Politics

Despite mischaracterizations about the encampment at Johns Hopkins University protesting the war in Gaza, what actually took place was peaceful and constructive, Hopkins Professor Lester Spence says.

Councilman Mark Conway plans to introduce legislation on Monday to convene a hearing in late June.

A hamlet in Baltimore County is so quiet it is actually called Boring. And neighbors are campaigning to keep it that way, fighting a zoning change that would turn their firehouse and bingo hall into a manufacturing facility.

The Democrat introduced a charter amendment to remove two mayoral appointees to the Board of Estimates, which would give the mayor, City Council president and comptroller — three citywide elected positions — equal control.

The Democratic candidates will mark National Gun Violence Awareness Day during an event in Prince George’s County.

West Baltimore residents talk about what they’d like to see in Poppleton, now that the city is terminating its agreement with a New York developer that has struggled to build there.

The push by members of former President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign that his felon status makes him more relatable to Black people is beyond ignorant.

Greenhouse gas emissions are coming down in Maryland. But record levels of coal leaving Baltimore are driving emissions overseas.

Members of the state’s Board of Public Works signed off on spending the money at a Wednesday meeting with no discussion of the details.

Centurion of Maryland will take over providing medical and mental health care to an estimated 20,000 people who are incarcerated in state-run prisons and jails. The officials who signed off on the deal expressed frustration with the process.

Who will best represent the viewpoints of loyal Sheila Dixon supporters?

Carlton R. Smith, a fixture in the city who advocated for Black and brown members of the LGBTQ community and was currently fighting to decriminalize HIV in the state, died in his sleep May 29 in his Mount Vernon condominium. He was 61.

An executive order from the governor requires new standards for using low-emission electric options for new and replacement heating equipment in homes, such as furnaces and water heaters.

The $8.45 million commitment will support commercial corridors, small businesses and rehabilitating vacant homes.

“The election is going to be decided here in Maryland. It’s not going to be decided in Milwaukee,” a Hogan adviser said.

The worker-owned business employs a diverse workforce, which has first dibs on every home it rehabs.

The Baltimore County Council on Monday passed a contentious measure designed to reduce overcrowding in schools by adding an approval process for developers who want to build new housing.

Larry Hogan urged respect for the legal system and the verdict in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Trump’s daughter-in-law, a high-ranking Republican Party official, responded that Hogan doesn't deserve respect himself.

A parade with dozens of groups — including a boisterous drumline, dancers, politicians searching for votes and many, many people waving rainbow flags — crawled up Main Street and West Street.

“Very close races can be won or lost based on LGBTQ voters,” says one expert.