Politics

Those seeking zoning changes in Baltimore County through a quadrennial process learned the fate of their proposals on Tuesday night. The County Council wrapped up work its Comprehensive Zoning Map Process.

Will Tilburg has shaped the state’s medical and recreational cannabis rules, educated lawmakers on national best practices and established several first-in-the-nation cannabis policies and standards during his nearly seven-year tenure.

“This is the library they’re going to remember, but a thousand times better," Sonia Alcántara-Antoine, the CEO of the Baltimore County Public Library, said of the renovated Catonsville branch.

The professional investment staff that help guide the fund have defended their approach, saying that private equity in particular has been an effective way to increase returns — even as they shift away from other alternative investments and poorer-performing overseas stocks.

Before dropping out, Robert F. Kennedy’s supporters had amassed enough signatures on a petition to get him on Maryland’s ballot as a presidential candidate, state elections officials declared on Tuesday.

National elections prognosticators have rated Maryland’s Senate race as “leans” or “likely” Democratic, but the new poll shows that the race is closer than some analysts have predicted.

Voters rarely elect U.S. senators who are from the opposite party from the one that dominates their state. Hogan is trying to buck that trend in his race against Democratic nominee Angela Alsobrooks.

Measures to protect access have already qualified to go before voters this year in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and South Dakota. Meanwhile, competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights will be on the November ballot in Nebraska.

Warren M. Branch, a former city inspector who represented East Baltimore on City Council from 2007 to 2016, died last week at age 63.

Mayor Scott's plan to expand benefits for police and firefighters comes as a hole in the pension fund has widened, falling $1.2 billion short of what’s needed to meet the needs of its future retirees.

Housing advocates say the success of Baltimore’s rental license system has been limited by complaint-dependent enforcement, loopholes that enable negligence, and insufficient awareness by both tenants and landlords.

More than 100 members of the predominantly Black Push’N Pedals Cycling Club and other cyclists kicked off a Ride Against Hate Friday night in response to an ugly episode of racism in Annapolis earlier this summer.

White women are the nation’s largest voting demographic. Will they elect the first woman president in Kamala Harris? History says no, and that the majority of them will back the white Republican male nominee, Donald J Trump.

Rodney Little, Maryland State Historic Preservation Officer and Director of the Maryland Historical Trust, died in late June.

A federal appeals court ruled Friday in favor of Maryland’s tough requirements for obtaining a handgun license, a blow to gun rights supporters who have been fighting the law for years and a win for gun safety advocates.

“We want an America filled with hope and bound together by a shared vision of a brighter future, a future defined by individual freedom, economic promise and national pride,” read the statement, which his sister Kerry Kennedy posted on X. “We believe in Harris and Walz. Our brother Bobby’s decision to endorse Trump today is a betrayal of the values that our father and our family hold most dear.” Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Maryland’s lieutenant governor from 1995 through 2003, signed the statement. Kennedy Townsend ran for governor in 2002, losing to Republican Robert Ehrlich.

The Baltimore County Council on Tuesday will adopt a comprehensive zoning map, something it does every four years. But critics say the process is anything but democratic, with individual council members deferring to one another on decisions in their respective districts. Some say this has put too much power in the hands of each council member.

Elly Tierney’s hands won’t stay still. They fly across the small tabletop, mapping out unseen connections. Her immaculate white nails trace links between problems and the people who have frustrated solutions during her two terms on the Annapolis City Council. Time is short. The days are counting down until the Ward 1 alderwoman steps down. She and her husband will drive off to retirement after Labor Day. But before she goes, Tierney has a few parting words.

Kamala Harris’ address in Chicago caps a whirlwind eight weeks in American politics and manifests the stunning reversal of Democratic fortunes just 75 days until Election Day.

“Jamie’s Strong & Sweet Democracy Mustard” was set out on the welcome table for the state’s delegation breakfast Thursday morning and included in arrival swag bags for Maryland delegates.