The Baltimore Sun

University of Maryland researchers will conduct a series of visioning exercises to pick locations for future jobs and housing by placing Legos building blocks on a map. It's the latest trend in growth visioning exercises.

Nearly all of the Maryland Transit Administration's Central Light Rail Line is now double tracked -- at long last.

43 bills have hit the legislature, in attempts to limit government power.

Substantial amounts of flood plain construction could reinvent Katrina all over again around the country.

New Maryland real estate developments are straining water-supply networks and could lead to chronic shortages and water-use restrictions.

Light rail and subway lines are spawning a series of new developments.

What would you do if your rent went from $595 per month to $200,000 to buy?

State and federal highway officials agree on a final plan to build a $2.4 billion highway through Washington's suburbs.

Charles Carroll descendants' may allow development of their Doughoregan estate. (Carroll is the only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence.)

The dramatic increase in homeowners' associations has some worrying about the implications for local governance.

As the number of people in Homeowner Associations has exploded from 2 million nationwide in 1970 to more than 54 million now, disputes become more expensive, and more frequent.

A new study of Montgomery residents attempts to answer the question, "Is suburbia harmful to your health?"

While Transportation Engineers often work with the premise that the client is the car, in Baltimore County, MD a consultant group has recommended letting the single lane rural roads meander.

As Americans are forced to spend more time commuting, the question must be asked 'what have highways done to improve quality of life?'

The Chesapeake region's largest remaining wetlands face twin threats of suburban sprawl and rising sea levels.

Unless we make a rapid switch to clean, renewable energy, other cities will face the dangers that submerged New Orleans, says Mike Tidwell.

Officials in Howard County are struggling between builders and affordable housing advocates in the struggle to provide housing that the middle-class can afford.

The Baltimore Sun profiles William Mackey Jr., former planning director for the City of South Miami and the new project manager for the U.S. 40 project in Maryland, who used the opportunity to return to his planning roots.

Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development is calling on city leaders to pass a $50 million bond to help raze abandoned buildings, and rebuild on the property.

A judge orders the Carroll County Planning and Zoning Commission to approve 254 townhouses or face jail.