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Retired Marine Corps Col. Lou Schott, 98, and Vivian Bailey, 101, who served in the Army Women's Army Corps, reflect on their years of service in WWII.

Howard County officials on Monday announced they will raze four buildings on lower Main Street and bore a tunnel to reduce future floodwater in Ellicott City.

Del. Christian Miele of Baltimore County, who lost a tight race for the state Senate, has landed a position with the Hogan administration as a deputy secretary for the Department of Disabilities.

Saying Howard County “must make sure we are not using a sledgehammer when only a scalpel is necessary,” County Executive Calvin Ball said Thursday that the county will continue its move to acquire buildings in historic Ellicott City, but has not committed to demolishing them.

Although President Donald Trump has little to do with running local governments in Maryland, he played an outsize role in politics here in 2018. Trump’s actions prompted backlash among the electorate, which in November voted out several high-profile Republicans in the state.

Who were the winners and losers in Maryland politics in 2018?

Gov. Larry Hogan has named Steve Schuh, the former Anne Arundel County executive, as his new point person on fighting opioids.

Howard Executive Calvin Ball fielded questions and comments from a majority senior citizen crowd. More than 130 people attended the event at the Florence Bain Senior Center in Columbia.

Calvin Ball, who has served 12 years on the Howard County Council, was sworn in on Monday as the first black person to hold the office of Howard County Executive. The Howard County Council was also sworn in.

As financial experts warn that Baltimore County may need to either raise taxes or scale back borrowing, the new county executive said Monday his first act will be to form a commission to review the county’s fiscal outlook and budget process.

The Republican's portrait unveiling saw a star-studded attendance. At least 150 people including Sen. Ben Cardin, Lt. Gov. Boyd Kevin Rutherford and Howard Executive-elect Calvin Ball were at the ceremony.

A bill expected to be considered by the state legislature next year would add regulations for new structures in historic Ellicott City.

The announcement comes four weeks after Allan Kittleman, a Republican, lost his bid for re-election for the Howard County Executive.

KKK flyers that have gone up around the state recently spread the same hateful message that apparently prompted a gunman to massacre 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue last month: that Jews are responsible for illegal immigration from Mexico.

Tuesday’s election results mean that in 2019 Democrats will hold the top job in seven of Maryland’s eight largest jurisdictions. Meanwhile, Republicans — still riding high from Hogan’s historic win over Democrat Ben Jealous — looked around the state to see their bench had been decimated.

The Democrat voted against funding Howard's five-year flood mitigation plan and committed to increasing school funding.

The day after becoming just the second Republican to be re-elected governor in Maryland history, Larry Hogan pledged to continue governing the blue state as a centrist as he laid out some of his second-term agenda.

Gov. Larry Hogan cruised to a second term Tuesday night, but failed to take others from his party along for the ride. Voters said they voted against most Republicans — other than Hogan — out of their disdain for President Donald Trump.

A slew of diverse candidates, representing different races, ethnicities and religions, makes history in elections across the country.

Here are five voter sentiments we learned from Tuesday’s midterm election in which Gov. Larry Hogan became the first Republican governor to win re-election in Maryland since the 1950s, despite widespread antipathy towards President Donald Trump.

As of, 10:30pm with 50 out of 118 percents reporting, Ball had 44,569 votes while Kittleman had 38,476.

Democrats won county executive seats in Baltimore, Howard and Anne Arundel, unseating two Republican incumbents and reversing the red tide that swept the Baltimore suburbs four years ago.

Gov. Larry Hogan's win in his race for re-election leaves lots of questions: How will he govern in a second term? And what do Democrats do now?

Allan Kittleman, Howard's Republican incumbent County Exeuctive, has $94,000 cash than his Democratic opponent, Calvin Ball, according to new campaign finance reports.

Early voting for the Nov. 6 general election kicked off Thursday across Maryland.

The Howard County Council approved two bills Monday night to help pay for the removal of 19 buildings in historic Ellicott City, which has been ravaged by floods twice since 2016.

Ellicott City residents have spoken - it's time to initiate County Executive Kittleman's plan for historic district.

Maryland's Howard County — a swing jurisdiction that’s had two Democrats and two Republicans as county executives since 1990 — often mirrors the sentiment of the state as a whole, and political observers are watching the Allan Kittleman-Calvin Ball race for signs of trends.

In heavily Democratic Maryland, Ben Jealous has less campaign cash on hand than many other state politicians, including Republican candidates other than Gov. Larry Hogan.

Howard County Executive Kittleman is missing-in-action on dealing with climate change.

The legislation would add an additional process and public meeting for developments with scenic road entrances or that have more than 99 units and are within a mile of scenic entrances.

Political newcomer Liz Walsh has upset incumbent County Councilman Jon Weinstein in Howard County’s Democratic primary, elections officials announced Friday.

Former Howard County chief administrative officer was later Maryland Association of Counties director

Democrat Calvin Ball clinched the party’s nomination for Howard County Executive candidate in Tuesday’s primary, setting him up to oppose incumbent Republican Allan Kittleman in the November election.

The Sun makes its endorsements in selected races in Howard County.

Howard County voters will head to the polls on June 26 to cast their ballots in a crowded County Council race and for the Democratic nominee to challenge uncontested incumbent Republican Allan Kittleman.

After Ellicott City suffered the deadly and devastating flash flood of 2016, the Howard County government commissioned an engineering study to determine how much it would cost to make the historic mill town safer. The answer: A lot.

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz — a Democratic candidate for governor and a fixture in state politics for nearly a quarter century — died Thursday morning of cardiac arrest, officials said. Here’s how local political figures were reacting.

Farmers and residents in the western portion of the county continue to debate the merits of a contentious mulching bill. At the heart of the debate lies the question, how far should the county go to support the needs of farmers, and what exactly are those needs?

County executives from Howard, Anne Arundel and Montgomery counties came together on Thursday morning to discuss the economic future of their region, with a tone of collaboration and support for one another.

The last time local residents debated gun control in Howard County, it was in 2015 when County Executive Allan Kittleman signed a law banning firearms from county property. Now the debate is back and growing, including both how to improve gun safety and school security.

The “Maryland Party” — that annual Las Vegas schmooze fest between developers and the state’s top elected and government officials — appears to be on schedule for this May despite being held, yet again, at a resort owned by billionaire Steve Wynn.

Democratic candidate Calvin Ball is trailing incumbent Republican Allan Kittleman in fundraising so far in the Howard County executive race, as Kittleman has nearly four times as much cash on hand.

Longtime District 13 delegate Frank Turner reflects on a life of service and what he sees next for his constituents and local politics.

It's going to be a big year in Maryland politics, with a hot governor's race and some key contests on the county level.

Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman announced last week his proposal to create a tax credit for first responders who live and work in the county, one of his first policy proposals for the new year.

Gov. Hogan directs Attorney General Frosh to sue FAA over BWI noise.

Carroll County Commissioners spent time in Ocean City last week for the annual Maryland Association of Counties summer conference.

The first challenger to County Executive Allan Kittleman has filed to run in the 2018 election, as well as the first Democrat in the race for the District 5 County Council seat and the first candidate in the District 9 state Senate race.

While President Donald Trump reignites the flames of division, Maryland leaders move calmly and resolutely toward a more just future.