Politics

A new Fells Point business is teaching people how to cultivate cannabis and selling plants. Is it legal? That answer isn’t so simple.

After years of the nonprofit that runs the state fair “living paycheck to paycheck,” Brewster said, he organized volunteers in fundraising campaigns and advocated in the State House to raise more than $10 million.

Surrounded by union workers in Baltimore on Saturday, the governor and mayor pledged to refill the ranks of government employees but offered little evidence of the progress they’re making.

A federal jury found this week that two Anne Arundel County politicians owe a former worker at a gym they co-own nearly $5,000 after she said she was improperly fired.

The Baltimore native’s announcement quells any talk of retirement for the long-serving leader, who, with the honorific title of speaker emeritus, remains an influential leader, pivotal party figure and strong fundraiser for Democrats.

As Sheila Dixon begins her third run for Baltimore City mayor since she resigned from office in 2010, the landscape looks markedly different than it did in the past two cycles.

Dixon enters the race well-known to many city voters as the first female mayor of Baltimore, who exited a productive term in office in disgrace following a conviction of embezzlement in 2009 after she took gift cards intended for the poor. She stepped down in 2010 after pleading guilty to perjury in a separate case.

Baltimore’s spending board considered more than $9 million worth of urgent requests or retroactive emergency items on Wednesday, an unusual pileup that comes as government operations remain frequently stymied by a dysfunctional purchasing system.

A key state board approved a revised contract for Maryland’s vehicle emissions stations on Wednesday, allowing the stations to implement a change in the program: New cars, trucks and SUVs will be exempt from testing for the first six years instead of the first three years.

As Democrats under Gov. Wes Moore have remained on track with an approach to governing that allowed them to reclaim single-party rule in Maryland, Republicans continue to grapple with all that went wrong, says Mileah Kromer, director of the Sarah T. Hughes Center for Politics and associate professor of political science at Goucher College.

Facing a veto threat, Baltimore County Councilman Patrick “Pat” Young tabled plastic bag ban amendments Tuesday evening, saying he wanted a chance to weigh in on amending the law.

The Department of Justice and Baltimore County reached an agreement over alleged sexual harassment in the county’s fire department.

Judge unseals federal search warrants, sheds light on the Roy McGrath books mystery.

When Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band play at Oriole Park on Saturday, the Orioles will be keeping the revenues after the Maryland Stadium Authority opted out of their contractual share. It could be a sign of how the Orioles and the stadium authority will operate when a new lease gets done.

The Public Service Commission decided that residents could choose whether the regulators, which maintain a set pressure in a gas system, can be located outside or inside their homes.

This fall, the Anne Arundel County Department of Health and the city of Annapolis will select one neighborhood and one nonprofit for its first Cure Violence program. The goal is to end the tragedy of deaths like Robert Clark's.

The implications for this breakdown are lasting: Housing and Urban Development, which funds millions of dollars worth of homelessness eradication projects in Baltimore every year, considers how well grant recipients comply with funding rules before awarding more in subsequent years.

Every citizen can help address the root causes that lead to violent crime in Baltimore, says Karl W. Bickel, who has worked in law enforcement at federal, county and local levels.

Currently, owners of brand-new vehicles don’t need to go through the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program for the first three years after purchase. That is likely to soon stretch to six years, as the state implements new rules that were adopted earlier this year.

A summer program that integrated artistic activities into learning enhanced student engagement and created a more positive mindset among those who participated, says Elaina Gomez-Alcala, a Baltimore City Public Schools teacher.