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Treasurer Dereck Davis said that although he liked the loan program, he couldn’t vote yes because the labor department didn’t push the company to fulfill the state’s minority business participation requirement.

Actor Richard Roundtree, who died Tuesday at age 81, created the iconic film character John Shaft, who redefined Black male characterization in movies and across popular culture.

While court-ordered child support can address financial needs, it carries considerations that can complicate the lives of parents and children, writer and single parent Alanah Nichole Davis says.

Maryland law requires that lawsuits to collect a debt are filed within three years of when a debt was accrued, a provision the inspector general says finance officials cited to justify writing off those old debts, though they acknowledged the city could still pursue the money by billing the contractors.

A new nonpartisan audit also uncovered problems with a consulting contract for the coronavirus vaccine rollout that was expanded to other services and ballooned from $3.8 million to $83.3 million without sufficient justification.

Without reliable access to food, water and electricity, Palestinian civilians now are subjected to intensified Israeli bombing as the latest threat to their survival, journalist Eman Mohammed says.

The attacks on Israel have left many in Baltimore's Jewish community fearing for the safety of loved ones and friends living there, Marc Terrill, president of The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore, says.

It’s not clear how a gunman found Judge Andrew Wilkinson's Hagerstown home Friday night and shot him to death in his driveway. Maybe he followed him home, or maybe he stalked him on the Internet. But Maryland lawmakers knew this kind of violence was a threat.

For the Jewish community, the Hamas attack on Israel felt like the history of atrocities against Jewish people repeating itself, Rachel Garbow Monroe is president and CEO of The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.

With a historic investment, SB7 is tasked with something both novel and daunting: using money from developers to fill in the gaps left behind by generations of neglect.

The Baltimore region effort is now eligible for nearly $500 million in federal funds over five years that the Greater Baltimore Committee estimates will generate $3.2 billion in economic impact and 52,000 jobs by 2030.

Moore’s endorsement means most of Maryland’s political establishment is backing Alsobrooks' campaign for U.S. Senate.

A City Council vote on a bill to help expand affordable housing in Baltimore is long overdue, Kevin Slayton, a city resident and clergyman, says.

Until now, it’s been unclear whether the two cameras have influenced the number of serious or fatal crashes that occur on I-83.

Officials from the Baltimore Orioles and the state government unveiled the outlines of a future lease at Camden Yards with great fanfare this fall. There still are a lot of unanswered questions.

A GoFundMe campaign started in support of Lt. Dillon Rinaldo had raised $47,000 towards a $100,000 goal as of Sunday morning.

The Camden Yards lease agreement is misguided and disregards decades of good work by Maryland Stadium Authority employees, Thomas Kelso, chairman of the Stadium Authority from 2015 to 2023, says.

Political notes: Fundraising season; state Supreme Court to right a racist decision; and updates on Harborplace.

Here’s what we know now about Thursday’s deadly house fire on Linden Heights Avenue.

Shannon Sneed made it official Friday morning, after she announced outside Baltimore City Public Schools headquarters that she will run for City Council president using public financing.