Politics

The federal government picked Greenbelt in Prince George’s County to be the home of a new FBI headquarters, but opponents from Virginia are trying to overturn or stall the decision. Here’s what’s going on.

What exactly the memo might reveal remains unclear, but it could prove consequential to an impending decision from the Maryland Public Service Commission on the utility’s plans to finance investments in the Baltimore conduit system.

Repping religious origins, eccentric architecture and the legacies of Vietnam War dissenters and Civil Rights pioneers, these spires serve as soaring landmarks in both the geography and history of Baltimore.

Schools in Howard and Montgomery counties are not doing enough to ensure that Palestinian and Muslim students are not intimidated or silenced as tensions heighten during the Middle East crisis, parents of those students say.

Shannon Sneed gave us an early peek into 2024 campaign finances this month, when the Democrat filed new records of donations in order to qualify for public financing.

Maybe your family has this tale, too. Somewhere along the way, one of my ancestors whose family came from Europe married a Cherokee woman. Sometimes it’s a princess in the telling, sometimes it’s not. Whatever the details or how it was told, it was just not true.

Volunteer lawyers provide legal protection and justice for many Marylanders, which improves their lives and strengthens their communities, the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service says.

The Baltimore City District Court’s Re-Entry Project gives ex-offenders the opportunity to turn their lives around, Judge Nicole Pastore, the project’s founder, says.

Mr. Sid, as he’s affectionately known throughout the building, has greeted six mayors, more than 35 City Council members, and a steady parade of countless other Baltimoreans in nearly two decades of public service.

The Anne Arundel County Library’s board recently rejected a request by employees to form a union, maintaining that it didn’t have authority to accept such a petition until enabling legislation is passed at the state level. AFSCME disagrees.

Rosalynn Carter devoted her time as first lady to working on behalf of people with mental illness and carried on that work tirelessly in the years after leaving the White House, Dr. Steven S. Sharfstein says.

Attorney General Anthony Brown has suspended a member of the Maryland Commission on Hate Crimes Response and Prevention, citing personal social media posts that he said “risk disrupting the work and mission of the Commission.”

“We’d just talked about guns proliferating our neighborhoods and how the patrons knew young children, minors, that needed families or mentors to step in and guide them,” Dixon said.

The bills granting new powers were drafted in consultation with county Inspector General Kelly Madigan, lifted directly from the report put forward in February 2023 by the Blue Ribbon Commission on Ethics and Accountability.

Women’s sports continue to draw bigger audiences and deserve a larger presence in network TV coverage, says Skye Merida, the social media manager for the upcoming women’s basketball docuseries, “Can’t Retire From This.”

The city’s inclusionary housing bill package advanced to third reader Monday, setting it up for a final vote as early as next month.

Former Howard County Executive Ken Ulman hopes to lead Democrats to victories in all 24 jurisdictions next year, including holding on to seats in Congress and enshrining reproductive rights in the state constitution.

Though the city’s legislative package differs slightly from the county’s proposal, they share a similar goal: that housing developments exceeding a certain size or value, or already receiving large public subsidies, should allocate at least a portion of the units for people at income levels below the Baltimore-area median.

Recent congressional shenanigans from the likes of people such as Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin make me wonder if elected officials are worthy of being role models.

The Carter Center said she died Sunday after living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health.