Baltimore City

Perez has become the favorite of progressive Democrats in this campaign, sewing up endorsements from several large labor unions and the advocacy group Progressive Maryland.

From the National Aquarium to the Highlandtown First Friday Art Walk, these are reporter Hallie Miller's favorite spots to bring out-of-town guests.

Blaze occurred during maintenance work in one of the cell blocks, officials said.

Council members are asking Mayor Brandon Scott to redirect the money to legal aid for tenants facing eviction.

Baltimore City Sheriff John W. Anderson is seeking a ninth term in the July 19 Democratic primary. But his challenger, Sam Cogen, a former top deputy, would like to change that. Cogen believes that the sheriff’s office could and should take a more active role in reducing violent crime in the city, in part by adopting modern technology to make the office more efficient.

Tips and tricks for navigating Baltimore streets without an automobile.

How did Baltimore, a city of some 560,000 residents, become such fertile ground for basketball excellence? To get a deeper perspective, The Baltimore Banner spoke with hoops historian and Executive Director of The Black Fives Foundation, Claude Johnson.

Peter Franchot has led multiple political lives, from being a liberal lawmaker to a more politically moderate tax collector. Now he wants to be Maryland's governor.

A new executive could matter more to Baltimore than any other Maryland jurisdiction.

“Crying On Television” plays at Everyman Theatre through June 26.

And so I learn to teach in a way I was never taught to learn.

The state’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Program is investigating and will visit the site on Wednesday.

During this year’s tumultuous budget process, Baltimore City Council members kept agency leaders in marathon hearings and aired sharp grievances with Mayor Brandon Scott’s spending plan.

Spurred by a federal consent decree, the police department in many ways now emphasizes process over results, keeping tabs on things like whether officers are courteous.

Baltimore is one of the coolest places for creeps into cemeteries, macabre yoga studios and other weird places.

Officials say the city addressed the shortcoming, and that the selection came down to sites that ‘had a little extra something’

A recent poll commissioned for The Baltimore Banner found that despite the city’s struggles, there is an affinity among city residents for their hometown. For some, it is the diversity of the city, or the exuberant arts scene. For others, it is stately architecture, a vibrant patch of forest or the waterways rippling through the city. And yet others are indifferent about Baltimore or worried about a crime problem that they say seems to be getting worse.

As Pride celebrations sweep the country this month, there will undoubtedly be stories of joy and triumph. But behind the colorful parades, energized performances by drag queens, and an overall appearance of a unified front lie the realities of a fractured LGBTQ community.

Public opinion is complex and simplifying clear takeaways from polling data is tricky and uncertain. We dug a little deeper to find emerging trends.