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Symbols are meaningful in politics. Sometimes, a gesture as simple as a handshake can resonate with tremendous importance.

Carroll County residents no longer need to worry about paying an annual stormwater remediation fee, commonly called the "rain tax" by its opponents.

Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman's top spokeswoman is leaving for a new job.

Eleven-year-old Sydney Kirby of Brooklyn Park saved her birthday and Christmas money to sponsor adoption fees for five cats at Anne Arundel County Animal Control's shelter.

The winter weary were cut some slack Monday when a storm dropped 3-6 inches of snow across the region, less than earlier forecasts, but the event still added another day of disruption in a season bringing yet another spell of dangerous cold.

State officials say they have enough salt to treat roads, but at least one county had to ration use. Some hardware stores are running out of ice-melting materials, and local government spending on salt is climbing.

Yet another snowstorm hits Maryland.

Snow was tapering off by late morning in Baltimore and points north and west, expected to end with 3-6 inches of accumulation around the region. A blast of cold air was meanwhile moving in behind the storm.

Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman plans to solicit new proposals for a government-owned dairy farm in Gambrills.

Comptroller and county executive tour Severna Park High to make pitch that it should be fully funded in county's request to the state. School system is seeking $25 million to get project started this spring.

Laurel's state- and county-level elected officials won't face many obstacles on the path to re-election this year, with few – in most cases no – challengers. With the Feb. 25 candidate filing deadline past, 2014's political contenders are set. And there aren't very many options for voters outside of the usual field of incumbents.

The fields are set for Republican and Democratic primary elections for local offices, including the competitive race to become Anne Arundel County executive. At the top of the ballot, the Republican primary for county executive features a matchup between current County Executive Laura Neuman and state Del. Steve Schuh.

Coca-Cola has agreed to move its regional distribution center to a yet-to-be-built 291,000 square foot warehouse in Hanover, Anne Arundel County officials said Friday.

Del. Steve Schuh and Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman traded barbs this week over alleged ethical lapses as the Republican campaign for the county's top job heats up.

The Anne Arundel County school board voted on Wednesday to fully fund step increases to teachers' salaries in this year's operating budget proposal, a move that is slated to add $6.2 million to the overall $1.04 billion package that Interim Superintendent Mamie Perkins recommended in December.

Joanna Conti is withdrawing from the race for Anne Arundel County executive, leaving former sheriff George F. Johnson IV as the only Democrat in the running.

Proponents of an elected school board in Anne Arundel County are giving up too easily in the face of opposition.

Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman will make her campaign to keep the job official on Thursday with a "dawn to dusk" tour of the county.

Anne Arundel County's state senators have killed a bill to created a mostly elected school board, prompting delegates to shelve their version of the bill.

Drama over stormwater fees continues in Anne Arundel County, where Del. Steve Schuh's proposal to exempt the county from the fees was met with resistance from fellow delegates on Friday.

It was a virtual Who's Who in Anne Arundel County public service

As money flows into the Anne Arundel County government from new stormwater fees, Erik Michelsen will be the man to make sure the money is properly spent on projects to reduce pollution that harms the Chesapeake Bay.

The family running a large farm on government property in Anne Arundel County is giving up its organic methods, frustrating neighbors who are concerned the switch will harm the environment.

Questionnaires filled out by Republicans Laura Neuman and Steve Schuh when they were vying for Anne Arundel County executive a year ago have been released by a member of the County Council.

Prosecutors changed their legal theories and failed to prove that former Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold's actions – while salacious and perhaps unethical – amounted to a crime, the Republican's attorney argued in court Wednesday morning.

A citizens' commission has given Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman a long to-do list for improving county government.

Anne Arundel County executive hopeful Del. Steve Schuh made an appeal to the county council to cut the property tax to offset the new stormwater fees.

Fink¿s district in the northeastern portion of the county also has seen three homicides in recent days: The death of 21-year-old Ana Isabel Racine in Riviera Beach last Sunday and a murder-suicide in Marley on Monday that left 51-year-old Michael Allen Nelson and 52-year-old Thomas Alan Goat dead.