Politics

Maryland’s Attorney General has signed on to a push for a federal civil rights investigation into a Texas police officer pardoned by that state’s governor after being convicted of killing a social justice protester.

Horseshoe crab blood is a vital part of the pharmaceutical industry — but this nonprofit group says Maryland obfuscates how it regulates their harvest.

The city’s fund, one of several collecting donations for the survivors and victims of the Key Bridge disaster, was originally slated to close on Friday, but the mayor’s office said it planned to keep it open because of continued support.

The “tough-on-crime” approaches to juvenile justice signed into law by Gov. Wes Moore have proved ineffective in the past because they fail to adequately consider the root causes of youth crime, the CEO of the Juvenile Law Center says.

John Sarbanes is exactly the right person to ask about fixing Congress. It’s his cause. His answer is long and flows from The Federalist Papers to the fall elections. It isn’t Congress that’s broken, he says, it’s us.

Jurors deliberated for 9 1/2 hours over two days before convicting Trump of all 34 counts he faced. Trump sat stone-faced as the verdict was being read.

The Department of Defense awarded a $500 million contract with the University of Maryland’s national security research facility, the largest research deal the university has received.

Beginning June 1, the fine for speed camera violations will increase to $80, the Maryland Department of Transportation reminded motorists.

Black residents and women are underrepresented on the Baltimore County Council, and a petition to put council expansion on the November ballot aims to address that, the deputy executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland says.

Is a progressive bloc about to take hold of City Hall? The four newcomers don’t uniformly embrace the label.

The complaint, submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, argues that the city's department of public works has failed to adequately chart a course that would end Baltimore's reliance on incineration for its trash.

The island community will be able to use the money to shore up its petroleum storage and make other necessary improvements to protect from flooding.

An attorney for the Sinclair chairman and Baltimore Sun owner objected to 64 questions in a recent deposition as part of a lawsuit Smith is funding against city schools.

The pilot, which is just under 2 years old, includes 1,164 households participating in the free compost collection program through Key City Compost. The total amount of diverted waste is 574,670 pounds as of the end of April.

The goal, developers say, is to turn affordable housing on its head — making seamless with surrounding communities and attractive to residents of various income brackets.

Some vehicle registration fees are going to increase by more than 60%.

Many residents are concerned that a recent comprehensive rezoning may have cleared the way for a development anchored by a hotel at the site of the Liberty Marina in Anne Arundel County.

Meeting the the needs of migrant children in Maryland and their families will make our communities stronger, a Pikesville physician says.

Delays with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid means students can’t make decisions about which college they will attend.

A longtime union leader, Jones ran a progressive campaign to unseat a two-term East Baltimore stalwart. He joins a wave of young, progressive-leaning candidates set to join the council.