Nearly a dozen counties have shared email systems and some council leaders are questioning the need to go it alone or impose limits on their executives.
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…