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• News

Where will the trash go? Baltimore and surrounding counties consider alternatives if incinerator closes

After the Baltimore City Council passed clean air legislation Monday that could lead a large trash incinerator to shut down, officials in the city and surrounding counties began considering their alternatives for if and when that consequence comes to pass.

By Scott Dance

Feb 14, 2019

• Politics

Maryland voters weather steady rain, ballot problems on Election Day to exercise civic enthusiasm

Other locales might have drawn more star power in recent days — from President Donald Trump jetting to 11 rallies in six days to Oprah seemingly taking up residence in Georgia — but Maryland voters descended on their polling places on Tuesday with a determined intensity of their own.

• Politics

Two Baltimore state senators defeated in Maryland General Assembly races; Conway trails in tight contest

All of the 188 seats in the Maryland General Assembly — 47 in the Senate, 141 in the House of Delegates — were on the ballot Tuesday, forcing many veteran incumbents in the Baltimore region and elsewhere to face possible ouster as voters decided whether to make sweeping changes in Annapolis. 

By Michael Dresser

Jun 26, 2018

• Politics

Today is the last day of early voting in Maryland. Here's what you need to know.

From Thursday through June 21, Marylanders can head to early voting centers — register, if necessary — and cast ballots in the gubernatorial primary election.

• Maryland

Longtime Baltimore legislator Oaks charged with federal wire fraud

State Sen. Nathaniel T. Oaks, a longtime Baltimore state legislator, has been charged in U.S. District Court with wire fraud, court records show.

• Politics

Hogan focuses on bipartisanship, state issues in annual address to Maryland General Assembly

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is set to give his third State of the State speech today.

• Politics

Maryland General Assembly gathers amid politics and scandal

Maryland's General Assembly will convene Wednesday while juggling more plot lines than a soap opera.

• Education

Maryland state and local governments urged to increase school funding by $2.6 billion

Maryland should spend $2.6 billion more on public education and revamp the formula used to calculate school funding, according to a two year study by a national consulting firm.

• Elections

Excitement, anxiousness abound as Election Day nears

Whether excited or exasperated, millions of voters in Maryland and across the country will head to the polls Tuesday to close out one of the most unusual and divisive elections in generations. After the raucous primaries, two dozen debates and a deluge of news about private email servers and sexist remarks, voters will finally choose the nation's 45th president.

By John Fritze

Nov 5, 2016

• Politics

Early voting begins in Maryland with busy polls around the region

State elections officials are bracing for another high turnout with early voting beginning tomorrow.

• Sports

Digest: Terps women's basketball adds former point guard Anjale Barrett to staff

Former Maryland point guard Anjale Barrett was named the Terps' director of recruiting operations and player personnel.

• Politics

In combative language, Hogan vetoes five bills passed by Maryland General Assembly

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed five bills Friday, characterizing three of them as unnecessary meddling by the General Assembly and dismissing another as a tax.

• Maryland

Morning Report: What's happening today in Carroll County

The Morning Report is a quick roundup of links to stories that Carroll County residents are talking about today.

• Maryland

Cranberry Station Elementary one of several schools in Mid Atlantic to receive robocall threat

Cranberry Station Elementary School was evacuated shortly before 11 a.m. this morning after a staff member received a phone call about a bomb threat.

• Business

Old Line Bank to acquire Regal Bank

Bowie-based Old Line Bank's parent will establish a foothold in the Baltimore suburbs with the announcement Wednesday of a merger with the parent of Regal Bank and Trust.

By Carrie Wells

Aug 6, 2015

• Maryland

Shrinking funds imperil Maryland roads, bridges

Maryland roads and bridges are better than the national average, but still garner poor ratings. Further loss of funding for maintenance could have consequences.

• Maryland

Open Meetings Act training list

• Politics

Hogan promises atmosphere of 'trust and cooperation'

Larry Hogan, a businessman who ran on a promise to "change Maryland," took office as Maryland's 62nd governor Wednesday at the State House in Annapolis.

• Maryland

County to vote to adopt or reject ethics ordinance early next year

Carroll County's latest attempt to comply with Maryland's ethics ordinance — which requires candidates for elected positions to disclose all financial information, including that of their children and spouses — was approved by the State Ethics Commission and will soon go before the Carroll County Board of Commissioners for possible adoption.

• Politics

Zirkin named to head Senate Judicial Proceedings panel

Zirkin named to head Senate Judicial Proceedings panel

• Maryland

Municipalities reluctantly adopting more stringent ethics ordinances

When Jack B. Johnson, the county executive for Prince George's County, was indicted in 2010 on federal charges shortly before pleading guilty to extortion along with witness and evidence tampering, legislators realized local governments needed to be held just as accountable as state employees. Though changes made to the requirements for local governments — including counties, municipalities and school boards — are mandatory, some municipalities in Carroll County have been reluctant

• Baltimore City Paper

The Money Game: the latest campaign-finance figures in Baltimore's legislative district races

• Maryland

Maxine R. Dixon, 92, of Taneytown

• Maryland

Inez U. Barger, 103, of Westminster

• Maryland

Douglas E. Osterhouse, 51, of Westminster

• Maryland

Katherine O. "Kandy" Johnson-Jackson, 43, of Sykesville

• Maryland

Fire damages Westminster Livestock Auction

• Howard County

Exhibit highlights extraordinary nature of 'Ordinary Women'

When visual artist Diana Marta came across a mannequin in the back room of a Baltimore gallery in 2012, she didn't really have any idea the seemingly innocuous discovery would led to the exhibit opening this week at the Howard County Center for the Arts in Ellicott City.

• Maryland

Joseph F. Shields, 79, of Westminster

• Maryland

First president of Carroll Community College, Joseph F. Shields, dies at 79

• Maryland

Carroll County Public School bus routes for the 2013-2014 school year

• Opinion

The royal treatment

Birth of a future king reminds us that, despite its ups and downs, Britons still cherish the monarchy

• Opinion

The royal treatment

• Prince George of Cambridge

Aquarium puts out cheeky announcement of puffin birth

• Prince George of Cambridge

Senate roll call on gas tax

• Maryland

Early voters happy polls stayed open late

• Maryland

Municipalities drag their feet on state-mandated ethics ordinance

• Maryland

Vetri becomes Eagle Scout

• Howard County

Howard County Council faces busy legislative meeting

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Baltimore power outages dip below 100,000 for first time since storms

• Same-Sex Marriage

How Md. senators voted on same-sex marriage

• Prince George of Cambridge

Some Marylanders question odd pairings in proposed new congressional map

• Tornadoes and Wind Storms

NWS raises tornado total to 11; four in Md.

• National Weather Service

Region spared major storm damage

• Opinion

Alcohol tax vote breakdown

• Opinion

Senate gay marriage vote breakdown

• Same-Sex Marriage

Same-sex marriage bill passes first hurdle in Senate

• Politics

A historical battle over Maryland statues

• Same-Sex Marriage

Senate committee backs gay marriage

• Same-Sex Marriage

Same-sex marriage on Senate floor next week