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County Executive Rushern L. Baker III

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Jan 24, 2018

Prince George’s Co. files lawsuit against opioid manufacturers

Prince George’s County on Wednesday joined the growing list of jurisdictions in Maryland suing opioid manufacturers. “The scourge of this health crisis is affecting Prince Georgians countywide,” Prince George’s County […]

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Nov 30, 2017

High hopes for new hospital in Prince George’s County

LARGO — University of Maryland Medical System officials joined federal, state and local elected officials to officially break ground on the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center in Prince […]

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Oct 31, 2017

Frosh, county officials ask consumers for price gouging stories

Maryland officials have begun the public rollout of the state’s first-in-the-nation prescription drug price gouging law by soliciting price gouging stories from citizens. Elected officials from Montgomery County and Prince […]

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Sep 20, 2017

Franchot: Amazon jobs the answer to Baltimore’s challenges

The state's chief tax collector Wednesday threw his support behind an effort to bring Amazon's second headquarters to Baltimore.

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Feb 3, 2016

Miller: If no P.G. hospital funding in a week, mandate advances

County and state legislative leaders say funding for a new Prince George’s County hospital is missing from the governor’s proposed budget. Now, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., a […]

Sep 7, 2012

Thomas new chair of UB real estate board

Daniel Thomas has been named chairman of the Advisory Board for the University of Baltimore, Merrick School of Business Real Estate and Economic Development Program.

Jul 10, 2012

Whole Foods plan moves forward in Prince George’s Co.

UPPER MARLBORO — A plan to construct the first Whole Foods Market in Prince George’s County is moving forward. The county council voted 7-2 on Monday in favor of a […]

Jun 7, 2012

Editorial: P.G. gun registry hits target

Prince George’s County is getting serious about monitoring gun offenders who are no longer incarcerated. Good. Under legislation passed unanimously on Tuesday by the county council, persons convicted of gun-related […]

Dec 1, 2011

Editorial: National Harbor or Fantasyland?

National Harbor, the uber-development along the shores of the Potomac River in Prince George’s County, took a big hit with the artfully timed day-after-Thanksgiving announcement by Walt Disney Co. that […]

Jan 3, 2011

Steven I. Platt: PG County needs a political climate change

I adopted the state of Maryland and made my home in Prince George’s County in the spring of 1970 when I returned home from four months of active duty as […]