Politics

The policy aims to give Maryland tenants more power to fight bad housing conditions in court.

Mayor Brandon Scott and Zeke Cohen were endorsed by AFSCME Maryland Council 3, the state’s second-largest union.

The killing of a Maryland judge and a rise in threats against the state’s judges necessitated the passage of legislation to better protect them, the president and president-elect of the Maryland State Bar Association say.

Proposed changes to the state's distribution of highway user revenue would have an outsized impact on Baltimore City.

The Baltimore County Council is considering expanding from seven to nine members to be more representative of its increasingly diverse population. A work group will offer its recommendations by March 31.

While Hopkins officials committed to taking immediate steps to phase out their reliance on the incinerator, an environmental representative from the largest hospital systems in Maryland, MedStar Health, told the council that they believe operators of the incinerator have responded appropriately to recent violations.

Eighth grader Ada Marciniak said watching the bill move through the General Assembly has been “a pretty amazing learning experience.”

A Maryland labor attorney is set to become the first openly gay judge on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after winning final confirmation by the U.S. Senate.

Legislation would put renters at risk by removing safeguards that protect non-owner-occupied properties from city tax sale foreclosures for unpaid water debt, an economic justice advocate and a public water advocate say.

The Wizards and Capitals owner's bold plan for a $2 billion project in Virginia is on hold. He needs to come up with a backup plan (or two).

If the deal is approved, the nonprofit that will operate racing will adopt the name of the Maryland Jockey Club, the organization that’s been associated with thoroughbred racing in the state since the 1700s.

A Republican county councilman wanted to add an amendment defining climate change to routine flood ordinance legislation, but a Democratic colleague voted no, citing a lack of advance notice. The measure passed nonetheless.

The fixed-price proposal, which is expected to get a vote before Baltimore’s mayor-controlled spending board on Wednesday, would lock in low prices for a subset of city-owned vacant properties — some at just $1.

Maryland officials and The Stronach Group have agreed to a plan that would transfer Pimlico Race Course to the state, which would build a new racetrack at the historic Northwest Baltimore site and create a nonprofit to run day-to-day horse racing operations.

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Fletcher-Hill ruled that the Baltimore City Board of Ethics was correct in denying the public an unredacted version of a list of donors.

The equinox is here. But the real sign of spring in Annapolis is a sudden urge to find a table outside, sip a lovely beverage and watch winter lose its grip. It’s a poetic moment, and because this is America, that’s good for business. If only the city could figure out how to make them permanent.

If a bill hasn’t been shuttled across the State House’s marble hallway by the last session of Monday’s “crossover day,” it’s less likely to make it through the legislative process.

Although the Whitehall Plantation offers precious waterfront access, it will cost taxpayers millions to preserve even though it is already protected, and the money won’t benefit the descendants of those once enslaved there.

Most of the proposals on the long wish list Gov. Wes Moore sent to lawmakers are moving forward ahead of a key deadline Monday.

Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin were among those who spoke out — albeit with different takes — about the conflict.