Baltimore County




A measure to change the selection process for Baltimore County's Planning Board might have less to do with concerns about planning generally and more to do with opposition to mixed-use development that would include affordable housing, says a county resident who writes about law and local government issues.






Two years after organizing the first union at an Apple retail store, workers in Towson, Baltimore County, are preparing to take another unprecedented step: Becoming the first to go on strike against Apple. The union voted “overwhelmingly” on Saturday to authorize a strike.





Montgomery County is the beast that beats them among Maryland’s local governments. Its budget proposal is a whopping $7.1 billion, more than the combined spending plans for Anne Arundel, Howard and Frederick — plus seven of the state’s 16 smaller counties. Why should you care? What happens there affects the rest of us.