Politics

The free legal services and advocacy group will dissolve by the end of the quarter.

EMT/firefighter John McMaster was permanently injured while batting the fire, and he’s also a plaintiff in the lawsuit.

Carlos Ayala had his case dismissed earlier this week after President Trump issued a blanket pardon to the Jan. 6 participants. Ayala’s trial was scheduled for June.

Here are statements we’ve received from local elected officials around Maryland about immigration and cooperating with federal enforcement.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security this week ended a longstanding policy that had kept them out of schools.

Baltimore’s mayor-controlled spending board voted to increase the city’s water and sewer rates by as much as 15% after hearing objections from residents.

The aide never applied for a state Senate scholarship but emailed the Maryland Higher Education Commission in July 2022 to say she had been awarded one, according to the documents.

A Justice Department official directed prosecutors across the nation to investigate and charge officials who don’t comply in carrying out the administration’s mass deportation agenda

The Baltimore County Council was asked to approve the expenditure of $1,174,101 on portable toilets, nearly twice its planned outlay.

Five pregnant mothers joined with CASA and Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project to file a lawsuit in the United States District Court of Maryland against President Donald Trump in response to his executive order seeking to overturn birthright citizenship.

President Donald Trump’s administration has moved to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off.

Howard County senators are recommending three individuals to Howard Community College’s Board of Trustees, which will likely have to confront questions about the tenure of its controversial president, Daria Willis.

A Day One order from Trump halts new leases and permits for offshore wind development, but one industry analyst said the step signals the president could take even more aggressive steps to roll back recent progress.

Concerns about Joseph Gillespie went unchecked many years ago, a city employee said.

Baltimore Democrats voted Tuesday to nominate Del. Dalya Attar as their choice to represent the city in the Maryland Senate.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced Tuesday that he was joining 22 other states to challenge President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.

Marginalized groups, including immigrants, non-white people and members of the LGBTQIA+ population expressed displeasure with Donald Trump’s inauguration speech and subsequent issuing of a slew of executive orders.

Maryland’s state government faces a potentially large bill to compensate people who were abused as children in the juvenile justice system — with no plan to pay for it.

With the savings, Moore wants to put a focus on literacy and math education — something that Carey Wright, state superintendent of schools, is known for.

The $11.8 million investment, on top of the $12.5 million spent recently on stonework renovations, will complete an exterior rehabilitation of City Hall that will carry the building years into the future.