Maryland’s past three Democratic governors held executive positions in local government before winning statewide office and took many of their colleagues with them to the State House.
Roughly 30% of Baltimore County residents are Black, according to U.S. Census data, and nearly half are people of color, reflecting growing diversity in the county.
Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against the Baltimore County Council’s redistricting plan argued in a Thursday court filing that a new map for county…
The Baltimore County Council waited until the eleventh hour to submit a new redistricting plan to a federal judge Tuesday night — and the…
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a redistricting plan from the Baltimore County Council that included just one majority Black council district and ordered…
The Baltimore County Council voted unanimously to approve a redistricting proposal with just one majority Black council district Monday, spurring a lawsuit from civil…
The Baltimore County Council is set to vote on a bill that would set up a public campaign finance system in the jurisdiction Monday,…
Civil rights advocates and residents again slammed the Baltimore County Council’s redistricting proposal for including just one majority Black council district during a meeting of…
Although civil rights groups have urged Baltimore County Council members to include a second majority Black district in new council maps, an updated draft…
Baltimore County’s public campaign finance system, which is slated to roll out for the 2026 general election, could feature a tiered funding system to…