Local government

The U.S. Coast Guard is asking for assistance in identifying an alleged Baltimore hoax caller.

The money positions Vignarajah to air TV ads, conduct polls and financially compete in a tight Democratic primary where every vote matters.

Mayor Brandon Scott and Zeke Cohen were endorsed by AFSCME Maryland Council 3, the state’s second-largest union.

Proposed changes to the state's distribution of highway user revenue would have an outsized impact on Baltimore City.

The Baltimore County Council is considering expanding from seven to nine members to be more representative of its increasingly diverse population. A work group will offer its recommendations by March 31.

While Hopkins officials committed to taking immediate steps to phase out their reliance on the incinerator, an environmental representative from the largest hospital systems in Maryland, MedStar Health, told the council that they believe operators of the incinerator have responded appropriately to recent violations.

Legislation would put renters at risk by removing safeguards that protect non-owner-occupied properties from city tax sale foreclosures for unpaid water debt, an economic justice advocate and a public water advocate say.

A Republican county councilman wanted to add an amendment defining climate change to routine flood ordinance legislation, but a Democratic colleague voted no, citing a lack of advance notice. The measure passed nonetheless.

The fixed-price proposal, which is expected to get a vote before Baltimore’s mayor-controlled spending board on Wednesday, would lock in low prices for a subset of city-owned vacant properties — some at just $1.

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Fletcher-Hill ruled that the Baltimore City Board of Ethics was correct in denying the public an unredacted version of a list of donors.

The equinox is here. But the real sign of spring in Annapolis is a sudden urge to find a table outside, sip a lovely beverage and watch winter lose its grip. It’s a poetic moment, and because this is America, that’s good for business. If only the city could figure out how to make them permanent.

Unlike the current approach to redeveloping Harborplace, other projects gave Baltimore residents the opportunity to choose among a variety of plans, one of those residents says.

It’s that time of the primary season: Political campaigns are sharing their internal polls, thinking their numbers may inspire confidence from voters and donors.

The site, in a historic Black neighborhood between East Joppa Road and East Pennsylvania Avenue, has been cited across Maryland as a case study into the social and economic barriers developers of affordable housing face.

A handful of women are the most sought-after — and effective — campaign fundraisers for races in Baltimore and across Maryland.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation on Wednesday posted a notice calling for letters of interest in taking over the 300-acre site just across the Severn River from Annapolis.

The Scott campaign’s statement said he would join the debate if an “impartial, outside moderator” hosted the panel instead.

A federal judge agreed Thursday to early termination of former Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh’s probation related to her conviction in the “Healthy Holly” scandal.

Howard County leaders are seeking public input on five possible sites for a new Columbia library. County officials announced plans last year for a new $144 million lakefront library, but residents said they wanted more of a say in the process.

The bill includes a measure that would enable homes that are not “legally” recognized as owner-occupied to be included in the tax sale list over unpaid water and sewer charges.