Federal changes to SNAP cost 36,000 Marylanders their food benefits
SNAP cuts under the Trump-supported federal law leave 36,000 Marylanders without food benefits, affecting families, seniors and vulnerable groups.
She survived the Ellicott City flood. A decade later, she remembers her lost loved one.
Thursday is the 10th anniversary of the flood in Ellicott City that took the lives of Joseph Blevins and Jessica Watsula.
How many library cards can a book lover like me collect?
If you’re itching for a certain e-book before your beach vacation, or your kid is behind on their summer reading list, you may want an extra card — or 10.
Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. scientist who helped lead the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic response, is set to face off — again — with a Republican senator probing the origins of the coronavirus.
Trump set to announce a $22B makeover of Dulles airport that will eliminate the ‘people movers’
President Trump is expected to announce a $22 billion renovation of Washington Dulles International Airport that will end the use of the widely disliked “people movers,” the mobile lounges that have been used for decades to shuttle travelers to and from the main terminal.
Ousted planning chair sues, claims Braveboy dangled jobs to force resignation
Ousted planning board chair Darryl Barnes sued the county, the executive and council chair, claiming he was forced to resign following unsubstantiated misconduct allegations.
Council member Wanika Fisher explains her data center amendment
Planning department staff said the amendment was a piecemeal attempt to address data centers that conflicts with the county’s moratorium on data center development.
Baltimore is fixing its tax sales. This city teacher might lose his house anyway.
Administrative errors in Baltimore’s tax sale process put a teacher’s rental property at risk. Now the city is moving to help reverse the foreclosure.
Baltimore to scrap controversial deal that let BGE profit from city utility system
Baltimore plans to end a controversial deal that let BGE profit from upgrades to the city-owned conduit system and resume collecting rental fees.
Senate confirms Jay Clayton as nation’s intelligence director
The Senate has confirmed Jay Clayton to become head of the nation’s intelligence agencies, putting a permanent director in place weeks after President Donald Trump sought to delay his nomination.
Montgomery County passes a longer — and likely stronger — data center moratorium
The unanimous vote for the 18-month moratorium follows County Executive Marc Elrich’s June executive order that placed a six-month moratorium on data centers.
Baltimore judge says she’s ‘obsessed’ with inspector general’s independence, but delays ruling
A judge overseeing an increasingly bitter legal dispute between Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming declined on Tuesday to reach an immediate decision.
Advocates for trans students urge Maryland to fight Trump administration threats
The testimony comes one day after the U.S. Education and Justice departments alleged that Anne Arundel County’s school system violated federal student privacy law by withholding a student’s gender identity from their parents.
Hutzell: This data could keep more Maryland teenagers from killing each other
COLUMN | Jen Pauliukonis is collecting data on gun violence in the state as no one has before.
Authorities investigating financial irregularities in Prince George’s County Municipal Association
The former mayor of Morningside, Bennard Cann, is under investigation after an audit found financial irregularities and unauthorized ATM transactions in the Prince George's County Municipal Association's bank account.
City overlord or faithful servant? Baltimore’s IG drama is back in court.
Mayor Brandon Scott and Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming are due in court Tuesday for a hearing to see if Cumming’s investigative powers will be restored.
Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow order targeting mail-in voting
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to clear the way for an executive order from President Trump that could dramatically change mail-in voting ahead of November’s midterm elections.
Measles outbreak climbs to highest US level since 1991, with 12 cases in Maryland
Measles have quadrupled in Maryland this year compared to last, with about 12 confirmed cases for 2026 so far, according to the Maryland Department of Health.
Hutzell: I went to the Smithsonian to catch up on woke history. Outrage was free.
COLUMN | The White House warned that I should be on the lookout for “anti-white,” “illegal alien” and “transgender” activism while walking through the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. I looked, but all I found was the real lesson of studying history.
Could voters cap county spending at the rate of inflation?
The initiative comes from Control MoCo Spending, a group founded by Reardon Sullivan, the Republican nominee for the council’s District 1 seat.
