Vexing problems caused by the nation’s foreclosure crisis continue to ripple through Maryland, calling for thoughtful, measured responses to protect the integrity of the process and, most of all, to protect homeowners from losing their houses by fraudulent or illegal ...

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Under Maryland’s Election Law, candidates for public office are listed alphabetically by surname on the primary election ballot and within party groupings on the general election ballot when there is more than one candidate of the same political party for ...

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Amid all the election-year talk about how to accelerate the national economic recovery and whether Maryland’s economy is well-positioned for the future comes a sobering report from a leading national foundation. Our citizens must have greater access to higher education ...

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Four long years after announcing its intention to move its national headquarters to Washington, the NAACP has decided to stay in Baltimore. That’s good news for the city, the state and the venerable civil rights organization, which celebrated its 100th ...

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Two recent audits have found key state regulatory agencies seriously behind in their work at a time when that work is critically important to protect citizens and maintain public confidence that state government can effectively regulate businesses that operate here. ...

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The group that wants to bring IndyCar racing to downtown Baltimore now has a home: the warehouse at Camden Yards. Baltimore Racing development Corp. will move into 2,754 square feet of long-unoccupied office space on the fourth floor of the ...

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In the latest example of foot-dragging by public officials in disclosing public information, the Maryland Stadium Authority is refusing to reveal the details of a settlement it has reached with the Baltimore Orioles in a $1.2 million rent dispute. A ...

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Few public records are more essential to open government than court records, and generally speaking, Maryland courts do a good job in making sure that public documents are really open to the public. But there are some troubling inconsistencies in ...

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The cruise ship business is booming at the Port of Baltimore. With the recent arrival of Royal Caribbean’s Enchantment of the Seas, two year-round cruise ships will call Baltimore home. Since Baltimore became a cruise port in 2006, growth in ...

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Matt Gonter is one angry man. The 34-year-old Baltimore accountant seethes every time he sees a vacant house in the city he loves. That means he spends a lot of time seething because he sees one heckuva lot of vacant ...

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