A federal judge has approved a new redistricting map submitted by Baltimore County Council after voting rights advocates successfully challenged the county’s first map. Baltimore County Council announced the judge’s approval in a news release Thursday. As of 6 p.m., ...

Tagged with: baltimore county council Lydia Griggsby Maryland redistricting voting rights act

The Baltimore County Council filed a new redistricting plan late Tuesday after a federal judge ruled last month that the council’s first proposal likely violated the Voting Rights Act. The new map creates an additional majority-minority district, but does not ...

Tagged with: baltimore county council Lydia Griggsby Maryland redistricting voting rights act

The Baltimore County NAACP has filed a federal lawsuit over the county’s redistricting map, which the organization says dilutes minority votes by packing Black voters into a single district. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Maryland, follows ...

Tagged with: Baltimore County baltimore county council Maryland redistricting voting rights act

A Maryland mall has no plans to enact a curfew on unaccompanied teenagers, despite the urging of a county council following a fight this summer.

Tagged with: Baltimore County baltimore county council white marsh White Marsh Mall

Baltimore County could be the first jurisdiction to attempt to eliminate its stormwater management fee since passage of state legislation that altered the program that became a statewide campaign issue and was dubbed “the rain tax.” The bill, introduced Monday ...

Tagged with: Baltimore County baltimore county council kevin kamenetz rain tax stormwater management fee

Baltimore County government has quietly retained the services of a high-powered Annapolis lobbyist to augment its state government lobbying efforts.

Tagged with: baltimore county council lobbying

A few government and politics headlines for Wednesday.

Tagged with: Anne Arundel County Baltimore County baltimore county council budget election 2014 ethics garrett county governor's race Laura Neuman Ron George

A $2.8 billion operating budget for fiscal 2014 was scheduled to be presented Monday to the Baltimore County Council by County Executive Kevin Kamenetz.

Tagged with: Baltimore County baltimore county council kevin kamenetz police property taxes school Towson

A few government and politics headlines for Thursday.

Tagged with: assault weapons baltimore county council dbed gun control gun safety Martin O'Malley todd huff U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski

Efforts to petition two controversial Baltimore County zoning maps to a referendum in November 2014 have resulted in 170,000 voter signatures, officials said Friday.

Tagged with: Baltimore County baltimore county council david cordish foundry row greenberg gibbons Martin State Airport owings mills solo cup walmart wegman's zoning