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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 17: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, speaks during her confirmation hearing before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on January 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Noem is expected to face questions about the incoming Trump administration's plans to crack down on illegal immigration. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
Maryland group fights against DHS for Venezuelan migrants in new lawsuit
The decision stands to affect approximately 600,000 Venezuelan migrants and their families living in the United States.
Karson Kamenetz smiling wearing a purple sweater in a restaurant setting.
Like father, like son — Karson Kamenetz plans run for Baltimore County Council
Kamenetz, a Democrat, plans to run in the County Council’s second district if the current councilman, Izzy Patoka, decides to run for county executive.
Ricky Austin, 52, first struggled with opioid addiction in his teens.
Overdoses plague a generation of Black men in Baltimore and cities across America
An investigation of millions of death records in partnership with The New York Times, Big Local News and nine newsrooms across the country reveals the extent to which drug overdose deaths have affected one group of Black men in dozens of cities across America at nearly every stage of their adult lives.
Kathy Klausmeier hugs Baltimore County Councilman Wade Kach after being sworn in as county executive during a council meeting in Towson on Tuesday.
Baltimore County Council’s closed meeting on new county executive raises questions
The Baltimore County Council held an unpublicized, closed meeting Friday to discuss who should be the next county executive. With that Dec. 3 meeting, the council appears to have run afoul of Maryland’s Open Meetings Act.
Amanda Vlakos was found dead of an overdose in September while enrolled in PHA Healthcare, a recovery program that offered free housing.
They entered treatment. Drugs, overdoses and deaths followed.
Baltimore addiction programs draw patients with free housing while collecting millions. Some say one program—PHA Healthcare—offered little help.

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An employee walks from the drug store section of Walgreens in Annapolis to the beer and wine section.
3 Walgreens locations shutter in Baltimore
Walgreens closed three of its pharmacies in Baltimore this past week.
A group of nurses at St. Agnes Hospital have asked for a vote to decertify their union.
Some nurses at St. Agnes Hospital ask for vote to decertify union
A group of nurses at St. Agnes Hospital have asked for a vote to decertify their union.
Hampton Elementary School entryway. 03/19/2024. Timonium, MD.
Baltimore County school leaders anticipating difficult budget season
Baltimore County Superintendent Myriam Rogers said in a press conference Tuesday that the district is refining their initial plans for the 2025-2026 budget as the state faces heavy constraints.
An attendant of an event commemorating a year without homicides wars a Safe Streets jacket, in front of the Safe Streets Penn North site managed by Catholic Charities, on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
Why was Baltimore’s MONSE using fake names for its Safe Streets contracts?
Baltimore’s flagship violence prevention program, Safe Streets, used 26 potentially “fictitious names” on various contracts submitted to the city’s spending board.
A composite photo of Baltimore County executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. and Republican Kim Klacik.
Olszewski, Klacik spar over Trump in separate interviews
The 2nd Congressional District is made up of most of Baltimore and Carroll Counties and a portion of Baltimore City.

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About 5% of Maryland's population is undocumented, according to Census data analyzed by the Migration Policy Institute.
What would mass deportation do in Maryland?
Immigration has become one of the most critical issues of the 2024 election.
In Maryland's U.S. Senate race, Democrat Angela Alsobrooks, left, and Republican Larry Hogan, right, will face off in a televised debate on Thursday.
Alsobrooks, Hogan see voter-rich Baltimore County as key to winning the election
With less than one week to go before Election Day, Democrat Angela Alsobrooks and Republican Larry Hogan are crisscrossing the state looking for voters in the race for the United States Senate.
A still from body camera footage released and blurred by the Baltimore Police Department shows officers in a police-involved shooting at 1600 Argyle Ave.
Baltimore Police release bodycam footage from fatal Upton shooting
The Baltimore Police Department released body-camera footage from the officers who fatally shot a 54-year-old man after he fled the scene of a car crash in West Baltimore.
Plans for the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project have faced pushback at packed meetings in Frederick, Carroll and Baltimore counties since word of it began circulating in July.
Baltimore County Council joins fight against proposed transmission line
The Baltimore County Council is poised to pass a resolution opposing a proposed $424 million, 70-mile energy transmission line.
Baltimore County’s retirement system currently includes more than 9,000 people.
Baltimore County is looking for dead people
“Do we send checks to dead people?” Council chair Izzy Patoka asked.

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Third District Councilman Wade Kach will retire at the end of his term in December 2026.
After half a century serving Baltimore County, Wade Kach says he will retire
Wade Kach’s current term ends in December of 2026. He said he won’t run again, citing his health.
In Maryland, workers now must be provided with at least 32 ounces of water, shaded breaks and training on the symptoms of heat illness.
Maryland becomes the first East Coast state to adopt worker heat protections
Maryland’s newly published and adopted heat standard, which goes into effect Monday, requires all workers to have access to water, shade and rest breaks when temperatures exceed 80 degrees.
Six people, including two state legislators, the brother of the House speaker and a longtime community activist, are vying for a temp job that might open up soon: Baltimore County Executive. Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. is running for Congress.
Race is on for ‘caretaker’ Baltimore County executive as Johnny Olszewski Jr. runs for Congress
Each is making their case to the County Council that they should replace Johnny Olszewski Jr. if the Democrat wins his Congressional race in November and steps down with two years remaining on his term.
The State of Maryland's Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services seal.
Detention center for Maryland teens charged as adults over capacity for months
An overcrowded detention center affects more than just where the teens’ beds are.
Baltimore County Councilmen Todd Crandell, Mike Ertel, David Marks, and Julien Jones listen to testimony during a Nov. 28, 2023, council meeting.
Baltimore County Council seeks ‘caretaker’ executive as Olszewski runs for Congress
The County Council is laying plans to name an interim executive, should Johnny Olszewski get elected to Congress.
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