State government

Baltimore’s water contamination crisis this week offered an unusual glimpse, mid-campaign, to see how two candidates would respond to a public safety situation they might face as governor.

The ”Yes on 4“ campaign says approving recreational marijuana could improve economic opportunity, racial equity and public safety.

Welcome to The Baltimore Banner’s political notes column, where Banner reporters from across the newsroom will contribute tidbits, nuggets and ephemera on state, city and county government and politics.

The Baltimore County prosecutors’ office and police department have agreed to settle a 2018 lawsuit over allegations they violated the First Amendment rights of a woman they tried to stop from filing criminal charges against the men she said sexually assaulted her.

The debate, scheduled for Oct. 12, will feature the two leading candidates to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Larry Hogan.

State Center’s future has been in limbo since 2016 when the state canceled a $1.5 billion contract to redevelop the site.

Candidates in this year’s elections are required to file reports by midnight Tuesday that cover campaign finance activity from July 4 through Aug. 23. That roughly seven-week time frame included both spending in the final days of the primary season — in which many campaigns spent nearly every penny they had — as well as the post-primary push from victorious candidates to refill their campaign coffers.

Wes Moore and Dan Cox are only two of the five candidates on the ballot for governor. The public should hear from all of them.

More than half of all patients are Black and nearly half are in their 30s.

Presidential visit was aimed at exciting Democrats ahead of the fall election.

Experts said a back-and-forth over how many debates to schedule is common when one candidate is perceived to be leading the race.

The resolutions rebuked their elected officials for not supporting legislation to help protect the health and safety of firefighters.

Police union also endorsed Barry Glassman for comptroller and Anthony Brown for attorney general.

Arthur "Mac" Love IV had posted memes in support of a man who had fatally shot protesters in Wisconsin

More than 1 million Maryland residents on Medicare will pay less for prescription drugs.

"We know there are many more African American people who have done saintly things for the Church in spite of what the Church has done to them.”

The Maryland State Board of Elections, meeting via video on Monday, voted unanimously to file the emergency request in court.

It’s been years since the political stars were this well aligned for substantially upgrading Baltimore’s transit system.

Boyd Rutherford teased the idea during a radio interview Wednesday.

Maryland Republicans disappointed in Gov. Larry Hogan’s rebukes of former President Donald Trump, his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and his willingness to compromise with a Democratic legislature said their vote for Dan Cox served as a referendum on the state’s first two-term Republican governor in more than 60 years.