Politics

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.

After a great college experience at Morgan State, I think about the students we lost to senseless violence.

Mayor Brandon Scott kicked off his campaign, surrounded by about 100 supporters at the Cahill Recreation Center.

The revitalization of rec centers and public spaces for city youth are a favorite issue of Scott’s and he's chosen to launch his reelection campaign at Leakin Park's Cahill Recreation Center.

The tech giant’s challenge to Maryland’s tax on digital advertising will move forward, after a judge denied the state’s motion to dismiss the case on Friday.

People characterized as anti-vaxxers should know others feel as they do, Josh Mazur, an Annapolis supporter of Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, says.

City Councilman Robert Stokes owns 49% of a development company with ties to Ernst Valery, a prominent local developer.

Here’s what The Banner found when we dug through the most recent income disclosure reports.

Created in the 1930s as part of a New Deal work and housing program, Greenbelt has a historic old town surrounded by more modern homes. The federal government has chosen it for the new FBI headquarters.

In the final minutes of the Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force’s penultimate meeting Thursday night — expected to end with a vote on its recommended reforms to Baltimore’s water and sewer system — task force members decided too many equity questions remain unanswered.

Their alliance was not exactly a secret. Dixon had appeared at a major Costello fundraiser over the summer, while the councilman appeared at a public safety town hall in Little Italy, outside of his district, that Dixon held this month.

“I’m always concerned when we have budget deficits like that,” said Mayor Brandon Scott. “But I’ve been around for ones a lot larger than one hundred million. So I know what we can do.”

The legislative package would increase penalties for gun theft and violent firearms offenses, authorize law enforcement to search vehicles based on the smell of cannabis alone and limit eligibility for bail or reduced sentences for those charged with or convicted of violent crimes.

Apple was the first to file an appeal to the Maryland Tax Court. But several other companies have followed with their own appeals in recent days, including Google, Yahoo, Amazon and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram.

With gun violence abating this year but car theft skyrocketing, most Baltimore residents say they don’t feel any safer. That could prove consequential in the contest between Mayor Brandon Scott and former Mayor Sheila Dixon.

Both bills advanced to second reader, though City Council members said they remained largely unfinished and would need to be refined ahead of another vote.