Politics

Signs point to large voter turnout by youths this election. But will they actually vote?

In a post on social media Saturday, Martin O’Malley called it “a terrible developer grab of public waterfront parkland.”

Many of the plans referenced under Project 2025 come from a book titled, “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise.” We read through it to see how it could affect Maryland.

We’ve combed social media profiles, watched television appearances and read interviews in other publications to tell you how celebrities with Maryland ties will vote this election cycle.

The nonprofits that sent ‘vaguely threatening’ voting mailers say their methods are lawful. Maryland’s Attorney General disagreed and told them to stop.

More Democrats cast ballots in early voting this year, but a higher share of registered Republicans turned out, a Banner analysis of early voting data found.

All told, between early votes and returned mail ballots, more than 1.56 million of the state’s 4.2 million voters have already voted for a turnout of 37%.

The ballot measure to expand Baltimore County Council is aimed at bringing diversity to the all-male and mostly white council.

Critics have said the ballot measure to shrink the Baltimore City Council will disenfranchise majority-Black neighborhoods. A Banner analysis found the vast majority of signers live in those neighborhoods and are Democrats. But why did they sign?

In conversations with undecided voters across Maryland, I heard plenty of reasons for being unable to chose Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. At this point, it sounds like willful indecision.

Baltimore’s share of state cannabis taxes will be more than $7 million, and Question G is meant to prepare the city for that new revenue stream.

Even though U.S. Small Business Administration funds are depleted, requests for financial help from those affected by the Key Bridge disaster continue to roll in, including 500 new applications in the last month.

Former president Barack Obama dropped in at a phone bank for Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks on Thursday. He brought Halloween cookies and stressed the importance of electing Democrats like Alsobrooks to support the agenda of Kamala Harris.

Former Mayors Kurt Schmoke, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Bernard C. “Jack” Young encouraged voters to vote in favor of Question F. Their backing was announced by Baltimore for a New Harborplace, a group that has been trying to mobilize support for the redevelopment.

The letter come with this in bold: “Remember, who you vote for is private, but whether or not you voted is public record.”

High property values and relative population density have given the town an outsized importance in the county’s economic picture.

The 2nd Congressional District is made up of most of Baltimore and Carroll Counties and a portion of Baltimore City.

Democrats currently hold a 51-49 Senate advantage, including independent senators who caucus with Democrats. And Democrats are defending 23 of the 33 Senate seats on the ballot around the country this November.

The culture wars infiltrating public schools all over the country are creeping into Maryland. That’s became especially apparent in this race.

Baltimore County Police say they are looking for a 16-year-old suspect in the shooting death of another teenager at a Pikesville motel last weekend.