Community issues

Baltimore’s City Council voted on Monday to ban gas-powered leaf blowers in the city.

The plan would set the property tax rate on vacant properties at triple the current level for the first year it is in effect and then quadruple the current rate in subsequent years.

Hurricane Milton is forecast to remain a dangerous storm as it travels across the state of Florida, bringing life-threatening winds inland.

The Maryland Transit Administration was awarded a $213 million federal grant to replace the aging cars for its light rail line. A top transit official warns that the state could lose the grant

Authorities allege that a group of 14 men ran a street-level drug ring out of the Obery Court townhouse complex in Annapolis, less than a mile from the Maryland State House.

Those familiar with the bank’s work said JPMorgan Chase can help Baltimore fill its empty storefronts, reduce its vacant housing surplus and bring more good-paying jobs to city residents — all crucial to its financial sustainability.

Banner reporters are covering how the Israel-Hamas war is impacting communities in Maryland.

More than 1,500 gathered at Beth El Congregation in Pikesville Monday night to remember the lives lost last year during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.

The two men are accused of carrying out a string of contract shootings and killings across Baltimore over a bloody eight-month period.

Following the string of shootings during homecoming celebrations in recent years, campus police departments are implementing additional security measures and protocols.

One law, which alters regulatory requirements for the marketing and sale of electricity and gas, has already been challenged in court.

In the days leading up to the first anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, locals with ties to both Israel and Gaza assembled peacefully across Maryland.

Baltimore joined that exclusive group last month, launching a trial against the drug distributors McKesson and AmerisourceBergen that has been six years in the making.

Glen Burnie is the fastest-growing part of Anne Arundel County and second-largest-growing large area in the state, behind Silver Spring. The city is home to about 80,000 residents.

The Magnificent Marching Machine was invited to the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, leaving it just one invite shy of the Triple Crown of parade events.

Rev. Cecelia Williams Bryant was a mentor and leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She died on Sept. 26 at age 77.

Gov. Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services will cancel millions of unpaid parole debts for more than 6,700 people.

Tens of thousands of protesters have joined demonstrations across the U.S. nearly a year into the war, including protests at many college campuses.

“We do not believe this was a random act,” Jackson said. “We are confident we’ve got the right person.”

Ravens cornerback Nate Wiggins’ Lamborghini Urus crashed, rolled on its side and came to rest in the northbound lanes of I-95 in Baltimore last month.