After federal funding snag, Ocean City will get a bigger beach
For the first time in five years, federal engineers plan to restock Ocean City’s waterfront, a $27 million project that involves dredging hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of sand to line the tourist town’s eroding coastline.
Ocean City’s beach on a chilly weekday ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
Mail ballot mishap that irked Trump ‘fixed’ ahead of fall election, company says
Taylor Print & Visual Impressions, the company responsible for a Maryland mail ballot printing error that led to the reissue of about 447,000 ballots, assured state election officials that new safeguards and procedures have been implemented.
A board of elections worker prepares to feed mail-in ballots into a machine for counting during canvassing at the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections.
A Democrat and Republican are teaming up for a nonpartisan race
Democrat Lisa Maisano and Republican Julie Walsh are pitching themselves as a bipartisan slate for Carroll County school board who can steer the conversation away from national politics and back to local issues.
Lisa Maisano, a Democrat, left, and Julie Walsh, a Republican, are running on a slate for Carroll County school board.
Hutzell: The speed limit is about to drop on a dangerous Annapolis road. Get your tickets now.
COLUMN | Anne Arundel County is lowering the speed limit on Forest Drive in Annapolis from 40 to 35 mph on Monday, the first big step in a $10 million plan to make this dysfunctional back door to Maryland’s state capital safer.
Come Monday, Anne Arundel County will lower the speed limit on Forest Drive in Annapolis from 40 to 35 mph in an effort to make the heavily traveled road safer.
Baltimore’s first Latina council member calls for more protection from ICE near schools
Immigration enforcement is “changing childhood itself,” experts told Baltimore City Council at a three-hour hearing Thursday.
Baltimore City Councilwoman Odette Ramos wants the city’s Safe Passage initiative to expand to more schools.
Smithsonian history museum chief rejects White House criticism of its leaders as radical activists
The director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History pushed back Tuesday against a recent White House report that branded the institution’s leadership as radical activists who cannot be trusted.
Anthea Hartig, Director of the National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian Institute, testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing about the Smithsonian, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Moore says Maryland prison killings a ‘tragedy,’ backs corrections head
The Banner reported this week that Maryland has one of the highest rates of killings in state-run correctional facilities in the nation. Since 2023, 32 incarcerated people have been killed in state institutions, more than all neighboring states combined.
Thursday, July 23, 2026 - Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks to reporters after touring the Anne Arundel County Police Department's Real Time Information Center in Crownsville on Thursday.
Baltimore set to pay $11M to man wrongfully convicted of murder
For 25 years, Anthony Hall sat in prison for a crime he did not commit. Next month, Baltimore will pay for the mistake.
The city of Baltimore is slated to approve an $11 million settlement to Anthony Hall, who was wrongfully convicted of second-degree murder and served more than 25 years in prison.
The Freedom Caucus wants to remake Maryland’s GOP, one primary at a time
Freedom Caucus success can take different forms depending on which party is in charge, said Matthew Green, a politics professor at The Catholic University of America, who has studied the caucuses’ spread across the country.
Del. Kathy Szeliga holds an impromptu press conference with other members of the Maryland Freedom Caucus at the Maryland State House on Sine Die in Annapolis, Md. on Monday, April 7, 2025. To her side are Dels. Matt Morgan, Brian Chisolm and Mark Fisher.
House Republicans push $95 billion package for the Iran war and Trump’s priorities
House Speaker Mike Johnson will try to advance a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal Wednesday, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., gestures as he and the GOP leadership talk about the war against Iran, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Ethics complaint over Howard County Council member’s community center scrutiny dismissed
The Howard County Ethics Commission dismissed a complaint filed against County Council member Deb Jung by developer Brian Kim, who claimed her scrutiny of the planned community center was driven by her campaign for county executive.
Developer Brian Kim filed an ethics complaint against Howard County Council member Deb Jung, claiming that her scrutiny of a planned community center, The Source, was driven by her campaign for county executive.
Montgomery County pares back gun restrictions after court challenge
The Maryland Supreme Court found that the county had the authority to restrict guns, but had overstepped in some cases.
The Maryland Supreme Court found that the county had the authority to restrict guns, but had overstepped in some cases.
Maryland wrongly paid SNAP benefits to $2M lottery winner, incarcerated people
Most eye-popping among the findings was the state’s failure to terminate SNAP benefits for a person who won a $2 million lottery prize in July 2023.
FILE - SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)
Wes Moore raps Biggie and praises Baltimore on viral music trivia show
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore discusses his love of ’90s hip-hop, Baltimore and more on a new episode of the music trivia series “Track Star.”
Maryland Governor Wes Moore  talks with the media after voting at Wiley H. Bates Middle School in Annapolis last month. Moore talked about his love of music on “Track Star.”
New bill aims to prevent human trafficking at Montgomery County spas
Officials say a legal loophole has allowed disbanded businesses to continue abuse under new licenses.
Montgomery County Council member Dawn Luedtke, who represents District 7, speaks at the council’s office building in Rockville last year.
Hutzell: Constitutional challenge could defang an emboldened government watchdog
COLUMN | If a judge sides with Donna Liberto's constitutional argument, it could have a chilling effect on the Anne Arundel County auditor's ability to pursue fraud, waste and abuse.
The former superintendent of Lake Waterford Park in Pasadena was fired after an auditor's investigation found she'd been using a department pickup truck for personal business.
Wes Moore takes Republican members of Congress on Key Bridge rebuild tour
Whether or not the federal government foots 100% of the bill for the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild is ultimately up to members of Congress. Gov. Wes Moore took several of them on a construction tour Monday.
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, right, talks with Jim Harkness, left, chief engineer at the Maryland Transportation Authority, during a tour of the Francis Scott Key Bridge site with Gov. Wes Moore.
As counties put a pause on data centers, experts suggest a path forward
Through negotiations with developers, several jurisdictions across the country have tried to mitigate some of the environmental impacts of data centers and secure millions of dollars for local priorities.
Prince George’s County residents protest against data centers outside of the Wayne K. Curry Administration Building in Largo on July 1.
A trans ban came to rugby. Baltimore’s Ferals played on.
In February, USA Rugby banned transgender women from competing with other women at all levels. Something interesting happened: Many teams refused to listen.
Harper Ockert runs drills with teammates at Utz Field in Patterson Park during Ferals rugby practice, in Baltimore, Tuesday March 10, 2026.
Hutzell: Does President Trump have cyclosporiasis? ’Cause he was spewing some weird BS.
COLUMN | This is another summer we will remember for a continuation of politics that makes you sick to your stomach. Still, it may be the first with cucumbers as a risky proposition. Did the president address our national exploding diarrhea? No, he had another kind of poo on his mind.
President Donald Trump speaks Thursday night in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
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