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Baltimore County Executive Olszewski offers a good start toward ethics and election reform.

Baltimore County Councilman Tom Quirk is set to lead his colleagues as the council’s chairman for a third time.

By Alison Knezevich

Jan 7, 2019

At a difficult time for Baltimore County, Don Mohler was the right man to serve as executive.

Baltimore County Executive Don Mohler reflects on his brief and unexpected tenure leading the state's third-largest county.

By Pamela Wood

Nov 26, 2018

At the final meeting of their term on Monday, Baltimore County Council members voted to extend the county’s traffic camera program, to hire lawyers to defend zoning lawsuits brought by religious groups and to accelerate construction projects.

By Pamela Wood

Nov 20, 2018

Dundalk Democrat Johnny Olszewski Jr. will be Baltimore County's next county executive after besting Republican Al Redmer Jr. in Tuesday's election.

By Pamela Wood

Nov 6, 2018

Democrats will hold on to their slim majority on the Baltimore County Council after all of the incumbents retained their seats in Tuesday’s general election.

Baltimore County executive candidates Al Redmer Jr. and Johnny Olszewski Jr. are raising and spending money quickly as they approach election day.

By Pamela Wood

Oct 26, 2018

Members of the Baltimore County Council voted Monday to abolish a tax of up to $240 per year levied on residents of mobile homes.

By Pamela Wood

Oct 15, 2018

Baltimore County executive candidate Johnny Olszewski Jr. is getting some help from a former rival: County Councilwoman Vicki Almond.

By Pamela Wood

Sep 12, 2018

Baltimore County's teachers' union endorsed Johnny Olszewski Jr. for county executive.

By Pamela Wood

Sep 5, 2018

The general consensus for months has been that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican in a blue state, is a shoo-in to win a second term. But there are variables that aren’t being calculated.

The so-called “pink wave” has made a smaller splash in the very blue state of Maryland. To be sure, women fared well vying for seats in the state legislature. Outside the State House, however, the story is far bleaker.

For whatever reason, the MVA voter glitch didn't affect voters randomly. Some groups were hit more than others. Could that have made the difference in the razor-close Baltimore County executive race?

By Andrew A. Green

Jul 25, 2018

A move to provide free meals to some 9,500 students in 19 Baltimore County public schools is getting resistance over concerns it could result in less federal money for the system’s most needy students.

By Lauren Lumpkin

Jul 23, 2018

After three days of recounting paper ballots, Johnny Olszewski Jr. was affirmed as the winner of the Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive Saturday night.

By Pamela Wood

Jul 14, 2018

The three leading candidates in the Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive spent a sizable amount of money on television ads this spring.

By Pamela Wood

Jul 14, 2018

Elections officials continued recounting ballots Friday in the Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive, with hopes of finishing the recount Saturday.

By Pamela Wood

Jul 13, 2018

Elections officials began the laborious task Thursday morning of recounting more than 87,000 paper ballots in the Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive — a contest won by Johnny Olszewski Jr. by just nine votes.

By Pamela Wood

Jul 12, 2018

Baltimore County election officials will begin Thursday on a manual recount of nearly 85,000 paper ballots cast in last month’s Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive.

Elections officials on Thursday will begin a manual recount of nearly 85,000 paper ballots from the Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive. Johnny Olszewski Jr. was declared the winner by nine votes over Jim Brochin, who requested a recount.

By Pamela Wood

Jul 12, 2018

A recount will begin Thursday in the Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive, where former Del. Johnny Olszewski Jr. has been declared the winner by just nine votes.

By Pamela Wood

Jul 10, 2018

State Sen. Jim Brochin says he’ll file a request for a recount in the Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive — which he lost by just nine votes — as early as Tuesday afternoon.

By Pamela Wood

Jul 9, 2018

State Sen. Jim Brochin said he plans to ask for a recount after losing the Democratic nomination for Baltimore County executive by just nine votes.

By Pamela Wood

Jul 7, 2018

Johnny Olszewski Jr. eked out a9-vote win in Baltimore County Democratic primary for county executive

By Pamela Wood

Jul 6, 2018

Baltimore County elections judges resumed counting ballots on Thursday, but a result isn't expected in the Democratic contest for county executive until at least Friday.

By Pamela Wood

Jul 5, 2018

Baltimore County Democrats might not learn who their nominee is for county executive until next week, according to elections officials.

By Pamela Wood

Jul 4, 2018

Johnny Olszewski Jr.'s lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for Baltimore County executive narrowed Thursday as the first absentee ballots were tallied.

By Pamela Wood

Jun 28, 2018

It could be the end of next week before a winner can be declared in the Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive, a race that ended Tuesday night with three candidates separated by just over 1,000 votes.

By Pamela Wood

Jun 27, 2018

With thousands of provisional ballots uncounted across Maryland, key races — including the Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive and hotly contested state legislative races — are undecided.

Ben Jealous' victory is just one sign about where Maryland's voters are in advance of a pivotal election.

Five Baltimore County Council members held off primary challengers Tuesday. Democrats Julian E. Jones Jr. of Woodstock and Tom Quirk of Oella and Republicans Todd Crandell of Dundalk, Wade Kach of Cockeysville and David Marks of Perry Hall all now advance to the general election in November.

Results as of 10:54am Jun. 11, 2018

In Baltimore County, voters selected Democratic and Republican nominees for county executive.

By Pamela Wood

Jun 26, 2018

As voters cast their ballots in the Baltimore area on Tuesday, they’ll weigh in on two key races: Baltimore County executive and Baltimore City state’s attorney.

By Pamela Wood

Jun 26, 2018

Vicki Almond's relationship with developers should disqualify her in county voters' eyes.

Baltimore County’s Democratic voters are being slammed with information about gun control: flyers in their mail, e-mails in their inboxes, ads on their TVs.

By Pamela Wood

Jun 21, 2018

The Sun makes its endorsements in Baltimore County Council races.

State Sen. Jim Brochin’s newest television ad goes on the attack against one of his rivals in the Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive, County Councilwoman Vicki Almond.

By Pamela Wood

Jun 19, 2018

Councilman Tom Quirk's endorsement makes Vicki Almond sound like a tool of the Baltimore County machine.

Where will Jim Brochin get the money to fund his projects? By stopping the developer gravy train.

A political action committee formed to boost the campaign of Baltimore County executive candidate Vicki Almond says it has spent tens of thousands of dollars on mailers — just days after declaring it hadn’t previously raised or spent more than $1,000 in the race.

By Pamela Wood

Jun 18, 2018

Jim Brochin, a candidate for Baltimore County Executive, promises new schools and parks but those will cost more than the county has in its coffers.

The Democratic candidates for Baltimore County executive continue to out-raise and out-spend their Republican counterparts, according to new campaign finance reports.

By Pamela Wood

Jun 16, 2018

With voters now casting their ballots, the intensity has ratcheted up in the Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive, with attack ads airing on the radio and negative fliers landing in voters’ mailboxes.

By Pamela Wood

Jun 15, 2018

Voting began in Maryland's primary election on Thursday with the first day of early voting.

By Pamela Wood

Jun 14, 2018

The Democratic candidate who is best able to foster Baltimore County's transition to an increasingly diverse, urbanized jurisdiction is former Del. John A. Olszewski Jr.

With just days until primary voting begins, state Sen. Jim Brochin is leading the field of Democratic Baltimore County executive candidates, while Del. Pat McDonough has the lead among Republicans.

A $1.6 million renovation to the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company's firehouse has added six separate bunk rooms, an industrial kitchen, community meeting room, three unisex bathrooms with showers, a laundry room, day rooms with plush chairs and televisions, and other amenities.

By Colin Campbell

Jun 10, 2018

State Sen. Jim Brochin has a new television ad out in his campaign for the Democratic nomination for Baltimore County executive.

By Pamela Wood

Jun 9, 2018