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Maryland lawmakers will lay groundwork for redistricting in August special session
Maryland’s lawmakers will return to Annapolis in August to pave the way for future efforts to redraw the state’s congressional districts, Democratic leaders announced Tuesday.
Senate President Bill Ferguson talks with House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk before a We are CASA rally outside the Maryland Statehouse before the signing of Senate bill 245 and House bill 444, ending Maryland’s 287(g) program which deputized local law enforcement to act as federal immigration agents.
Sarah David wins primary, set to become Baltimore County state’s attorney
David received Gov. Wes Moore’s endorsement and held a massive fundraising edge over longtime incumbent Scott Shellenberger.
Sarah David, frontrunner for Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office, addresses the crowd at her watch party in Towson on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. David is a progressive challenger to 19-year incumbent Scott Shellenberger.
After ballot errors, Maryland’s election board wants answers from vendor
The Minnesota-based vendor sent some voters ballots for the wrong party and wasn’t able to determine which voters were affected.
Baltimore County elections workers count mail ballots in Owings Mills last month.
Nonprofit leader with ties to Prince George’s council member faces trial on second DUI charge
The leader of a nonprofit that mentors children, who has come under scrutiny for his ties to a County Council member and as the recipient of millions of dollars of county funds, was arrested earlier this year for driving under the influence and other related charges, court records show.
Romel Williams, founder and president of Joan’s House, a nonprofit that mentors children, and who has come under scrutiny for his connections to a County Council member, was arrested for an alleged DUI earlier this year.
Hutzell: While Maryland idles on Waymo, I went for a driverless ride in San Francisco
No matter how prepared you are for the experience, seeing the wheel of a Waymo turn this way and that without the touch of human hands is disquieting.
A trip to San Francisco in June was a chance to try out Waymo driverless cars as the company continues to work on bringing them to Baltimore.
BGE’s proposed $8-per-month rate hike won’t take effect until at least January, regulator says
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. announced last week that it wants to increase rates starting next month. The Maryland Public Service Commission said the company will have to wait.
The exterior of Baltimore Gas & Electric’s downtown headquarters in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
Baltimore County Council races are set after board certifies primary results
The Democratic and Republican nominees for nine seats on the expanded Baltimore County Council are now official.
The Democratic and Republican nominees for nine seats on the expanded council are now official.
How a Trump call and FIFA ruling sparked a World Cup controversy
With the integrity of FIFA and the World Cup under attack from European soccer leaders, FIFA President Gianni Infantino acknowledged taking a call from President Donald Trump before U.S. forward Folarin Balogun was cleared to play against Belgium later Monday.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino, right, awards President Donald Trump with the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Dec. 5, 2025.
Streeter: Cellphone bans at Maryland schools make sense — until they don’t
COLUMN | Starting in the 2027-28 school year, Maryland school districts must adopt a consistent policy restricting phone usage in class. As a parent, I’m concerned.
Principal Shawnette Williams collects a cellphone and headphones from a student arriving at Reginald Lewis High School on Monday, March 17, 2025. The phones are put in numbered pouches and locked up until the end of the school day.
Baltimore County’s first test of public financing in elections gets mixed reviews
The June 23 primary marked the first test of public financing in Baltimore County. Six Democratic candidates qualified.
Six candidates qualified to receive taxpayer funds in the first year of Baltimore County’s new public financing system, which requires forgoing donations from businesses, unions and political action committees.
Can $3,700 cash payments prevent homelessness among young adults in Baltimore?
Point Source Youth is bringing direct cash assistance to young people in Baltimore who are at risk of becoming unhoused.
Point Source Youth consultants give a presentation during a Targeted Housing Assistance Program certification training in December.
Gov. Wes Moore got ‘Surrounded’ on a famous YouTube show
Moore’s episode of “Surrounded” on the Jubilee YouTube channel gave the governor more than an hour of exposure before a broad audience.
Gov. Wes Moore took questions from 20 nonvoters on the popular YouTube debate show "Surrounded."
Evacuation ordered at National Mall as storms gather ahead of Trump’s America 250 speech
Signage and security fencing warns of explosives along the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ahead of July 4th events on the National Mall, Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
Moore seeks to upstage Trump, other Democrats with holiday patriotism speech
The Democratic governor will deliver the speech from the State House in Annapolis before a group of military veterans. The theme: How patriotism differs from nationalism, and why America is worth fighting for.
Gov. Wes Moore spoke at Pimlico before a ceremonial demolition at Pimlico Race Course, in Baltimore, Thursday, August 21, 2025.
Want a low-interest loan and $20K to buy a home in Baltimore? Here’s how.
Buyers who purchase a newly renovated vacant home can now apply for interest rate savings and down payment assistance as part of a push to get the homes occupied faster.
Rehabbed vacant homes on Mura Street in the Johnston Square neighborhood.
Hutzell: I was a Buycentennial kid. This semiquincentennial is so much worse.
COLUMN | The 200th celebration of Independence Day was so over-the-top with stunts, kitsch and merch that wags and academics dubbed it the Buycentennial. So I look at this year’s 250th semiquincentennial and can’t help but judge it, well, worse.
National Guard members look at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Washington.
Former Olympian from Bethesda indicted on felony charge over alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism
A former Olympian from Bethesda was indicted on a felony charge after prosecutors said he damaged the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall.
Oklahoma City Police Department officers, deputized to assist with local law enforcement for events around the 250th anniversary of the U.S., patrol near the area where sections of blue coating have peeled up in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Maryland AG investigating in-custody death along B-W Parkway involving U.S. Park Police
The Maryland attorney general’s office is investigating an in-custody death along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway involving the U.S. Park Police and the Greenbelt Police Department.
The Maryland attorney general's office is investigating the death of a man who became unresponsive while in police custody Wednesday night near the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Greenbelt.
ICE Elkridge hearing draws protestors and Trump’s Justice Department
Howard County residents and immigrant rights activists plan to rally Thursday morning outside the federal courthouse in downtown Baltimore ahead of a crucial hearing on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Elkridge.
July 2, 2026 - Upwards of 100 protestors gathered outside of the United States District Courthouse to protest an ICE detention center in Howard County. A federal judge is expected to rule in the lawsuit case concerning the Elkridge ICE facility.
Streeter: Why I broke up with ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’
COLUMN | “The Star-Spangled Banner” is a freedom song written by an enslaver. What are we to make of the national anthem in Baltimore, a city that’s so proud of it?
A flag with 15 stars and 15 stripes flies over Fort McHenry.
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