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In election polling places across the region, Marylanders get out to vote on Election Day 2010.

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Howard approves mountain bike course at Rockburn park

A private group will be allowed to build a mountain bike training course in Rockburn Park in Elkridge, following a unanimous Wednesday vote by the county's Recreation and Parks Board to go ahead with the contested project.

William Donald Schaefer's last will honors friends, institutions

William Donald Schaefer's ability to surprise, delight and confound was on display again Tuesday with the public release of his last will and testament, which showered bits of his $2.4 million estate on devoted aides, friends and institutions.

Governor pledges to fight for transgender protections

Legislation faltered this year; supporters say beating at Rosedale McDonald's underlines need

City residents ask to restore funding for youth services

Employment, increased funding for youth programs and a living wage were a few of the reforms city residents demanded of City Council members during public meeting Wednesday evening.

Baltimore Insider: Who got William Donald Schaefer's cat?

So you got left out of William Donald Schaefer’s will, too? What are we, chopped liver?

O'Malley to sign bill requiring railway to disclose WWII past

A company partly owned by the French railroad will have to detail the railway's role in transporting Holocaust victims to Nazi death camps before it can compete again to operate Maryland commuter trains, according to legislation that Gov. Martin O'Malley is scheduled to sign today.

Baltimore County Council leaves proposed budget largely intact

The Baltimore County Council is on track to leave Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz's proposed $1.6 billion budget intact, ignoring most of the county auditor's recommended cuts.

O'Malley to sign waste-to-energy trash burning legislation

Gov. Martin O'Malley announced Tuesday he'll sign a bill opposed by environmentalists that would grant financial incentives to facilities that produce power by burning trash.

Defense belt-tightening costing Northrop Grumman jobs

Northrop Grumman Corp.'s plan to cut 500 jobs in the Baltimore region — largely through buyouts but also with 70 layoffs — underscores the uncomfortable shift defense contractors are feeling as the era of big spending growth ends.

No new terms for two members of Balto. County school board

Baltimore County school board President Earnest A. Hines said Tuesday that he is contesting a decision by Gov. Martin O'Malley to remove him from the board June 30, a year before he believes his term is ending.

Political Notebook: Guzzone fundraising for possible exec. bid

Del. Guy Guzzone has $100,274 in campaign cash put aside, likely enough to pay for another run for the General Assembly, but he said his annual home pizza party should boost that total by at least $35,000 as he ponders a run for higher office.

Former Prince George's county executive pleads guilty to extortion, tampering

Former Prince George's county executive Jack B. Johnson admitted in federal court on Tuesday that he took more than $400,000 in bribes, agreeing to a plea deal that showed that he began shaking down developers almost from his first days in office.