Politics

County Executive Johnny Olszewski announced Tuesday that he will appoint Walker, his former director of public works and transportation, to become the next Baltimore County administrative officer.

Identified only by their initials, 11 women, one man, and one person who identified as non-binary, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state of Maryland and three of its agencies, claiming they were sexually abused as children while residents at the Good Shepherd Services treatment center before the facility was closed in 2017.

Robert Hur, in his report, concluded that President Joe Biden should not face criminal charges over his mishandling of documents but also impugned the president’s age and competence.

NBC News Correspondent Antonia Hylton speaks with journalist and broadcaster Gwendolyn Glenn about Hylton’s book, "Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum," which explores the history of Maryland’s Crownsville Hospital.

Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman’s weekly newsletters have offered a glimpse into his mind, a few hundred words at a time. Somewhere along the way, the essays evolved from an official message to a letter from a friend.

It’s Sunshine Week, a time to emphasize the need for open records and government transparency, and we thought we’d highlight some local winners and losers.

Polling indicates that the 22-candidate Democratic primary is wide open, with no one emerging yet from the large field.

The question was added to the job interview for state elections candidates after a Salisbury man resigned his state election board post last year after being charged with participating in the Capitol riot.

Unions representing Baltimore City firefighters tapped Mayor Brandon Scott as their pick for City Hall’s top office.

A Democratic proposal would reduce the state sales tax to 5% from 6%, but also expand it to an array of services. It’s an unpopular idea, but supporters say it’s worth considering.

Few have heard about Gov. Moore’s housing agenda, but many support its tenets.

Maryland must make free meals available to all its public school students to promote good health, academic achievement and educational equity, two faculty members at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health say.

HB 1268, would explicitly authorize students across the state to possess and administer naloxone – also known by its brand name, Narcan – as adolescent opioid deaths surge and teens lobby for urgent solutions.

Maryland should address higher vehicle emissions stemming from highway expansion by turning to investment in public transit and other transportation alternatives, Will Baker, director of the Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, says.

Maryland is proposing to spend nearly $125 million to continue having YesCare provide medical care to the 20,000 people in state-run jails and prisons through the end of the year.

About 6.1% of state residents are uninsured, and officials estimate that about 30% of them — 112,000 — are immigrants who lack legal documentation.

The NBA’s Wizards and the NHL’s Capitals, which called Maryland home for decades before moving to the District of Columbia in 1997, seemed headed for northern Virginia until a deal to build a new arena in Alexandria ran into opposition in the Virginia General Assembly.

If legislation working through the General Assembly wins approval, the approach to cleaning up Baltimore’s Middle Branch would be repeated statewide.

The recent spending funds an attack ad targeted at incumbent Mayor Brandon Scott, Dixon’s chief opponent in the Democratic primary. It echoes Dixon’s campaign rhetoric.

Leaders of the House of Delegates and state Senate differ in their willingness to consider tax increases to resolve short- and long-term budget shortfalls.