Politics

A new study by Lendio shows Maryland is the second-best state in the country for minority entrepreneurs to succeed. (Hawaii was first and Montana was last.)

The Mayor’s Office of Aging would focus on topics such as income maintenance, housing and personal care services.

The June 28, 2018 mass shooting at The Capital and the staff’s dedication to publishing an edition the next day became a symbol of enduring press freedom.

Maryland Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury is the right choice to continue leading the state's public education system and criticism of his tenure often has been unfounded, says Owen Silverman Andrews, a teacher, community organizer and education policy advocate.

Marylanders were among those who traveled to Washington, D.C., on Saturday for rallies on the first anniversary of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe. v. Wade, which had protected a woman's right to an abortion for a half-century.

“I think I’ll keep on keepin’ on for some time, folks, I want you to know that,” U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer told a crowd of Maryland Democrats. “So don’t write any obituaries.”

She was arrested in Federal Hill earlier that day while protesting a move by BGE to shut off gas service at several homes that refused to let contractors install external gas regulators.

No other major candidates have officially declared a run against Mayor Brandon Scott in the Democratic primary, but Sheila Dixon is getting close.

“The forces that are actively working to roll back rights, they are busy now. … The thing we are really standing in unison and saying is: Not in Maryland,” the Democratic governor said after touring a Planned Parenthood clinic in Annapolis.

Already officials are eyeing a massive, multimillion-dollar redevelopment project at Security Square Mall as an opportunity to start flexing broader land acquisition powers granted by the General Assembly in 2022 through a quasi-public West Baltimore County Redevelopment Authority.

The Maryland State Department of Education is launching a Maryland Tutoring Corps program to address low math test scores.

Baltimore fire officials this week released the results of their investigation into an explosion at a contractor facility at the plant, stating a spark in the dryer ignited dust and caused an explosion that then ignited thermal oil.

In an interview with CBS this week, the Republican hinted that a third-party bid for the presidency might still be on the table.

The season has always brought a sense of nervousness for city leaders, and this year Baltimore is grappling with an alarming surge in teen gun violence — the most dangerous year for teenagers since at least 2015.

West Baltimore's ill-fated stretch of roadway that has come to be known as the Highway to Nowhere was the product of bad decision making and disregard for the mostly Black neighborhoods it harmed, says E. Evans Paull, a retired city planner and the author of a book about the project's history and impact.

After paying $44,100 in restitution, performing 100 hours of community service and pleading guilty to a gun charge, the Republican politician’s case was converted to probation before judgement.

William P. Doyle has been named CEO and executive director of the Dredging Contractors of America, effective immediately — the same job he had before his nearly three years leading the Maryland Port Administration.

Baltimore residents who lost their homes due to property tax sales are owed surplus funds from tax sale auctions, and the city government needs to pay those funds, Aja’ Mallory, a staff attorney at the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, says.

Promoters of public transit say it’s possible that the state transit service has burned a bridge with those who rely on frequent light rail service.

Part of Mayor Scott’s broader investment in alternative approaches to violent crime, the reentry program was originally billed to serve 3,000 people. The city now aims to enroll just over 1,000.