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President Donald Trump signed a 65-word executive order that appeared to have a big effect on Maryland — a state that depends on federal jobs like no other.

Without the social media app, Baltimore-area influencers and businesses stand to lose a beloved speech platform — and money.

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Maryland wants to attract students to the trades through apprenticeship programs starting at the high school level, joining a push across the U.S.

About 5,200 Marylanders are owed a total of more than $6.8 million in unpaid wages, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Even as wealth grows in Detroit, some say they feel left behind.

Christopher Eddings, the former president of The Daily Record and director of publishing operations for the publication’s owner, BridgeTower Media, died from lung cancer. He was 75.

As the newly hired Impact Director at Hotel Revival in Mount Vernon, Jasmine Garland begins her role as DEI positions are under attack.

Marriott, based in Bethesda, is gearing up to lay off more than 800 employees by the start of the new year.

Timothy Cartwell, a waste collector with the Reedbird Sanitation Yard, died after being trapped between a utility pole and a trash truck in an alley in West Baltimore.

After loses by Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, Maryland women in politics ponder whether they will see a woman president in their lifetime.

#iVoted, which works in conjunction with Johns Hopkins University’s SNF Agora Institute, produces free concerts as an incentive to get young people to vote.

Glen Burnie is the fastest-growing part of Anne Arundel County and second-largest-growing large area in the state, behind Silver Spring. The city is home to about 80,000 residents.

This week, a massive container ship called the Chiquita Voyager arrived in Port Wilmington in Delaware, and members of the ILA unloaded it.

Baltimore County resident Abigail Kuehl co-founded the hair care brand Antidote, which makes natural products for salons.

After voting to authorize a strike earlier this month, union hotel workers and Hilton had their final negotiations before their contract's expiration on Aug. 29.

Christian Siriano, an Annapolis-native and Baltimore School for the Arts alum, struck the right note on the third night of the convention by creating a purple-hued pantsuit for the queen of talk, Oprah Winfrey.

Annapolis native Christian Siriano has the golden touch when it comes to dressing women in the political sphere — whether that be Michelle Obama and Jill Biden or the next potential leader of the free world, Kamala Harris.

Baltimore County designer Brittany Veney, of B. Real Creative Studio, sets out to help smaller businesses find their voices and identities.

Union workers at Baltimore’s Hilton Inner Harbor voted against a contract extension, clearing the way for members potentially to call a strike.