CURRENT EDITION: baltimore (none)🔄 Loading BlueConic...EDITION HISTORY: No changes tracked
🔵 BlueConic: ___🍪 Cookie: ___ UNKNOWN🔗 Query: ___✏️ Composer: ___
BGE owed Baltimore $670,000, but its repayment plan would have taken 195 years
Baltimore Gas and Electric has agreed to repay Baltimore City $670,000 after it was discovered the city was overcharged on numerous utility accounts.
The exterior of Baltimore Gas & Electric’s downtown headquarters in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
The food stamps were running out, but no one told Nelly
Although SNAP uncertainty became a political and media talking point, the turmoil remained a mystery to some recipients — Maryland's most vulnerable residents.
Nelly Orellana, 70, poses for a portrait in her apartment at the Victory Tower affordable senior living facility in Takoma Park, Md. on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. Behind her, photos of her family plaster the wall.
Jud Ashman, just reelected Gaithersburg mayor, may have his eyes on a different job
Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman told The Banner that people “throughout the district” have encouraged him to run for County Council.
Jud Ashman speaks during his election night watch party in Gaithersburg on Tuesday.
FAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 ‘high-volume’ markets during shutdown
The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it would reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” markets beginning Friday morning to maintain travel safety as air traffic controllers exhibit signs of strain during the ongoing government shutdown.
An United Airlines flight arrives at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Maryland to sue Trump administration for blocking Greenbelt FBI headquarters project
A press conference is scheduled for Thursday afternoon in Prince George’s County. It will include the attorney general, the governor, the county executive and state and federal lawmakers.
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D., Md.) displays an autographed sign beside state and local officials, during a press conference on the Selection of Greenbelt for the FBI's New Headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday, November 10, 2023.
A 145-ton hammer is installing the Key Bridge foundation
For hundreds of skinny, 220-foot rods to form the foundation of a new Francis Scott Key Bridge, contractors are deploying a huge hydraulic hammer that attaches to a crane barge.
A massive hydraulic hammer used to drive test piles into the Patapsco River bed sits aboard a Weeks 533 crane barge at the Key Bridge site on Wednesday.
Paul Pinsky, head of Maryland Energy Administration, retires
After nearly 40 years of pushing for progressive change on environmental and educational policy, Maryland Energy Administration leader Paul Pinsky is retiring from public service.
Paul Pinsky, director of the Maryland Energy Administration, speaks during a panel on energy and the environment during the Baltimore Banner’s Inside the Legislative Session event.
Supreme Court weighs Trump tariffs in a trillion-dollar test of executive power
President Donald Trump’s power to unilaterally impose far-reaching tariffs is coming before the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a pivotal test of executive power with trillion-dollar implications for the global economy.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 02: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Touting the event as “Liberation Day”, Trump announced additional tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Election Day takeaways: Democrats dominate as economic woes take a toll on Trump’s GOP
Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
Baltimore residents cast their votes inside the polling location at Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle School on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
Jud Ashman secures third term as Gaithersburg mayor after handily beating challenger Tiffany Kelly
Ashman was reelected alongside City Council members Lisa Henderson and Jim McNulty, who ran together as a slate.
Jud Ashman was reelected as mayor of Gaithersburg on Tuesday, defeating Tiffany Kelly.
Democrats hold leads in almost every race of Annapolis municipal election
Democratic candidates held the lead in the mayoral race and in seven of the eight races for City Council. The number of Democratic mail-in ballots far outnumbers the number of Republican and unaffiliated mail-in ballots yet to be counted.
Jared Littmann thanks his wife, Marlene Niefeld, he addressed supporters after polls closed Tuesday night.
Parking in bike lanes will soon be illegal in Montgomery County
Drivers will now face a $60 fine and a traffic citation for parking in a bike lane in Montgomery County.
Montgomery County Councilmember Evan Glass, here at a press event in 2024, has raised $87,206 to qualify for $375,540 in matching funds in the race for Montgomery County executive.
Man who threw sandwich at federal agent says it was a protest. Prosecutors say it’s a crime.
Hurling a sandwich at a federal agent was an act of protest for Washington, D.C., resident Sean Charles Dunn. A jury must decide if it was also a federal crime.
FILE - Posters of a person throwing a sandwich are pictured along H Street, Aug. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
Stalemate: Tomorrow marks longest federal government shutdown ever
There’s no immediate end in sight, as Congress and President Donald Trump fight over funding Medicaid and subsidizing the Affordable Care Act.
The Capitol is seen at nightfall on day 22 of a government shutdown in Washington, Oct. 22, 2025.
Moore keeps redistricting push alive in Maryland amid national map fights
“My commitment has been clear from day one — we will explore every avenue possible to make sure Maryland has fair and representative maps,” Moore said in a statement Tuesday.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is forming a commission to issue redistricting recommendations.
Constellation pitches new nuclear reactors and batteries in Maryland
As Maryland lawmakers push for additional in-state power sources, Constellation Energy is providing them a range of options. Among them: generating natural gas, creating battery storage and more.
The Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant is located on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, Maryland.
Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents, dies at 84
Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.
Vice President Dick Cheney addresses a campaign rally for Gus Bilirakis, a Republican who is running for the Tampa Bay area congressional seat his father is vacating in Tampa, Fla. July 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius, File)
Need a sink unclogged? Federal workers turn to side hustles for cash.
Federal workers haven’t been paid since September. Some of them are looking for odd jobs, while others are fully leaning into their side hustles.
From left, Sean Pumphrey, Brittany Veney and Courtney Coulter.
Andy Harris ignores the pain of ending Obamacare tax credits at his political peril
In Maryland's largest counties, 128,000 people take advantage of the tax credits for insurance through the Affordable Care Act. But it's Maryland's smallest, poorest counties where the impact will be the deepest.
U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, an Eastern Shore Republican, talks with reporters about a potential government shutdown while attending the J. Millard Tawes Crab & Clam Bake in Crisfield on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025.
Moore: Maryland will ensure full SNAP benefits in November
More than 680,000 Marylanders — nearly 40% of them children — receive SNAP benefits each month to help keep food on the table. The average benefit is $180.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who visited the Anne Arundel County Food Bank last week, said Monday the state will commit enough funding to ensure that SNAP participants receive their full benefits in November.
Load More Stories
Oh no!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes. If the problem persists, please contact customer service at 443-843-0043 or customercare@thebaltimorebanner.com.