An Earth Day warning that if City Hall doesn’t get serious about recycling, composting and other zero waste strategies, we’ll never kick this polluting, trash-burning habit. [OP-ED]

“We don’t want any media here,” AFSCME Local 44 President Dorothy Bryant said after The Brew came to hear workers demand better representation by the union.

After Baltimore settles pollution lawsuits, Maryland officials report progress at the two treatment plants and announce community projects that are part of the consent decree.

Baltimore County isn’t the region’s economic engine anymore. One reason why is the grip held over local zoning decisions by individual members of the county council. [OP-ED]