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The final canvass of votes cast in Harford County during the June 24 primary settled the question of the winner in the County Council race for District F, with Curtis Beulah of Abingdon eking out a 26-vote win over Monica Ann Worrell of Havre de Grace for the Republican nomination.

The United States Constitution prohibits the president from re-engaging the United States military in Iraq to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) without new congressional authorization. Further, the struggle for sectarian power there is irrelevant to our national security. Without the justification of self-defense, United States intervention would additionally create a precedent that would invite intervention by Russia or China in their neighboring countries.

Organizations that pay portions of past-due utility bills say the surge in calls for assistance they got during the bitterly cold winter have continued this spring as people try to keep their power on. The winter added to a longer-standing problem: Growing numbers of people can't afford their utility bills.

Tenants at Sage Management apartments and townhouses in Baltimore filed a class action lawsuit Friday against the property management company for allegedly charging illegal late fees, according to a compliant filed in the city's Circuit Court.

An analysis by the Urban Institute found a yawning gap between the number of low-income renter households and affordable units available in every jurisdiction in the country.

Both Riverview-Ryerson Circle Communities Association and the Lansdowne Improvement Association have voted to support the new housing community.

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City is selling nearly 40 percent of its public housing to private developers under a national model designed to raise millions for upgrades and maintenance, Commissioner Paul T. Graziano said Wednesday.

Eight-year-old Troy Douglas was planning to meet up with friends and relatives to play laser tag for a cousin's birthday party Wednesday, his family said.

Cuts in federal housing subsidies and rising rents threaten to leave thousands of state residents without a roof over their heads

The Community Development Network, a coalition of nonprofits and government agencies, recently launched the Consider the Person campaign, which aims to end discrimination against housing voucher recipients.

Baltimore County government must respond to local concerns and act in public interest

Failure of Rosedale project only underscores challenge of creating affordable housing

Rosedale doesn't need another Section 8 housing development

Affordable housing for the working poor

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said Wednesday that the County Council sent "the wrong message" this week by rejecting state funding for a planned affordable housing project in Rosedale.

Baltimore County Council members on Monday rejected state funding for a planned low-income project in Rosedale, passing a resolution expressing disapproval of the project.

The Baltimore County Council is poised to block a low-income housing project planned in Rosedale by turning down state funding, citing fears the development would lead to increased crime and crowd the local elementary school.

Homeless in the suburbs

Despite the GOP's attempts to muddy the waters, the American public realizes who's to blame for the mess in Washington.

Republicans' shift to a fight over the debt limit presents a grave threat to the nation that President Obama must not abide.

Congress has brought the nation once again up against a deadline to fund the federal government or shut it down. Unless lawmakers strike a deal, federal employees will be sent home when they arrive at work on Tuesday and government services will be suspended. Here's a look at how shutdown would affect you:

The first housing development in the Lansdowne in many years has an unusual feature of providing its tenants with an opportunity to own their homes after 15 years.

The Harford County Council upheld a zoning hearing examiner's decision to grant a special exception for a developer to build 198 apartments at Plumtree Road.

Facing a flurry of lead paint lawsuits, a non-profit company that provides affordable housing in Baltimore has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The Harford County Council is continuing to look into the possibility of buying a Joppatowne swim club that closed abruptly right as the summer began.

It's long overdue and comes with a steep cost for the city's poor, but the Housing Authority of Baltimore City has now set a welcome precedent that it will not ignore court judgments against it.

The relatives of five people who were killed in a Baltimore house fire last year sued a landlord and the city housing authority in Circuit Court on Wednesday, claiming their failure to fix a faulty furnace or install smoke detectors led to the fatal blaze.

A Harford County zoning hearing examiner has issued a ruling supporting a controversial project to build 198 apartments in Bel Air South

An Upper Marlboro man was convicted Monday of orchestrating a scheme to steal nearly $1.4 million from the Baltimore Housing Authority, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Following last month's spike in violence that included a shooting death, Harford Sheriff Jesse Bane announced a new initiative to drive the criminals out of the Edgewater Village community, long a hotspot of drug and gang activity.

Fix Section 8 and landlords will create more low-income housing opportunities

Claims that Section 8 is a landlord's nightmare just aren't true

Section 8 housing is a nightmare for landlords

Columnist Marta Mossburg twisted a Hopkins professor's research on discrimination by landlords who don't accept Section 8 vouchers to suit her political purposes.

Columnist wrong to criticize protections for Section 8 renters

Rejecting tenants because they pay with Section 8 vouchers is unfair and furthers segregation

The Supreme Court should find a way to uphold the status quo on gene patents.

What is Howard County's true vision? I ask because as comprehensive rezoning has taken place to date, it appears the vision is to merely grow, grow, and develop, regardless of inadequate infrastructure. Refer to Section 8 of Plan Howard 2030 — "Public Facilities and Services" as infrastructure comprises not only roads and schools, but other categories such as transportation, police, fire, health services, water and sewer, solid waste, etc. The Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance should be

One month after across-the-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration began there are signs the impact on the economy — even in a state such as Maryland with strong ties to the federal government — might not be as severe as initially feared.

If the federal sequester remains in place, families in Section 8 housing in Howard County may have to begin paying more by the mid-2014.

A Johns Hopkins study explores nuanced lessons on why Moving to Opportunity worked for some families but not others, who were drawn back to poor areas where they could afford more space.

Nine hours of testimony, spread over three weeks, wrapped up Wednesday evening in a long-running Harford County zoning appeals case for a 198-unit apartment complex planned in the Bel Air South area.

In Korea, back in the 1950s, a new commander arrived for the small military installation in Ulsan, where I was stationed. One of his first acts was to issue a general order which read, "No stupid action will be taken by any member of this command."