Politics

A reader says the mayor must fix the “deplorable, inhumane” working conditions at the Department of Public Works sanitation yards after a worker died while on his route.

Speaking in her hometown of Baltimore Thursday night about her new book “The Art of Power,” House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi cracked jokes, told stories of her time in the House and reflected fondly on Charm City.

Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration has opted to remain silent on the city’s response to overdose deaths as it navigates litigation with opioid makers and distributors.

Scott says people caught mistreating their fellow employees will be ‘held accountable.’

“iWitness: Media & the Movement” is a new exhibit that launches Thursday at The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History & Culture. The yearlong exhibit coincides with the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

What was once known as “Murder Mall” will now become headquarters for a city office, with Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration ready to award $16 million to developer and campaign supporter P. David Bramble.

For more than a decade, the city has awarded millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to a Florida company to do much of the work that falls under the Baltimore City Board of Elections’ purview.

A coalition of Baltimore City Council members and AFSCME Council 3 leaders came together Tuesday morning to demand more protection for public employees following the heat-related death of a sanitation worker, Ronald Silver II.

A federal judge who previously temporarily blocked some of the state’s restrictions on the concealed carry of guns has made that block permanent.

The superstitious among us are secretly wondering if some festival organizer stepped on a crack in the pavement or walked under an errant ladder. All we know is it has just been one thing after another with Artscape these last few years.

Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the decision.

Ronald Silver II knocked on a woman's door and asked for water. He then passed out and she called 911.

Maryland voters will send either Angela Alsobrooks or Larry Hogan to the U.S. Senate this year. Here is a breakdown of how each would vote on 10 key issues.

Ksenia Karelina was charged with treason for a $51 Venmo donation to an American-based humanitarian group helping Ukrainians who have suffered in the war.

As his congressional campaign enters a crucial phase, Baltimore County Democrat Johnny Olszewski Jr. has been facing renewed scrutiny over a controversial 2020 payment by the county to a retired firefighter.

Damien Haussling co-founded the nonprofit after experiencing homelessness himself.

Two Annapolis police officers who are union representatives used department tech to track a police major's vehicle as he worked from home, prompting police Chief Ed Jackson to suspend them. The officers have returned to work, but the incident lies at the heart of a planned no-confidence vote.

So far the reception from state leaders has been lukewarm and city budget officials have also pushed back, according to emails and other communications obtained in a public records request.

City code makes clear that employees are prohibited from working for or receiving payment from organizations that have contracts with their agency, as Chase Brexton does with the health department.

The director of a Muslim civil rights organization said she decided not to apply for a seat on a Maryland hate crime commission months after lawmakers dropped her nonprofit group as a named representative.