Politics

A bill by Councilman Pat Young would impose a moratorium on data centers in Baltimore County until 2027.

Del. Caylin Young is not resigning from his elected post in the state legislature representing East and Northeast Baltimore.

Maryland Public Service Commission Chairman Frederick Hoover was appointed to his role in 2023 by Gov. Wes Moore. He will no longer serve as the PSC’s leader, but will continue to be a commissioner.

Baltimore City has achieved a stunning turnaround in violent crime despite a rift between State’s Attorney Ivan Bates and Mayor Brandon Scott.

The funding would come out of the county’s reserves for the fiscal year 2026 budget, which ends in July.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony this summer about the Fed’s building renovations.

Dozens of protesters headed to the Interstate 695 overpass on Frederick Road in Catonsville for an “ICE Out for Good” demonstration.

The Golden Globes bill themselves as Hollywood’s booziest bash. This year, is anyone ready to party?

Maryland’s new speaker of the House of Delegates faces a budget shortfall and thorny debates about immigration enforcement, affordability and redistricting. She says she’s ready for the challenge.

Lawmakers are pushing for a full investigation, policy changes, cuts to ICE funding and even impeachment of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem after the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good.

The Washington National Opera announced Friday that it will move performances away from the Kennedy Center.

Little more than a week into 2026, the deaths of Nikitha Godishala, Venkata Asha Appana and Krishna Kishore Kotikalapudi have stunned Howard County’s growing Indian community.

As anger spilled out onto streets over the fatal shooting in Minneapolis of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded.

Texas-based Avelo Airlines has faced sustained backlash — including in Maryland — since it began operating domestic transfer and international removal flights on behalf of ICE earlier this year.

As the U.S. turns 250 years old, the Department of Natural Resources is challenging Marylanders to hike 250 miles of state park trails by the end of 2026.

In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation 230-196, that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

Baltimore protests join a chorus of rallies across the country following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents in Minnesota.

Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales, 22, whose family she says was born in Laurel and is a U.S. citizen, was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody Wednesday after 25 days in detention, according to attorneys representing her family.

Gabriel Moreno is an immigration attorney and CEO of Luminus, a Columbia-based nonprofit that supports immigrants.

An emotional Hoyer took the podium on the floor of the U.S. House to make his announcement, saying his long career has had more good times than bad.