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The event, hosted by council member Dawn Luedtke, was intended to focus on community resources.

A second judge has ruled against a ballot question proposing changes to Maryland’s congressional redistricting rules. But the legal battles are far from over.

Lawyers for several detainees accused U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of overcrowding temporary holding rooms in Baltimore and denying access to medical care, in violation of a federal court order from March 6.

The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon earlier this year have received the nation's highest space honor. President Donald Trump awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the three Americans and one Canadian on Friday.

Hyattsville has a thinner financial cushion than previously thought, including a general fund balance that dropped 71% from fiscal year 2023 to 2024, according to a recent audit.

A lawsuit announced Thursday by the state seeks about $380 million in damages.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is escalating his dispute with Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming by asking a state appellate court to intervene and releasing documents that allege Cumming abusing her access to records.

Gregg Domroe, a retired FBI agent, said he resigned for personal reasons but will stay on in a temporary, part-time capacity and assist in the search for his successor.

Construction is underway once again at the proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Elkridge after a federal judge reinstated the project’s construction permits this month.

The first six of 78 new railcars began ferrying passengers on Baltimore’s lone subway line at the beginning of the year. Seven months in, riders are dealing with new, frustrating delays amid a long transition away from the old fleet.

The candidates will face off on Maryland Public Television on Oct. 6.

A recent surge in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests across the region has left Maryland officials and local community members scrambling for answers.

COLUMN | The Oversight Project brings its “maximum warfare” on election laws to Annapolis, where attorney Samuel Dewey’s team will fight to block a Maryland redistricting referendum.

Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over teen social media addiction and settled claims filed by nearly every state.

Judge Robert Thompson ruled that lawmakers violated their own deadlines for ballot measures.

Crews have largely completed the installation of trestles — overwater wooden platforms that jut over the Patapsco River — to use during the construction of the bridge.

Jones, a Woodstock council member seeking to become the county’s first Black male executive, reported $83,842 in the bank.

Baltimore ethics director J. Christoph Amberger’s past at Agora Companies resurfaces as the city pursues a consumer protection lawsuit against the Baltimore-based publishing company.

Green Party candidate Nater Kane is taking on Democrat Vanessa Atterbeary for Howard County executive in November 2026.