Politics

I’ve watched the rancor flag unfurl over Annapolis since I wrote about plans by an environmental group based in Annapolis to build an office building. On Sunday night, the Chesapeake Conservancy capitulated.

Long COVID patients want treatment and good data about the mysterious condition that continues to cast a shadow over their recovery. But at the moment, they’re limited to what’s available: hardly anything.

The announcement came amid criticism of his leadership style and a looming board decision about whether to seek a new leader.

The Democratic president will tout federal funding to replace an aging rail tunnel that slows MARC and Amtrak trains.

The 988 phone hotline already routes Maryland residents to suicide and prevention experts on standby instead of the 911 police response during a mental health crisis.

Journalists shouldn’t allow Gov. Wes Moore’s personal appeal and popularity to get in the way of holding him accountable, Banner Public Editor DeWayne Wickham says.

Weekly political news and notes from around Baltimore and Maryland.

The Blue Ribbon Commission on Ethics and Accountability is required to hand over final recommendations to the Baltimore County Council by Feb. 16.

The budget plan does not include tax increases, and keeps $2.5 billion in the state’s Rainy Day Fund.

An open letter to Mayor Gavin Buckley on how to start resolving a troubled relationship between the city and its housing authority

A Banner analysis of a revived Group Violence Reduction Strategy in the Western District suggests remarkable impacts.

Carmen Roques is the next executive to lead the Maryland Department of Aging after the past 10 years as the CEO of Keswick Multi-Care, a large not-for-profit short-term rehabilitation facility and continuing care retirement community in Baltimore.

On his first full day in office, the governor held a private meeting with U.S. Attorney for Maryland Erek L. Barron and Attorney General Anthony Brown to discuss crime and violence.

The Maryland General Assembly authorized the funding last year, but former Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, used his legal power to ensure it wasn’t spent.

A team of former Navy SEALs designed a technology platform to stop mass shootings.

Gov. Wes Moore has the opportunity to provide balance on spending and taxation, a Towson University political science faculty member says; a visitor to the Baltimore Museum of Art on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday says she was disappointed to find the museum closed.

”Tonight, celebrate this great state,” Moore told the crowd. ”Celebrate your neighbors. We are Maryland because of each other not in spite of.”

Scenes from Wes Moore's Inaugural Ball, held at the Baltimore Convention Center, after he was sworn in as Maryland's 63rd Governor on Wednesday, January 18, 2023.