State government

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said he would not bring charges against seven Baltimore County Police Department officers involved in two separate fatal shootings last year.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company is pausing a controversial transmission project in South Baltimore. The move follows The Banner’s reporting that the build-out of electric infrastructure to prepare for the redevelopment of Baltimore Peninsula — which is in flux — would cost more than $500 billion.

The proposed transmission lines would follow a serpentine path through Baltimore’s Otterbein and Ridgely’s Delight neighborhoods in order to connect a substation near downtown with one on the peninsula.

The Maryland Stadium Authority owns Shamrock Farm now, and the legislation would set the sale price at roughly $4.5 million, the same amount the state paid last year.

An Anne Arundel County delegate, inspired by Sheriff Everett Sesker, is trying to get the Maryland legislature to change an eviction law that only judges in Anne Arundel follow.

The attacks have been anticipated for weeks as the Trump administration has made comments hinting at a campaign against the Iranian regime.

Gov. Wes Moore requested federal disaster assistance for the Maryland oyster industry, which has been hit hard by a major winter storm and the Potomac Interceptor sewage spill.

The agency concluded that the three Baltimore-area sites “presented greater limitations related to site control, security, operational suitability, and potential community impacts.”

The Maryland Public Service Commission received hundreds of complaints against Baltimore Gas and Electric Company over its customer service call center.

The bill -- a compromise that shortens the list of crimes that automatically result in adult charges -- passed out of the Maryland Senate’s Judicial Proceedings Committee on Friday.

COLUMN | Welcome to the upside-down world of traffic court, where a random license plate scan shifts the burden of proof to the driver.

It’s uncertain whether the Trump administration will pay up, and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Marylanders with developmental disabilities find themselves in a budget fight again, as Gov. Wes Moore’s administration looks for ways to contain the ballooning budget of the state Developmental Disabilities Administration.

“There are things you can only do in person,” Bruce Bereano said. “You can’t do it any other way.”

Scores of candidates are lining up for a shot at public office in Maryland, from county council seats to the U.S. Congress.

Enough senators oppose redistricting that supporters cannot get the 29 votes they need to approve new congressional maps, according to a Banner survey of all 47 senators.

All eyes will be on the race to be the next Montgomery County executive. But several other high-profile races are also taking place.

Maryland’s ratepayer advocate and its Senate president want to know: How much electricity does South Baltimore really need?

COLUMN | The teenage driver killed last month in a fiery Howard County crash was at least the 31st person in Maryland to die in a police-related accident in the past five years. Almost all were killed when a driver fled from flashing lights.

Acting Juvenile Services Secretary Betsy Fox Tolentino breezed through a panel hearing on Monday, inching a step closer to full Senate confirmation.