will run for Prince George’s County executive as a write-in candidate after unsuccessfully challenging the local elections board.

Conway, who was informed of the decision Thursday, said the changes were retaliation for his outspokenness on the council.

The New Carrollton City Council voted out remove Mayor Phelecia Nembhard from office. She’s pledged to run again.

A Banner analysis shows city residents wait weeks, often months, and sometimes almost a year to get a trash can when they request one.

Investigations of the same city employee have taken on growing importance in the fight between the mayor and the inspector general over city records.

The Anne Arundel County Council voted Tuesday night to raise its members’ salaries, without Republican support.