government

• Opinion

France's burkini ban a symptom of deep discontent

The rest of the world should be paying close attention to France's burkini controversy, because this is the kind of fiasco that ensues when you blast past every exit ramp en route to total social disintegration.

• Opinion

Hogan order reflects a skewed view of what education is for

Hogan executive order reflects a skewed view of what education is for

• Opinion

Why Dems can't stand to see Hogan succeed

Why Dems can't stand to see Hogan succeed

• Opinion

A question of temperament

A question of temperament

• Opinion

Colin Kaepernick: the ultimate patriot

Dissent and protest, my fellow Americans, is in the very DNA of this country. Colin Kaepernick is therefore the ultimate patriot, caring enough about his very flawed nation to call it out for its failings and shaming the rest of us into engaging with the issues he raises.

By E.R. Shipp

Sep 6, 2016

• Maryland

Rothschild: Screening candidates for elected office at all levels

Why are so many citizens disappointed with their elected officials? Why do so many elected officials fall short, or advocate policy inconsistent with expectations?

• Baltimore City

Baltimore Inspector General's report shows $9 million in savings, restitution to be paid to city

Baltimore's inspector general's office saved the city about $9 million in the last year by preventing waste, avoiding unnecessary expenses and recovering mon

By Yvonne Wenger

Sep 2, 2016

• Opinion

Focus on when the school day starts, not the school year

Whether the school year starts before or after Labor Day, an actual school day should start no earlier than 8 a.m.

• Opinion

What about Deep Creek Lake?

Post-Labor Day school start could help Deep Creek — if Maryland dredged the lake

• Opinion

Ocean City just lost my business

Hogan's foolish attempt to manipulate school calendars for sake of beach tourism is infuriating

• Opinion

Post-Labor Day start hurts students

Maryland children will lose skills — and proper nutrition — from governor's education edict

• Opinion

Call in the Guard

Call in the Guard

• Opinion

Post-Labor Day school [Poll]

Do you approve of Gov. Larry Hogan's executive order prohibiting public schools from opening before Labor Day?

• Harford

Aberdeen water may have odd taste and smell, but it's safe to drink, city officials say

If you live in the City of Aberdeen and have noticed a different taste or odor to your water, don't be alarmed. City officials say it's perfectly safe to drink and use. The problem, which relates to the source and the weather, isn't a new one and typically crops up in the summer, city Public Works Director Kyle Torster said.

By Allan Vought

Aug 26, 2016

• Politics

Hogan, black caucus discuss cannabis industry diversity

Gov. Larry Hogan promised Thursday to work with black lawmakers on the issue of diversity in Maryland's new medical cannabis industry, but he stopped short of committing to any specific solution.

By Pamela Wood

Aug 25, 2016

• Maryland

National Guard drills for major disease outbreak

Some 300 troops from the Maryland National Guard drilled for a deadly outbreak of a bird-flu-like disease this week that they envisage would spread panic in urban areas and require the killing of chickens by the barnful.

By Ian Duncan

Aug 13, 2016

• Opinion

Those 'old, tired ideas'

If Mr. Trump sticks to policies and not his personality, he could close the gap in opinion polls, says Cal Thomas.

• Harford

Bel Air's mayor gets her pleasure from serving residents of the 'Heart of Harford'

Bel Air Mayor Susan Burdette, who is in her fifth year on the town board, spends her days and nights serving residents and representing the Harford County seat at the state and regional level. She's technically a mayor in name only, because the post is mainly ceremonial, but that hardly means she isn't constantly busy with town government related activities and decisions.

By David Anderson

Aug 5, 2016

• Health

Maryland health chief says it was mistake not to seek more money for mental health beds

Maryland's top health official told a Baltimore judge Tuesday that he erred in not seeking more money in this year's state budget to relieve a bed shortage that has prompted his department to turn away patients from his department's mental hospitals.

By Michael Dresser

Aug 2, 2016

• Sinkholes

City worker falls into Mulberry Street sinkhole

A portion of West Mulberry Street, a major thoroughfare into downtown Baltimore, will remain closed to commuters on Tuesday morning after a water main break caused a large sinkhole on Monday, city officials said.

• Politics

Maryland General Assembly session ends with criminal justice reforms, no income tax breaks

The General Assembly agreed Monday to sweeping changes in Maryland's criminal justice policies, but failed to reach a deal that would have given residents their first major income tax break in nearly two decades.

• Politics

Maryland Senate approves tax break for Northrop Grumman; House speaker is skeptical

The Maryland Senate approved a bill Friday that would extend $37.5 million in tax credits to Northrop Grumman if the giant defense contractor maintains 10,000 jobs in the state.

By Michael Dresser

Apr 8, 2016

• Politics

Senate panel approves $37.5 million tax credit for Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corp would receive millions over the next five years in an incentive pushed by the Hogan administration, on top of $20 million lawmakers already intend to award the defense contractor for staying in Maryland.

By Erin Cox

Apr 6, 2016

• News

Hogan proposes giving Northrop Grumman $20 million to secure division headquarters and jobs

Gov. Larry Hogan is proposing $20 million in funding for defense and aerospace giant Northrop Grumman, designed to retain the company's newly created Mission Systems divisional headquarters in Linthicum and 10,000 jobs in Maryland.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Feb 19, 2016

• Health

Common kidney tests found useful in predicting future heart disease

Simple tests already used regularly to assess kidney function and damage could also help doctors predict who will suffer heart disease, researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found.

By Meredith Cohn

Jun 13, 2015

• National Government

Obama order allows sharing of data on cyberattacks

Onstage at a major computer security summit at Stanford University, President Barack Obama signed an executive order Friday to make it easier for private companies to dip into the government's deep reservoirs of data on cyberattacks.

By Ian Duncan

Feb 13, 2015

• Maryland

Hogan has tough odds to beat

• Politics

Mayor Rawlings-Blake reports $1,300 in gifts

A daily diary, chocolate rainbow cake and a gift basket with skin care products were just some of the $1,300 in gifts Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake claimed on her 2013 ethics forms, according to a review of the filings.

• Opinion

Veolia's track record raises concern over city water rates [Letter]

Veolia's track record raises concern over city water rates

• Elections

Voters see break from election excitement

Barry Rascovar discusses the break in election fever in Maryland.

• Politics

Hogan vows to eliminate taxes on pensions

Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan told residents of a retirement community Tuesday night that he wants to eliminate all state income taxes on retirement income before the end of his administration.

• Baltimore City

Community groups criticize city plan to divert $3 million in casino impact funds

• Opinion

Judicial presumption of guilt unfair to defendants [Commentary]

As long as judges continue to maintain that they must accept the accusations against defendants as true at pretrial release hearings, defendants who might have been released after a fair hearing will instead be detained for weeks, months or years awaiting trial.

• Baltimore City Paper

All Wet?

• Opinion

Spin v. reality in Md. job numbers [Editorial]

Maryland's Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation has perfected the glass-half-full view of the economy in its releases about state job growth.

• Travel

Pole dancing on the O.C. boardwalk? No thanks

Ocean City officials are struggling to figure out what they can do to regulate suggestive dancing on the Boardwalk

• Highway and Road Transportation

Transportation, tourism officials preparing for debut of Horseshoe casino

About 10,000 people are expected to come to the city for the grand opening of the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore one week from today, a key early test for city officials and business leaders eager for a smooth launch.

• Opinion

Americas selective libertarianism [Commentary]

Libertarian ideas are gaining new currency with young people because of recent government failures.

• Maryland

No rush to make appointment

• Opinion

Why no more outrage about UM open meetings violation? [Letter]

Why is there not more outrage about UM's open meetings violation?

• Maryland

Health Department: Get ready for National Preparedness Month in September

• Maryland

Longtime Carroll delegate unsure about future plans

For more than 27 years, Donald Elliott has represented Carroll County at the Maryland House of Delegates in Annapolis. But that all ended in June when he was defeated in the primary election.

• Politics

Brown, Hogan make pitches to county officials

Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan promised government officials from across the state Saturday that he would usher in a "new era of state and county cooperation," while Democratic rival Anthony G. Brown vigorously defended Maryland's strategy for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay.

• Opinion

Smallpox vaccine poses no danger to the public [Letter]

Smallpox vaccine poses no danger to the public

• Environment

Baltimore City reports massive sewage spills

More than three million gallons of raw but diluted sewage spilled into the Patapsco River and Jones Falls during and after Tuesday's near-record downpour, city officials reported Friday.

• Howard County

Ulman takes on ALS ice bucket challenge, with a twist

Warm sand, sea breezes and not one, but two, rounds of being soaked by a bucket of ice water: that seems to be Ken Ulman's experience in his downtime while at the Maryland Association of Counties' annual conference in Ocean City this week.

• Opinion

Baltimore's moment of silence [Editorial]

Baltimore's police showed the kind of restraint during a protest on Thursday that officers in Ferguson lacked — with disastrous consequences.

• Politics

Hogan decries proposed regulations for arcades

• Politics

O'Malley sweeps through Ocean City convention

OCEAN CITY — Gov. Martin O'Malley worked the room at the annual Maryland Association of Counties event Thursday, grinning for photos, slapping the backs of fellow politicians and causing bottlenecks wherever he stopped. He was headed to Mississippi and New Hampshire this weekend.

• Politics

Franchot launches petition drive to start school after Labor Day