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Karida Collins' Neighborhood Fiber Co., a Baltimore-based hand-dyed yarn company, has a famous customer in Kamala Harris and a history that has unrolled over 15 years.
- Here’s a rundown of the health care legislation that passed this year in the 2021 legislative session.
- Carroll County’s Board of Commissioners spoke out Thursday against a series of bills known collectively as the Maryland Police Accountability Act that were approved by the General Assembly.
- Andrew Saul, one of the few remaining holdovers from the Trump administration, said through a spokesman that he intends to lead the Baltimore County-based Social Security Administration until his term ends in 2025.
- Deputy Director James R. Nielsen will then become acting director while Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s appointments office searches for Gordon Medenica’s successor.
- Known as Open Checkbook, the web-based database offers information on Baltimore City’s spending and allows users to break down information by agency and vendor.
- “There is no rivalry,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said, standing inside the restaurant. Instead, he thinks Baltimore is the clear winner. “D.C.’s food scene does not compete with Baltimore,” Scott said.
- Harford County Executive Barry Glassman announced Thursday a run for state comptroller, seeking to become the first Republican to hold that office in Maryland in more than a century.
- With Maryland’s General Assembly session wrapped up, more potential candidates are coming out with news about their plans to run for an open seat for governor in 2022.
- This year’s general assembly session, notable for COVID precautions that did away with lobbyist brunches and hallway gaggles, has produced a number of landscape shifting bills from the Anne Arundel County delegation.
- Across Maryland, police departments, attorneys and advocacy groups are unpacking the raft of police reform measures state lawmakers passed last weekend by overriding vetoes by Gov. Larry Hogan. The Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 ushers in sweeping changes to law enforcement from big, urban departments to small, rural forces.
- Commerce Secretary Kelly Schulz kicked off her campaign with a brief video posted online, saying she’s been inspired by Marylanders’ perseverance and resiliency in the coronavirus pandemic and wants to help them “chart a better and brighter future.”
- The city of Baltimore’s private security costs have ballooned over the last five years and will increase again this week with another $4.5 million approved by the Board of Estimates.
- Maryland Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford says that after “months of careful reflection,” he won't run for the state’s highest office.
- Republicans in the Maryland House of Delegates selected new leaders on Tuesday, opting for a leadership team from rural areas on opposite sides of the state.
- Baltimore County Council members and residents took issue with what they called potential “unintended consequences” of proposed zoning changes that would allow hundreds more restaurants to hold live music.
- The bills that Gov. Larry Hogan signed into law include the Walter Lomax Act, which sets guidelines for how much money the state must pay individuals who have been wrongly convicted and sent to prison.
- Here's a look at the progress of key bills in the 2021 Maryland General Assembly session, from policing reform to sports betting to pandemic financial aid.
- It’s unclear exactly how many in the Baltimore area and around the country are still battling episodic or enduring mail delays, more than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, and months after the United States Postal Service began lamenting a historic influx of winter holiday mail. But complaints have persisted.
- Scott T. Gibson, the chief strategy officer at Melwood, a health equity non-profit that advocates for people with disabilities, has filed to run as a Republican for the seat currently held by Alderman Fred Paone.
- Olszewski would join a growing field sparring to take over when Republican Gov. Larry Hogan leaves office.
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- A crowd of protesters took to the streets in East Baltimore to proclaim that Black Lives Matter and to show their solidarity with the Asian American community on Saturday, the second demonstration against police brutality and in support of social justice issues to be held in the city in as many days.
- The Baltimore Sun’s Best 2021 Readers’ Choice Contest: Where’s Baltimore’s best dog park? Who serves the best coffee in town? What’s the hottest gym?
- Prince Philip, who died April 9 at the age of 99, is laid to rest in the Royal Vault at Windsor Castle after a funeral service steeped in military and royal tradition
- A customer left a $500 tip over the weekend at Rodizio Grill in Annapolis, a gesture franchise owner Anees Nammari said was greatly appreciated at the Brazilian steakhouse after a difficult year.
- A man was shot to death in Baltimore early Saturday morning, the city’s police department said.
