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Baltimore County on Tuesday passed legislation to ban cell phone kiosks that enable users to trade in phones for cash.

Smoking will be banned in some areas of Baltimore County parks under legislation approved Tuesday by the County Council.

Playgrounds, athletic fields and other areas of public parks in the Baltimore region could become no-smoking zones under legislation being considered by local officials.

An eleventh-hour amendment expanded Baltimore County's food truck pilot program to a Towson-specific endeavor to a countywide measure, the last in a series of alterations to the guidelines that aimed to make food trucks more welcome outside city limits.

State Sen. Jim Brochin on Tuesday questioned how taxpayers would benefit from Baltimore County's plans to sell the Towson firehouse to developers, as residents called on the County Council delay or stop the sale of both that site and the North Point Government Center in Dundalk.

Longtime Baltimore County Councilman John Olszewski Sr. will not seek re-election next year, he told supporters this weekend.

Brown announces county chairs, Busch endorsement

The Baltimore County Council on Tuesday asked the county planning board to consider whether more residents should be allowed to keep chickens as pets.

After a rough day, holding a single brown egg laid by a pet hen brought a simple sense of joy to Baltimore County resident Lawrence Parr. And the sight of kids playing with "peeps" — "that's worth a million dollars," Parr told the County Council this week.

The Baltimore County Ethics Commission will not file a complaint against a Dundalk councilman who didn't disclose his outside employment – including a stint with a county schools contractor — for years, saying he took the necessary steps to correct his omissions.

Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown picked up the support of 23 county elected officials from around Maryland Friday, adding to the summertime parade of endorsements of his candidacy for governor next year.

Several former Baltimore County officials are criticizing County Executive Kevin Kamenetz's handling of a plan to sell county land for private development, saying he has left citizens in the dark.

Ethics inquiry hasn't shaken our faith in Olszewski

After a meeting Tuesday, the chairman of the Baltimore County Ethics Commission would not say whether members discussed Councilman John Olszewski Sr.'s omissions on financial disclosure forms.

The Baltimore County Ethics Commission is likely to discuss a councilman's omissions on his financial disclosure forms at a meeting next week, its executive director says.

The Baltimore County Council on Thursday approved significantly lowering the fees developers pay to help the county buy parks and recreational land.

Baltimore County councilman appears to be getting dumber the longer he is in office

It doesn't wash when a 15-year council veteran says he doesn't know how to fill out a disclosure form

A Baltimore County councilman has not reported his outside employment on financial disclosure forms for the past several years, including his work with a painting and drywall company that has a $3.1 million contract at a new high school being built in his district.

Some Baltimore County Council members want to reduce the fees that developers pay to help the county build parks and buy other recreational space.

Baltimore County's Democrats can't have it both ways on stormwater fees

It's been ridiculed by some as a "rain tax" and an example of government hitting taxpayers anywhere it can, but on Monday two more Maryland jurisdictions — Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties —

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz on Monday unveiled a budget he says will let the county put 3,000 new seats in elementary schools and give residents better walking trails, parks and other recreational opportunities.

Maryland ratepayers must not subsidize out-of-state paper companies and their 'black liquor'

Baltimore County Council members took heat last week over their taxpayer-funded cars, which are a rare perk among local councils in the Baltimore area..

Condescending councilman

Residents of Dundalk on Monday urged the Baltimore County Council to stop the sale of the North Point Government Center and the closure of Eastwood Elementary, saying the county's plan to do so would hurt the community.