Pat Roddy has been a major player in the Klausmeier administration after engineering her selection as interim county executive. Pamela Metz Kasemeyer will assume his position as government relations director next week.

Packing Black voters into two districts risks locking in the structural inequality that has long plagued Baltimore County. [OP-ED]

“This is what 21st century city government should look like,” the mayor says, pledging to resolve trash, pothole and other citizen complaints more quickly.

“At its peak, Artscape reminded you that this city – so often overlooked and underestimated – knew how to shine. The new version, while not terrible, was certainly not that.” [OP-ED]