Will Jawando drops out of U.S. Senate race
His decision sets up a likely Democratic showdown between Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Rep. David Trone.
Montgomery County Councilman Will Jawando, a Democrat, is running for the U.S. Senate for Maryland in 2024.
Wes Moore wants to clean up Chesapeake rivers and creeks. Here’s what it will take.
What Maryland will find as it shifts the focus of Chesapeake Bay cleanup to rivers and creeks are grassroots groups already doing the work of restoration. Sometimes they’ve had success and sometimes setbacks. But they understand what the state will face.
Maryland is shifting focus of its Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts to closer to shore. What that means remains to bee seen.
City Administrator Leach touts Baltimore’s squeegee collaborative to crowd of mayors
City Administrator Faith Leach touted Baltimore’s squeegee collaborative program at an international gathering of mayors, policymakers and consultants.
7/8/22—An unused squeegee and cleaning spray sit on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
Commentary: Bring affordable housing to Baltimore County by saying less, doing more
It’s time for Baltimore County to make good on its obligation to bring residents more affordable housing, says David Plymyer, an attorney who lives in the county.
Terry Hickey, director of the Baltimore County Department of Housing and Community Development, speaks at a news conference in January about expanding access to new housing opportunities.
City Council approves Baltimore redistricting map, countering mayor’s proposal
Council President Nick Mosby has moved rapidly this week to finalize and approve an alternative map. But Mayor Brandon Scott could ensure his own version goes into effect by waiting until the end of a statutory 60-day window to veto, or by taking no action at all.
Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby, center, conducts a budget hearing on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. The Baltimore City Council unanimously voted to shift about $12 million within Mayor Brandon Scott’s 2024 budget proposal on Wednesday, marking the first time in more than a century that council members used such financial authority.
Lidl is coming to East Baltimore. Inside the deal that almost didn’t happen.
Lidl officially signed a lease for a 36,000-square-foot space this past February in the Perkins-Somerset-Oldtown footprint, ending a long hunt for a grocer in the area.
Janet Abrahams, CEO of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City, Dana Henson, developer, and state Sen. Cory McCray stand at the corner of Orleans Street and North Central Avenue in September. The team has signed a deal with Lidl to anchor redevelopment of the Perkins-Somerset-Oldtown project.
Howard County housing plan would add affordable units, limit rent hikes
Howard County is the latest in a string of Baltimore area governments proposing solutions to mitigate cost burdens on renters and homebuyers.
House for sale in Baltimore.
In Dixon-Scott rematch for Baltimore mayor, Del. Rosenberg flips his endorsement
Del. Sandy Rosenberg of Northwest Baltimore has endorsed Sheila Dixon for mayor, marking the competitive race’s first endorsement from an elected official.
Del. Sandy Rosenberg endorses former mayor Sheila Dixon in the 2024 Democratic mayoral primary.
Baltimore board approves $48 million settlement for ‘Harlem Park Three’ wrongful conviction
Collectively, the Harlem Park Three served 108 years in prison for the crime — “the longest combined wrongful conviction term in American history,” according to their attorneys, who have argued that the Baltimore Police Department detectives who put their clients behind bars decades ago fabricated evidence in order to get a conviction.
Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart, and Ransom Watkins were freed after they were proven innocent.
Commentary: Condemnation of terrorist acts against Jews must be unequivocal
Any effort to use political arguments to rationalize the indiscriminate slaughter of Israelis must be rejected, says Rona Kobell, a Baltimore journalist and former reporter at The Jerusalem Post.
Rona Kobell (right), during her time as a student at Hebrew University, is shown with a co-counselor while leading a tour of American teenagers through Israel in 1992.
Watch the full video: Pete Buttigieg’s Baltimore talk disrupted by protesters
The video shows protesters shouting their objections to a Texas petrochemical project during an appearance by U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at iMPACT Maryland.
The group Climate Defiance disrupted a conversation with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg at the iMPACT Maryland conference hosted by The Baltimore Banner on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023.
South Baltimore’s medical waste incinerator pays $1.75M fine to settle AG investigation
State investigators found the Hawkins Point facility’s former operator routinely violated state environmental law by knowingly disposing of partially burned and “uncooked” biohazardous materials.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown addresses reporters at a press conference outside of Curtis Bay Energy on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. Brown is flanked by Elise Chawaga from the U.S. Department of Transportation and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott.
Commentary: Home heating, cooling systems contribute to poor air quality
Maryland needs air quality standards to curb harmful emissions from heating and air conditioning systems and water heaters, say Panagis Galiatsatos, an associate professor and a physician in pulmonary medicine at Johns Hopkins, and Ruth Ann Norton, president and CEO of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative.
Records show Baltimore nonprofit housing provider stopped paying tenants’ rents and hasn’t accounted for the money.
The path to a new Annapolis City Dock starts with these 5 questions
As the City of Annapolis begins deliberations of a massive, $88 million project to reinvent its waterfront center and save it from flooding, here are five questions likely to be a central part of the discussion.
The waterfront of downtown Annapolis would be changed by a proposed maritime welcome center, part of an $88 million plan to protect the historic heart of Maryland's state capital from sea level rise.
Baltimore County Council tweaks plastic bag ban; Olszewski vows veto
Just two weeks before a ban on plastic bags is due to go into effect in Baltimore County, County Council members voted Monday to scale back the measure — under a veto threat from the county executive.
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: People carry plastic bags during the lunch hour in Lower Manhattan, January 15, 2019 in New York City. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is planning to push for a statewide ban on single-use plastic shopping bags as part of his 2019 budget, which he is scheduled to introduce in Albany on Tuesday.
Mosby unveils redistricting alternative, but mayor objects to planned vote this week
Mosby aims to hold a public input session on his proposal Wednesday evening before moving rapidly to vote the map through committee Thursday afternoon and take a vote for final passage at a special meeting that night. The mayor’s office pushed back on that quick turnaround, which it called “troubling,” extending a dispute between the two sides over the timeline of this year’s redistricting process.
Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby, center, conducts a budget hearing on Wednesday, June 14, 2023.
Baltimore City courthouse locks down after letter found to contain white powder
The second floor of the Baltimore City Circuit Court building went into lockdown Monday afternoon after an employee received a letter containing white powder.
6/28/22—The exterior of the Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse., Courthouse East.
Olszewski proposes strengthening Baltimore County’s inspector general
The Democratic county executive is proposing to put the Office of the Inspector General into the county’s charter and add a requirement the office be funded. And Olszewski is proposing that the inspector general can immediately issue subpoenas to nongovernment employees when warranted.
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. holds a press conference on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, to announce proposals to strengthen the county inspector general's office. He also unveiled plaques that give additional information about former county executives Spiro Agnew and Dale Anderson, whose portraits hang in the Historic Courthouse in Towson. James Keffer, executive director of the Historical Society of Baltimore County, at left, researched the information for the plaques.
How a 73-year-old rec center became South Baltimore’s latest environmental battle line
The city is planning to replace Curtis Bay’s current recreational center with a new facility, raising concerns among some residents.
Photo collage showing two Curtis Bay residents with crossed arms speaking at community meeting, section of design for new recreation center, and coal silos towering above piles of coal.
Fighting for the rights of people with disabilities
Meghan Marsh has been the executive director since September at Disability Rights Maryland.
Meghan Marsh has been the executive director of Disability Rights Maryland since September.
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