Politics

The four newest members of Team Maryland bring vigor, but also race and gender diversity. Three are women, and Angela Alsobrooks is the state’s first Black senator.

Most impoverished communities voted to approve the David Smith-backed measure to shrink the Baltimore City Council from 14 to eight, precinct-level data shows.

A strike involving workers who collect trash, recycling and yard waste in Anne Arundel County has been resolved, allowing regular pickup to resume.

Baltimore County Council members are expected to create a redistricting commission at their Dec. 1 meeting.

Gov. Wes Moore on Friday evening shared that he had “grave concerns” about the controversial Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project.

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KC, the avatar of an AI chatbot developed by Annapolis lobbyist Johntel Greene, told me that her debut before the next General Assembly as a portal and phone app should be newsworthy. It could be revolutionary.

Harford County families are alarmed at the prospect of school closures and layoffs, as the superintendent and county executive battle over who’s to blame.

Baltimore County will release the names of those applying to become interim county executive on Dec. 2.

Top state officials approved a permit Wednesday needed to begin an offshore wind project in the Delmarva Peninsula.

It’s the latest step in a nearly two-decade political, logistical and legal saga over the fate of the complex that houses thousands of state government workers.

President-elect Donald Trump is an authoritarian, a readers says, and suggests balanced coverage as a means to resist normalizing him.

Baltimore County has played an outsized role in shaping state politics. Since 2002, only one candidate has lost statewide office while winning the county.

The new survey comes as advocates for the bay are gearing up for a potentially pivotal meeting next month.

Graham’s departure is “effective immediately,” BOPA interim Chair and CEO Robyn Murphy said at the close of a special meeting Wednesday. Murphy was temporarily appointed to both roles while the board searches for new leadership.

Baltimore County Superintendent Myriam Rogers said in a press conference Tuesday that the district is refining their initial plans for the 2025-2026 budget as the state faces heavy constraints.

Baltimore’s flagship violence prevention program, Safe Streets, used 26 potentially “fictitious names” on various contracts submitted to the city’s spending board.

The work on Chinquapin Run, a tributary of Northeast Baltimore’s Herring Run, is required under a long-standing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandate that the city address backups and overflows.

Frances Murphy Draper, president and CEO of AFRO American Newspapers, says she’s proud to be a Marylander despite the results of the 2024 election.