Politics

Clay Kearns and his mother, Erica, want lawmakers to require local governments to address safety issues.

The Maryland Democratic Party has fielded a candidate for all 188 seats in the General Assembly, a key goal of its “Contest Every Seat” initiative.

A man was taken into custody on Wednesday after driving his van into a security barrier outside the White House, authorities said.

The measure, introduced by Demoratic Councilman Izzy Patoka, prohibits law enforcement from wearing face coverings and requires officers to wear visible identification.

Maryland’s electric vehicle drivers — who are concentrated in Montgomery County — are immune from the rising gas prices tied to the Iran war.

Attorney General Anthony Brown is asking a court to stop work at a Washington County immigration detention center until a separate legal challenge is decided in court.

A new bill in the Montgomery County Council would prohibit landlords from using algorithms to determine rent pricing, a practice the bill’s sponsor called “collusion.”

The Baltimore City Council did not, however, have enough members present Tuesday to vote the legislation out of committee.

Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman told the County Council on Tuesday that a development moratorium covering part of northern Anne Arundel County is a “five-alarm fire” that he wants to move quickly to resolve.

After weeks of calling lawmakers, rallying outside the State House and making their case, thousands of people with developmental disabilities will soon find out if they’ll face budget cuts that they say could be devastating.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown sued DHS, alleging it blocked a state probe into immigrant detention conditions at Baltimore’s Fallon Federal Building.

The visit follows a federal judge’s Friday order to limit the number of detainees in the Baltimore facility to 56 across all five holding rooms.

As the price of crude oil surpassed $110 a barrel Monday, reaching heights not seen since 2022, consumers were feeling the effects of the Iran war and its damage to worldwide energy production.

COLUMN | The pursuit and crash that killed Dimeka Thornton started shortly after midnight on April 8, 2024, in a hotel parking lot in Windsor Mill.

A review of public contracting records by The Banner reveals details about the private companies that are helping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement turn a massive Washington County warehouse into a detention center.

The trips to Egypt, China and Japan come as the Baltimore Enoch Pratt library’s budget has otherwise been pinched.

Tax sale nightmares are avoidable. Here are some tips for new and established homeowners to ensure your property stays off the auction list.

Alexander Butterfield, the White House aide who inadvertently hastened Richard Nixon’s resignation over the Watergate scandal when he revealed that the president had bugged the Oval Office and Cabinet Room and routinely recorded his conversations, has died.

Col. John Ripley, a Naval Academy graduate known for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War, has been posthumously recommended for the Congressional Medal of Honor

Oil prices spiked near $120 per barrel before falling back Monday as the Iran war intensified, threatening production and shipping in the Middle East and pummeling financial markets.