Verna L. Jones

As criticism of Baltimore's speed camera system mounted for a second day Monday, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said she would not tolerate a single erroneous ticket issued by the cameras under her administration. "We need to make sure we're...

For more than two decades, Rico Marzano called prison cells in Jessup and Cumberland his home. But this year, the convicted murderer serving four consecutive life sentences will be recorded as a Baltimore resident, even though he won't step foot in his...

The weekend death of a 51-year-old man who struggled with officers at Baltimore's Central Booking and Intake Center was ruled a homicide yesterday, as family members, a lawmaker and an advocacy group expressed outrage over his killing. During an...

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said yesterday he expects Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. to make substantial "adjustments" to the administration's poorly received slot machine legislation, including possible changes in the way the gambling profits...

In an effort to broaden his appeal in the black community, Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. staged a fund-raiser and rally last night at a downtown Baltimore nightclub in an attempt to win over traditionally Democratic voters....

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. would appoint the majority of a management panel to overhaul the cash-starved Baltimore school system under a compromise reached yesterday that Mayor Martin O'Malley said relegates the city to "junior partner" status for...

Maryland's leading candidates for governor collected prized endorsements yesterday, with Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and Rep. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. using the opportunity to escalate criticisms of each other. As she received the backing of...

Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend promised yesterday to pour $30 million into Baltimore's drug treatment programs if she becomes governor, a pledge likely to increase her appeal to city voters. Townsend announced the plan at the Believe Day Festival...

Voters go to the polls today to select Democratic and Republican nominees for almost every elected office in Maryland, less than three months after the state's highest court scrambled the legislative redistricting process. The new map is forcing State...