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Baltimore residents lobbied for a reduction in police spending and more investment in social services during the city’s second annual Taxpayers’ Night on Thursday, the last chance for the public to speak out about the city’s proposed budget ahead of the Baltimore City Council’s consideration of the plan next month.
- Baltimore residents lobbied for a reduction in police spending and more investment in social services during the city’s second annual Taxpayers’ Night on Thursday, the last chance for the public to speak out about the city’s proposed budget ahead of the Baltimore City Council’s consideration of the plan next month.
- Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said he’s concerned a newly released list of 305 Baltimore police officers with credibility and integrity issues will further erode the department’s relationship with the community and hurt officer morale.
- After years of failure, Maryland-based Novavax aims to attract the vaccine-hesitant with an alternative to mRNA shots. But will it find a market?
- Leaders of Maryland's General Assembly have declined a request by Comptroller Peter Franchot to convene a special legislative session to halt a 6.6-cent increase that takes effect July 1. Gas averages $4.60 a gallon statewide.
- Members of Maryland's congressional delegation are pleased to find themselves on a list of Americans newly banned from Russia. The Russian Foreign Ministry's "reciprocal sanctions" list includes the names of 963 people, some deceased.
- Republican Jessica Haire’s skirmish with incumbent Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman marks the first of what likely will be many tense moments in the campaign before the July 19 primary.
- Here's what the candidates had to say on their background, policy, and platforms.
- Earlier this month, Gail Curley, marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court, was handed a bombshell of an assignment — overseeing an investigation into the leak of a draft opinion and apparent votes in a major abortion case.
- A Howard County man who sprayed a fire extinguisher at police officers during some of the most intense rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced Monday to nearly three years in prison.
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Maryland governor, comptroller tell each other to prevent state’s automatic gas tax increase in July
Neither Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan nor Comptroller Peter Franchot wants to see statewide gasoline prices climb even higher because of an automatic July 1 cost-of-living tax increase. But each wants the other to stop it, and both say they lack the authority. - Roy McGrath, facing charges from his time leading the Maryland Environmental Service, abused his office by hiring loyal associates and incurring exorbitant personal expenses, according to a new report.
- Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is "back home" after suffering a minor stroke and being hospitalized at George Washington University Hospital on May 15.
- Hagerstown Speedway in Washington County has evicted the remnants of a trucker protest that had used the site as a staging ground.
- After trying the highest-profile homicide case in Anne Arundel County’s recent history, State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess is not facing opposition by either major political party this election season, and said she’ll use the spare time to “concentrate on the job at hand.”
- Baltimore’s top public defender, Natasha Dartigue, will become the Maryland public defender in July.
- Many residents took the time to talk about the imminent need for a rowing facility and more water access for rowers in the county, changes to Jumpers Hole Road and higher pay for school faculty including literacy teachers and school counselors.
- Calling the level of Baltimore's current violence "beyond comprehension," City Council members are giving city police about two weeks to come up with a plan for reducing it as budget discussions loom next month.
- Sidney Kramer, a businessman and political figure who won election in 1986 to become the third person to serve as Montgomery County executive, died May 16 at his home in Rockville, Md.
- Maryland Republican Kelly Schulz, a gubernatorial candidate, said she will "do nothing in my office" to change abortion laws if elected governor and Roe v. Wade is overturned. She supported restrictions a decade ago as a state lawmaker.
- Here's what the candidates had to say on their background, policy, and platforms.
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- A carjacking surge has prompted federal law enforcement to increase coordination with local agencies “to investigate and disrupt a rash of violent carjackings in and around the Baltimore area,” the Federal Bureau of Investigations Baltimore field office has announced.
- City officials plan Independence Day celebration with Orioles baseball, musical performances, food trucks and of course, fireworks.
- The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston days after the deadly shooting of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
- Domestic airline fares for summer are averaging more than $400 a round trip, 24% higher than this time in 2019.
- Dear NRA: Expecting a police officer or other armed person to save the day is not a reality-based strategy for preventing mass shootings.
- A carjacking surge has prompted federal law enforcement to increase coordination with local agencies “to investigate and disrupt a rash of violent carjackings in and around the Baltimore area,” the Federal Bureau of Investigations Baltimore field office has announced.