Stepping back from the procedural wrangling between the two, here’s a look at the bigger picture and the constitutional issues. [OP-ED] ...

The move suggests to insiders that the Scott administration is worried about political and potential criminal repercussions.

South Baltimore community members had lined up university experts to oversee testing and assess health impacts. Then, the state backed out.

As MDE announces closure of one aging medical waste incinerator, communities blast the state for allowing Baltimore City’s even older and bigger incinerator to live on.

A third appeal in eight days by the Scott administration – the first two shot down by the Maryland Appellate Court.

Pushed by residents’ persistent pollution reporting, Maryland officials tomorrow will announce a settlement agreement by the company to stop functioning as an incinerator.

The lease – not yet publicly released – would result in a minimum $200 million tax savings for developer P. David Bramble.

The brainchild of Councilman Ryan Dorsey moves on to third reader for final passage, while the Accessory Dwelling Unit bill, sent back to committee, lives on.

For the third time in nine days, the high court has dismissed Scott administration appeals aimed at stopping the city’s waste and corruption watchdog from access to city records.

Did the budgetary chicanery that resulted in the taxpayer funding of a county golf course clubhouse cross the line into misconduct? [OP-ED] ...

Shen reported for The Baltimore Evening Sun in the late 1980s and then for 17 years was a staff writer for The Washington Post. An award-winning writer on The Post’s Metro staff, she covered Maryland ...