Politics

A new ad from Mayor Brandon Scott criticizes former Mayor Sheila Dixon’s record, but those assertions need more context.

The influential public employee union has named Mark Parker as its choice in the competitive primary race to represent Southeast Baltimore on the City Council.

The debate, hosted by WBAL-TV on a tape-delay at Morgan State University, comes as the Democratic race for City Council president has entered its most competitive stretch.

The candidates generally stuck to the same pitches their campaigns have already been selling voters, who tuned in less than a month from the May 14 primary.

The recommendations include deploying more state troopers, increasing speeding fines and lowering the temporary work zone speed limits.

A lifelong Baltimore resident says five days of jury duty changed him and gave him a new understanding of how criminal justice is administered in the city.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball unveiled $2.4 billion operating budget request, including $1.14 billion for the Howard County Public School System.

The $50,000 check is a big donation for the national union, which has historically contributed much less to state and local races.

For the last decade, children have been traveling to the U.S. southwest border in record numbers, with more than 33,000 unaccompanied children arriving in Maryland since October 2014.

The district includes all of Howard County, the central and northern parts of Anne Arundel County and a small portion of Carroll County.

Democrat David Trone shells out $40 million of his own money, while a Republican megadonor launches a super PAC for former Gov. Larry Hogan.

Learn about Nick Mosby, the Democrat who is running for re-election in the Baltimore City Council President's race.

Having unionized workers rebuild the Key Bridge would ensure that workplace standards are upheld, livable wages are paid, and the workforce reflects the makeup of the Baltimore region, William R. Davis, a council representative for the Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters, says.

St. John’s College in Annapolis will look at its most complicated graduate as part of a wider reckoning with its history of racism.

The two have only appeared together publicly once this calendar year with the election bearing down.

The city’s announcement came the same morning that federal authorities raided the Dali, launching a federal criminal investigation into the Key Bridge collapse.

After an unusually rancorous appointment process, the County Council on Monday night approved D’Andrea L. Walker's appointment as county administrative officer, the second-highest position.

The Baltimore County Council chairman says he’s unhappy with the proposed budget from County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.

An idea floated by Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates to bring criminal charges against parents whose children have been arrested is cruel and misguided, say the faculty director and the executive director of the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts at the University of Baltimore School of Law.

While Gov. Wes Moore was quick to declare victory as the General Assembly adjourned its legislative session, advocates and environmentalists said they viewed the session as mediocre at best in helping to achieve the state’s lofty climate aspirations.