Politics

The first Baltimore County Council expansion since 1956, plus no incumbent county executive, brings out a diverse field of candidates.

Red Maple Place, one of the Baltimore region’s most contested housing developments, faces yet another obstacle after Maryland’s environmental agency ordered a moratorium on some construction work.

Amid growing controversy over a Baltimore County Council vote in November 2024 that would double pensions for five of its seven members, two of them proposed legislation to roll that decision back.

Scores of candidates are lining up for a shot at public office in Maryland, from county council seats to the U.S. Congress.

Enough senators oppose redistricting that supporters cannot get the 29 votes they need to approve new congressional maps, according to a Banner survey of all 47 senators.

All eyes will be on the race to be the next Montgomery County executive. But several other high-profile races are also taking place.

Trump took the high road to honor the gold medal-winning U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team and a war hero before pivoting abruptly to ridiculing Democrats.

A main theme will be that the country is booming with a rise in domestic manufacturing and new jobs, despite many Americans not feeling that way.

Baltimore City Council members are considering legislation that would enable increased oversight of abusive and negligent landlords — and would revoke rental licenses specifically for those who retaliate against undocumented immigrants.

The Howard County Library System has quietly terminated 55 support staffers who primarily stack shelves, drawing a sharp rebuke from the system’s employees union.

The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year’s tragic midair collision near Washington, D.C., to require all aircraft flying around busy airports to have key locator systems to prevent such crashes.

Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration recently took several steps to limit her access to city records.

Maryland’s ratepayer advocate and its Senate president want to know: How much electricity does South Baltimore really need?

Famed composer and Baltimore native Philip Glass pulled his symphony from the Kennedy Center in protest of Donald Trump. Now, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will perform “Lincoln” in 2027.

Viva White Oak, a 294-acre planned community, will take advantage of Montgomery County’s first-ever tax increment financing plan.

COLUMN | The teenage driver killed last month in a fiery Howard County crash was at least the 31st person in Maryland to die in a police-related accident in the past five years. Almost all were killed when a driver fled from flashing lights.

Acting Juvenile Services Secretary Betsy Fox Tolentino breezed through a panel hearing on Monday, inching a step closer to full Senate confirmation.

The suit asks a federal judge to void the Department of Homeland Security’s purchase of a warehouse and block any further development of the property.

A trio of Senate Democrats is calling for the government to start refunding roughly $175 billion in tariff revenues that the Supreme Court ruled were collected because of an illegal set of orders by President Donald Trump.

Caylin Young, 38, a Democrat from Baltimore, has maintained his innocence.