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A citizens' commission is tentatively recommending modest pay increases for the next Howard County executive and five-member council, despite falling revenues from the recession that forced officials this year to voluntarily cut their own pay via donations.
Like the Cheshire Cat, the case against Mayor Sheila Dixon might be fading to the point where there could be nothing left but a grin.
An effort by some members of the Anne Arundel County Council to move a proposed slots parlor away from Arundel Mills mall has left the retail giant feeling "confused, disappointed and frustrated," a top company executive said Monday.
Ya gotta love politicians accusing other elected officials of being, well, political.
Aday after Mayor Sheila Dixon's defense team signaled it would be trashing developer Ronald Lipscomb, the one-time paramour who will testify that he gave her gift cards for the needy that she spent herself, Not-Ronald-Lipscomb appeared on the witness stand.
The long and unconventional life of Charlie Barber ended quietly a week ago in his room at Stella Maris in Timonium. Although disinclined in life to ask for much at all, the soft-spoken man had asked for a glass of water, received it and soon after slipped away.
The state of Maryland is nearing the conclusion of talks that could transfer ownership of the state's goodwill ship, Pride of Baltimore II, before the end of the year to the nonprofit organization that has operated it since 1988. The transfer would mean one less annual bill for the cash-strapped...
In shift, attorney tells jurors that mayor thought boyfriend intended them as gifts; 'very close' friend of mayor, employees of Lipscomb company, Best Buy testify today
It's just one of the giant white binders that Mayor Sheila Dixon's lawyers keep at hand on the defense table, their way of organizing documents for her trial, but it's apparently the most important one.
Now here's a courting ritual perfect for a big-city mayor: Leave $1,000 in Target and Best Buy gift cards in a plain envelope -- no note, no name -- at her office in City Hall.
The lawyers defending Mayor Sheila Dixon in her trial on theft charges will attempt to convince the jury -- the one in the courtroom and the much bigger one out here in the rain -- that that the only pattern of behavior in the case was a pattern of caring for the poor, of generosity and charity. You...
Maryland slots commissioners signaled Thursday that they are prepared to approve a license for a casino near Arundel Mills mall, a project that would be the state's largest gambling venue but has drawn residential opposition.
Top managers and employees at the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund were having a tough time financially and were in jeopardy of not qualifying for bonuses last year.
The Baltimore liquor board suspended indefinitely the liquor license for the owners of a Northeast Baltimore club already padlocked by city police, according to the board's commissioner.
An Oklahoma-based energy company has applied for the first permits to drill for natural gas in Marcellus shale deposits in Western Maryland, the state Department of the Environment said Thursday.
Baltimore City and Anne Arundel County have been cited for water pollution violations in the wake of federal inspections that found spilled oil, trash and other debris in storm drains at local government facilities, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. Rainfall washing off...
Revelations that a third city developer might have donated gift cards to Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon are more likely to cause political damage than legal harm, observers said.
Board cites risk of lawsuits, burden on campuses
Alfred W. Redmer Jr., the former Republican state delegate and insurance commissioner, announced Wednesday his return to politics with a run for the Maryland Senate.
