Maryland’s Senate race is one of a handful of federal races poised to decide which political party wins control over Congress. That means there’s plenty of polling, as the candidates and other interested parties search for indications of which way voters will go. Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan and Democrat and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks are vying for the open seat, along with Libertarian Party candidate Mike Scott and independent candidate Patrick J. Burke.

Baltimore County Public Schools are redrawing attendance boundary lines once again. It’s a regular occurrence and often involves multiple schools to ease overcrowding. That’s the case with this next batch of changes, but the school system also wants bus routes to be considered when lines are drawn. The decision to potentially change where kids go to school lies with the community.

Over the past couple of years, the US economy has wrung out inflation like dirty mop water from just about every sector — except for the housing market, which remains paralyzed by high prices and chronically low supply. But the action that could help solve America’s home affordability crisis could potentially make it worse. To understand why, let’s take a look at how we got here.