Politics

Ahead of the 2025 legislative session, the family has promoted and networked to spread the word about their bill, and signed a contract with a TV producer for a documentary about the bill proposal.

Nearly 140 years ago, a white mob lynched a Black teenager in front of the old Towson jail. On Saturday, a ceremony remembers Howard Cooper.

Johns Hopkins and Baltimore City Councilwoman Odette Ramos say they’ve consulted attorneys following their back-and-forth over a proposed AI center, according to communications obtained by The Baltimore Banner.

Former President Donald J. Trump has invited some members of Rachel Morin’s family to join him at the Republican National Convention next week.

The proposed charter amendment, if approved, would provide one-time payments of at least $1,000 to parents upon the birth or adoption of a child.

Four sites in Baltimore County were chosen for help with EV charger installations, while none in Baltimore City were selected.

This $50 million unmanned underwater vehicle was developed by Northrop Grumman over four years and constructed at its plant outside Annapolis. That’s a source of pride for the people who work there. But it also brings questions about military use of AI home to Maryland.

The state finished a yearlong process of determining who should stay on Medicaid, and ended with fewer from a year ago but more than pre-COVID.

As of Thursday morning, the Eastern Shore is under a drought watch, according to state officials.

The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states, including Maryland, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

The state is preparing for rising health care and child care program costs by proposing cuts now.

The city now hopes to expand the whole-block model used in the tiny East Baltimore neighborhood to more parts of the city, perhaps using financing methods usually reserved for commercial developments.

A hearing to examine Baltimore’s opioid overdose crisis was abruptly canceled Wednesday morning as a dispute between Mayor Brandon Scott and the City Council member who’d called the meeting boiled over and became public.

The cuts span nearly all of state government, from disaster recovery to neighborhood revitalization programs to local law enforcement grants and funding for local health departments.

Maryland’s U.S. senators are continuing their push to have the federal government pay the entire cost of rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge, calling on their colleagues to pass legislation to authorize the spending.

Questions abound about how the money will be used to combat overdoses.

Red Maple Place, a proposed 56-unit housing development in historic East Towson, will not be subject to new design standards.

If voters decide the city of Baltimore should give new parents $1,000 of unconditional cash, this is how the program could be funded and implemented.

The proposal to slash Baltimore’s property tax rate nearly in half has stoked fears of cratering finances in City Hall. Organizers behind the initiative said Tuesday that they disagreed with the decision and plan to challenge it in court.

In what they are calling a “historic” event, the Annapolis Police Department, as well as the ACLU of Maryland, is being recognized by the Caucus of African American Leaders.