In US Senate race, Trone turns negative on Alsobrooks in new ad
As in-person voting approaches, the top Democratic candidates for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate seat are getting chippy over a new ad from David Trone that criticizes Angela Alsobrooks.
The leading Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate for Maryland in 2024 are U.S. Rep. David Trone and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks.
Candidates in West Baltimore City Council race promise to deliver more resources
Paris Gray, a mentee of outgoing Councilman Kristerfer Burnett, and former state Del. Bilal Ali, lead in fundraising.
A photo compilation of Bilal Ali, Paris Gray and Joyous D. Jones.
Political notes: AFRO goes for Alsobrooks, Scott; Elections board member dies; Moore pops up in Senate race
Baltimore’s historic Black newspaper endorses Scott, Alsobrooks and others
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Letters: Hogan candidacy facilitates threat to democracy
A former Republican and Larry Hogan voter says he now sees Hogan’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate as representing a threat to democracy.
Larry Hogan’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate facilitates the threat to democracy the national Republican party now represents, a former Republican and former Hogan voter says.
Errors in Nick Mosby’s latest fundraising report raise even more questions
Among the biggest discrepancies in an amended campaign finance report is a more than $9,000 donation from BGE's PAC that the Mosby campaign now says was only $450.
The campaign manager for City Council President Nick Mosby (right, during a televised debate this month) did not respond Thursday to questions about inconsistencies in the amended campaign finance report.
After 20 years of fighting City Hall, Poppleton’s Eaddy looks to join it
City Councilman John Bullock faces a challenge in West Baltimore’s 9th District.
Sonia Eaddy, John T. Bullock and Venroy July are running for Baltimore City Council in District 9.
Gov. Moore confident in Maryland’s play to keep Commanders
Amid a jurisdictional tug of war over the future home of the Washington Commanders, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Wednesday struck an assured posture on his state’s ability to keep the team in Prince George’s County.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said he believes the state can put together an "attractive offer" to help keep the Commanders in Prince George's County.
Baltimore County just got its largest solar panel project
The project is expected to generate around 800,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity each year, substantially lowering the cost of electricity at the community center.
Solar panels on the roof of the Randallstown Community Center, the largest solar project in Baltimore County.
Scott gets endorsement boost from Middleton, a key moderate voice on council
The seven endorsements represent much of the council’s progressive wing and previous Scott allies — but not all of them — as well as support from officials who aren’t always in step with the incumbent.
A man wearing a suit speaks into a microphone sitting in front of a white background.
Dixon secures first labor endorsement with nod from longshoremen’s union
A local union representing 2,500 stevedores and Port of Baltimore workers has endorsed former Mayor Sheila Dixon in her race to reclaim office.
Employees of Rukart Terminals wait in line to receive food from Jimmy's Seafood on April 17, 2024. The International Longshoremen’s Association Local 333 announced their support of former Mayor Sheila Dixon on Wednesday, representing the Democrat’s first labor endorsement during a turbulent time for port workers following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
Health care for Marylanders with HIV is facing huge cuts this summer
Advocates are sounding alarms and asking state health officials to find funding to offset big looming cuts to services that have made living with HIV infections possible.
Care for Marylanders with HIV, including outreach and testing, is slated for deep budget cuts.
Maryland to set vote on $2.98 million in compensation for man who spent decades in prison
Gary Washington, now 63, of Baltimore, served more than 31 years on charges of first-degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence in the deadly shooting of Faheem “Bobo” Ali, which happened in Baltimore on Dec. 27, 1986. Washington has always maintained his innocence.
A Baltimore Police vehicle is seen in Fells Point on April 14, 2024.
Labor unions send $135,000 to pro-Scott super PAC
Unions representing firefighters, city operations staff, and service workers have donated $135,000 to a super PAC supporting Mayor Brandon Scott’s reelection, according to new state records.
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, AFSCME, announced their picks for Mayor Brandon Scott, Councilman Zeke Cohen and Comptroller Bill Henry at the campaign season's largest union endorsement on March 21, 2024.
How publicly financed campaigns are working in Baltimore
In the first cycle using Baltimore’s new Fair Election Fund, the handful of candidates who have opted to publicly finance their campaigns are finding that the approach can pay dividends.
Thiru jumped into the harbor on March 15, 2024 after announcing his environmental policy platform. If he gets elected and doesn’t fulfill the platform in 60 days, he’ll jump in again.
Bus driver accused of sex abuse asked student to be last off the bus, court records say
Robert Lookingbill, 71, faces two felony sex abuse charges and two misdemeanor charges related to a March 1 incident in which he allegedly inappropriately touched a middle school student on the school bus he was driving.
Bob Lookingbill, a commissioner for the Town of Thurmont, began bus driving as a "retirement job" in 2015. He faces two felony sex abuse charges and two misdemeanor charges.
Study finds Maryland journalism is struggling. Not news, but maybe progress.
I listened with interest last week to a panel discussion of the University of Maryland’s groundbreaking study on the state of journalism in Maryland. No surprise, what it found ain’t great. But there is reason to hope.
Duc Luu, center, director of journalism sustainability initiatives at the Knight Foundation, discusses the local news crisis in Maryland with (from left) Dale R. Anglin, director of Press Forward; Rafael Lorente, dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, Kimi Yoshino, editor in chief of The Baltimore Banner; and Steve Waldman, founder of Rebuild Local News.
Commentary: Marylanders facing foreclosure have options for saving their homes
Maryland homeowners at risk of foreclosure can take steps to save their homes andget assistance from housing counseling agencies, a Baltimore real estate broker and credit repair specialist says.
Photograph of Baltimore row houses.
Baltimore expands anti-gun-violence strategy into Eastern District
The long-awaited move comes as violent crime has continued to recede in Baltimore following last year’s record drop in homicides — a trend Scott has credited in part to the success of his group violence reduction strategy.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott listens as a team of crime analysts from the University of Pennsylvania presents findings from a new anti-violence report at a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. The report showed the impact of the city’s group violence reduction strategy throughout a 2022 pilot program run in Baltimore’s Western District.
Letters: Maryland agriculture must be part of Key Bridge recovery plans
Economic response and recovery plans following the Key Bridge collapse must take into account the impact on Maryland agriculture, the state’s largest industry, says Belinda Burrier, a member of the Maryland Farm Bureau Board of Directors and co-owner of Burrier’s Linganore Farm.
Shown are Belinda Burrier and her husband David at Burrier’s Linganore Farm.
Political notes: 1st District City Council candidates face off at forum; Moore gets pressure to veto
Baltimore voters in the city’s 1st District got a taste of the three council candidates running to represent them Thursday night when the contenders met for a debate ahead of what may be Baltimore’s most competitive City Council election.
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