Politics

Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.S. president typically eschewed.

A 182-year-old courthouse in Ellicott City made of local granite is being turned into an arts, cultural and history center. Howard County just secured $400,000 in state funds for the project, which is underway.

Gov. Wes Moore’s administration has decided not to grant state workers the day off, despite President Joe Biden declaring Thursday a federal holiday.

The Baltimore County Council held an unpublicized, closed meeting Friday to discuss who should be the next county executive. With that Dec. 3 meeting, the council appears to have run afoul of Maryland’s Open Meetings Act.

It may be a new year, but for Mayor Brandon Scott and State’s Attorney Ivan Bates, it’s an auld feud.

Jimmy Carter’s return to Washington recalls another cold, windy winter day — when he was sworn in as the nation’s 39th president in 1977. A Banner editor remembers watching the swearing-in as an eighth grader in person.

Lawmakers come to Annapolis with bills they’d like to pass on behalf of their constituents back home

A temporary sound system upgrade is coming this season, according to Orioles spokesperson Jennifer Grondahl.

Baltimore County’s inspector general found that a roofing company that did business with the county and Baltimore City skirted local labor laws and was approved for public funds under false pretenses, according to a report released Wednesday.

The word of the day was ‘tough’: Tough road, tough conversations, tough decisions

On a busy first day full of handshakes and ceremonial tasks, Moore spent his time setting a serious tone. Here’s what we learned from the Democratic governor.

The companies are accused of using an algorithm to set rents and minimize competition among landlords.

Lawmakers are not enthusiastic about a proposal backed by Gov. Wes Moore to move beer and wine sales into Maryland grocery stores.

Five things to know about Kathy Klausmeier, Baltimore’s new county executive.

So far, lawmakers seem focused on the Blueprint, cellphone bans and students charged with crimes.

Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to the Washington area for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday.

Baltimore County Councilman Mike Ertel was elected chair of the County Council on Tuesday, succeeding fellow Democrat Izzy Patoka. The Towson Democrat will lead the seven-member council in 2025.

Baltimore County Council chooses longtime state Sen. Kathy Klausmeier to be county executive for the next two years.

Maryland’s Office of the Attorney General on Tuesday released body camera footage from the fatal police shooting of 29-year-old Tyree Winslow of College Park.

Trump, whose sentencing will be held 10 days before his inauguration, is poised to be the first president to take office convicted of crimes.