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City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke plans to introduce legislation Monday to raise the minimum wage in Baltimore to $15 per hour by 2020.Clarke has planned a news conference for Monday at 4 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The Orioles were flying high a couple of days ago, and they still are looking strong with seven victories in their first nine games, but back-to-back losses to the Red Sox and Rangers have opened some old wounds.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Former Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, who remains in debt from his 2014 gubernatorial campaign, has taken out another large loan in the final weeks of his race for Congress. Brown loaned his campaign just under $400,000 in early March, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election...

Maryland's state prosecutor charged two Republican strategists Thursday with distributing an illegal robocall that many considered an attempt to smear an openly gay local candidate in 2014.Prosecutor Emmet Davitt announced charges against Dennis Fusaro, a national Republican figure best known for...

Lines stretched out of Baltimore's early voting stations Thursday as a record number of early voters went to the polls.As of 8:30 p.m., about 5,000 people had cast ballots in Baltimore — more than four times the number of the first day of early voting in 2011.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

State lawmakers want a greater role in choosing the next leader of the Baltimore city school district, and want to give city voters some say in the makeup of the school board.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

A well-connected hedge fund manager is behind a new Senate ad attacking Rep. Chris Van Hollen, according to disclosure reports filed Thursday — the latest development in a widening controversy in the high-profile race.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Deepening their increasingly bitter feud, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders aggressively challenged each other's judgment to be president in Thursday night's Democratic debate, sparring over Wall Street banks, how high to raise the minimum wage and gun control.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Through traffic stops, home raids, routine arrests and occassionally-violent confrontations with armed suspects, Baltimore police officers have seized more than 400 illegal firearms so far this year — a rate of about four seizures per day, and a 50 percent increase over the same period last year,...

U.S. Sen. and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will open a new campaign office in Annapolis on Thursday. The opening for the Democrat's office at 116 Hillsmere Drive is at 6:30 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share