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Maryland House Republican leader charged with DUI
Buckel was charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol, driving while impaired by alcohol, driving on a suspended license, negligent driving and failure to display vehicle registration to a law enforcement officer.
House Minority Leader Del. Jason Buckel speaks during floor debate in the House Chamber in the Maryland State House on March 15, 2024.
Maryland has pardoned some cannabis convictions. Here’s how to clear your record.
Court officials are preparing for a possible increase in applications for expungements to follow the pardons.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signs paperwork pardoning more than 175,000 cannabis-related convictions during a ceremony at the State House in Annapolis on Monday, June 17, 2024.
Gov. Moore absolves 175,000+ cannabis convictions, largest pardon in U.S. history
Nearly one-quarter of the convictions are from Baltimore, making it the part of the state most affected by the action.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore holds up paperwork pardoning more than 175,000 cannabis-related convictions during a ceremony at the State House in Annapolis on Monday, June 17, 2024.. Alongside him is Secretary of State Susan Lee, and standing, from left, are: Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller; Attorney General Anthony Brown; Shiloh Jordan, who will have a charge pardoned; Jason Ortiz of the Last Prisoner Project; and Heather Warnken, executive director of the Center for Criminal Justice Reform at the University of Baltimore. (Brenda Wintrode / The Baltimore Banner)
Those thinking of not voting in November are putting the country at risk
Baltimore voters who might've passed up the opportunity to cast their ballots during the primaries must fully participate in November because of what's at stake nationally, journalist and professor E.R. Shipp says.
Former Governor Larry Hogan faces Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, who would be Maryland’s first Black U.S. senator.
Commentary: I needed to learn English, but my Spanish sustained me
Morelys Urbano, a Morgan State University student and fellow who advocates for language justice, relates how her native language sustained her as she navigated the necessity of learning English.
Morelys Urbano
Why Larry Hogan isn’t celebrating his lukewarm endorsement from Trump
Trump’s statement did not appear to be planned — or particularly enthusiastic.
Donald Trump, left (photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Larry Hogan, right (photo by Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Banner)
Vignarajah launches ballot measure campaign challenging Harborplace redevelopment
The proposed charter amendment would ban residential development, buildings taller than 100 feet and other “private use inconsistent with the parks’ public nature” in the Inner Harbor and 19 other city parks.
MCB Real Estate released renderings of a redeveloped Harborplace on Oct. 30, 2023 that show new buildings with residential units and new park spaces.
Anne Arundel County adopts budget, raises fees, increases police and schools funding
The Anne Arundel County Council has adopted a $2.31 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
The Anne Arundel County council voted Friday to adopt a budget for the fiscal year 2025.
This part of Annapolis stinks. These neighborhood activists used an app to prove it.
The stench can be overpowering. A rotten egg cloud so sour it causes headaches and watery eyes. Residents weep as they describe the feelings of nausea and helplessness, sick with the frustration of suffering this miasma.
Sharon Hockenberry starting working with neighbors to resolve smell complaints when she stumbled across the app, Smell My City.
Commentary: It’s not just opioids. New drugs make it harder to fight Baltimore’s overdose crisis.
Continued harm-reduction efforts and improved prevention strategies are needed to address Baltimore's drug overdose crisis, professors with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health say.
Candy Jovan demonstrates how an overdose prevention site would work at a mock setup at The Charles Theatre before the screening of a Canadian film about fentanyl on January 24, 2023.
A state-backed report found coal dust across Curtis Bay. CSX isn’t convinced.
CSX argues that many of the methods deployed by the community’s researchers, including low-cost air quality monitors, tape strips and statistical models, were flawed.
Views of CSX facilities scene from the Curtis Bay neighborhood in Baltimore on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.
Trump backs Republican nominee Larry Hogan in Maryland’s US Senate race
“I’m about the party and I’m about the country. And I would like to see him win,” Trump told a Fox News reporter.
According to reports, former President Donald Trump, right, is backing the U.S. Senate campaign of former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan.
Olszewski vetoes contentious Baltimore County school overcrowding bill
Baltimore County Executive says he stands ready to compromise on a better bill.
Johnny Olszewski, Baltimore County Executive, speaks at a press conference announcing a package of foundational legislative reforms to expand access to new housing opportunities as well as address community concerns in Baltimore County.
Sen. John Fetterman at fault in Maryland car crash, police say
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was at fault for a crash that sent he and two others to the hospital, police said.
Sen. John Fetterman and his wife Gisele were in a car crash on their 16th wedding anniversary, the couple said.
Strangers making small talk bonded over connection to overdose victim
One of the last people to see Devon Wellington alive, before he overdosed in 2021, has developed a relationship with the man’s mother. She taught him how to use Narcan, and they recently attended a street renaming event together.
Donna Bruce waves her praise flags through the newly renamed street, Devon Wellington’s Way after the ceremonial street signing, in Baltimore, June 5, 2024.
7 things to do: Juneteenth celebrates survival, not just emancipation
I’m recounting the almost forgotten, violent history of the days after enslaved Marylanders were freed not because I want to spoil the Juneteenth Parade and Festival on June 22. But appreciating the meaning of this holiday is more than just a party. It is about honoring survival.
A group of fugitives escapes slavery in Maryland, depicted in an engraving for the 1872 book, "The Underground Railroad" by William Still.
Minimum wage in Montgomery County will soon be among the highest in the country
The $17.15 minimum hourly wage will be among the highest in the country.
It’s local budget season in Maryland, where the government conversation over the next few weeks will be about money and two siblings: Taxes and Spending.
With port access restored, state, federal leaders say rebuilding bridge is next
With one phase of the job complete, Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday he will not be satisfied, “until I can look over on the Patapsco and see the Key Bridge standing tall again.”
From left, Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski, Gov. Wes Moore, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller smile for a group photo ahead of a press conference on the full reopening of the Fort McHenry federal channel and the restoration of full services to the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk on June 12, 2024.
Unions, elected officials launch campaign against property tax measure
Revenue from property taxes made up $1.14 billion of city’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Renew Baltimore calls for the city’s tax rate to be nearly halved over the next seven years.
Organizers outside the BCFD Engine 55, Truck 23, Medic 22 firehouse in Pigtown on June 11, 2024.
Commentary: How Gov. Moore’s plan transitioning away from gas, oil and propane appliances will reduce air pollution
Properly implementing Gov. Wes Moore's executive order to establish air standards for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and water heaters will mean healthier Maryland communities, the president of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative says.
Officials applaud Maryland Gov. Wes Moore after signing an executive order on climate change on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partnership School in East Baltimore. Seated next to the governor is Secretary of State Susan Lee. Top row, from left: Kim Coble of the Maryland League of Conservation Voters; Environment Secretary Serena McIlwain; Maryland Energy Administration Director Paul Pinsky; Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld; Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz; and Meghan Conklin, the state's chief sustainability officer.
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