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Baltimore’s top YIMBYs want to erase zoning rules blocking more housing
A package of five bills will attempt to make it easier to build and redevelop Baltimore City properties.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott holds a press conference announcing the Housing Options and Opportunity Act at City Hall on Monday.
Trump hush money trial lawyer named acting librarian of Congress, replacing Carla Hayden
Blanche replaces Carla Hayden, the longtime librarian whom the White House fired last week amid criticism from some conservatives that she was advancing a “woke” agenda.
Blanche replaces Carla Hayden, the longtime librarian whom the White House fired last week.
US and China take a step back from sky-high tariffs, agree to pause for 90 days
U.S. and Chinese officials said they had called a 90-day truce in their trade war for more talks on resolving trade disputes.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 02: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Touting the event as “Liberation Day”, Trump announced additional tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Facing uncertainty at work? Here’s how you can prepare your finances
If you’re not sure what your job will look like in six months, or whether you will have one, the time to start planning is now, personal finance experts say.
Maryland wanted to make poor areas greener. It boosted a rich Baltimore neighborhood instead.
Maryland wanted to make poor areas greener but instead it boosted the already rich and green neighborhood of Roland Park in Baltimore.
The Roland Park Community Foundation has raised $9 million in recent years to purchase 20 acres of the Baltimore Country Club’s former golf course to turn into a public park.
Judge orders Trump administration to halt much of the massive federal workforce downsizing
The Trump administration must halt much of its dramatic downsizing of the federal workforce, a California judge ordered Friday.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to sign an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump is expected to announce automobile tariffs on foreign-made cars.
Howard County issues health alert after sewage overflow in Columbia neighborhood
Nearly 1.3 million gallons of sewage overflowed in a Columbia townhouse community, the county health department said Friday. The agency has issued a precautionary health alert.
Howard County's Department of Public Works was notified of a potential sewage overflow at noon on Wednesday.
Carla Hayden let Lizzo play a Founding Father’s flute. Is that why Trump fired her?
Carla Hayden, the nation’s first female and first Black Librarian of Congress, fired Thursday by Trump, "will remain a Maryland treasure," her fellow Maryland librarians say.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden speaks during a discussion with historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, on how "to establish and preserve the narrative of January 6th." The event marked the first anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, the violent attack by Trump supporters that has fundamentally changed the Congress and raised global concerns about the future of American democracy.
Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a liberal darling, dies at 85
Souter died Thursday at his home in New Hampshire, the Supreme Court said in a statement Friday.
Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter.
Should Naval Academy leader push back on Trump’s book ban? 600 grads say yes.
In an open letter to Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, hundreds of Naval Academy grads cited the decision to remove 381 books from the library catalogue as the latest sign that she isn’t fulfilling her duty to protect a diversity of ideas.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth walks alongside Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, academy superintendent, during his visit to the U.S. Naval Academy on April 1, 2025.
President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
The move infuriated Congressional Democrats who accused Trump of attempting to shut down 'history, progress and learning'.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden was fired abruptly by Trump.
Baltimore won millions to fight overdoses, but community groups may get just a fraction
Only $2 million is slated to be available to community organizations interested in applying for grants this upcoming year.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott spoke to Candy Kerr of the Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition and other community advocates at a budget town hall held at Coppin State University on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.
Trump officials silent as firefighters lobby to reopen training academy in Maryland
Firefighters, a widely-respected constituency that Trump has courted, say they are having a tough time lobbying against the administration’s cuts — or even getting administration officials to respond to them.
Members of the national firefighting community walk the campus of the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg following the annual fallen firefighters memorial.
Maryland loses 550 AmeriCorps positions to Trump administration cuts
Maryland lawmakers and AmeriCorps partners are asking the community to step in to save their organizations and programs as the Trump administration moves to significantly cut the federal agency.
Alexandria Warrick Adams, executive director of Elev8 Baltimore, said at a Thursday press conference that Maryland communities and children will feel the effects of AmeriCorps cuts.
Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case
The Trump administration is invoking the “state secrets privilege” in an apparent attempt to avoid answering a judge’s questions.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia's wife Jennifer, supported by CASA, spoke at a press conference and rally to demand his return back home in Maryland on April 4, 2025.
Baltimore region asked to conserve water amid drought, low reservoir levels
Liberty Reservoir, one of the region’s key water resources, has dropped to its lowest point in nearly two decades.
An aerial view of the southernmost section of Liberty Reservoir.
Local workforce development organization falls victim to Trump cuts
As the Trump administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion, one of Baltimore's workforce development organizations loses funding.
Jennifer Dewees, president of MCCEI, speaks at the first Annual Maryland Tradeswomen Summit in March.
Why Howard County’s power brokers prefer to meet at the Wilde Lake Village Starbucks
The biggest political conversations in Howard County often happen at the Wilde Lake Village Starbucks.
The Wilde Lake Village Starbucks in Columbia is a who's-who of Howard County movers and shakers.
Mayor Scott extends protection from ‘predatory’ tax sale, but some want more
It’s become of the mayor’s signature policies, but advocates are pushing him to up the ante.
Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott delivers his 2025 State of the City address at the France Merrick Performing Arts Center in downtown Baltimore on Monday, April 21, 2025
Federal job cuts cost Baltimore tax revenue, punching $5.9 million hole in budget
City officials know of at least 12,000 federal employees who work in Baltimore, but there are untold more who commute to other locations or work from home in the city.
Baltimore officials trimmed nearly $6 million from income tax projections Wednesday — and may have to trim more later, depending on federal job cuts.
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