Local government

Among the biggest discrepancies in an amended campaign finance report is a more than $9,000 donation from BGE's PAC that the Mosby campaign now says was only $450.

City Councilman John Bullock faces a challenge in West Baltimore’s 9th District.

The project is expected to generate around 800,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity each year, substantially lowering the cost of electricity at the community center.

The seven endorsements represent much of the council’s progressive wing and previous Scott allies — but not all of them — as well as support from officials who aren’t always in step with the incumbent.

A local union representing 2,500 stevedores and Port of Baltimore workers has endorsed former Mayor Sheila Dixon in her race to reclaim office.

Unions representing firefighters, city operations staff, and service workers have donated $135,000 to a super PAC supporting Mayor Brandon Scott’s reelection, according to new state records.

In the first cycle using Baltimore’s new Fair Election Fund, the handful of candidates who have opted to publicly finance their campaigns are finding that the approach can pay dividends.

Robert Lookingbill, 71, faces two felony sex abuse charges and two misdemeanor charges related to a March 1 incident in which he allegedly inappropriately touched a middle school student on the school bus he was driving.

The long-awaited move comes as violent crime has continued to recede in Baltimore following last year’s record drop in homicides — a trend Scott has credited in part to the success of his group violence reduction strategy.

Baltimore voters in the city’s 1st District got a taste of the three council candidates running to represent them Thursday night when the contenders met for a debate ahead of what may be Baltimore’s most competitive City Council election.

The Columbia Association board has selected a new leader after not having a permanent CEO for over a year.

Carroll County commissioners plan to withhold some additional funding to the public library because staff supported the Freedom to Read Act, they said in budget work sessions this month.

The debate will be conducted in a Q&A format in front of invited guests who have been asked to submit a question for the candidates.

A new ad from Mayor Brandon Scott criticizes former Mayor Sheila Dixon’s record, but those assertions need more context.

The influential public employee union has named Mark Parker as its choice in the competitive primary race to represent Southeast Baltimore on the City Council.

The debate, hosted by WBAL-TV on a tape-delay at Morgan State University, comes as the Democratic race for City Council president has entered its most competitive stretch.

The candidates generally stuck to the same pitches their campaigns have already been selling voters, who tuned in less than a month from the May 14 primary.

A lifelong Baltimore resident says five days of jury duty changed him and gave him a new understanding of how criminal justice is administered in the city.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball unveiled $2.4 billion operating budget request, including $1.14 billion for the Howard County Public School System.

The $50,000 check is a big donation for the national union, which has historically contributed much less to state and local races.