Significant growth in Latino residents in past decades are making Latino voters a group that can no longer be ignored by candidates and campaigns in Maryland, community leaders say.

The opening of new immigration courts and hiring of new judges — measures taken by the court system to address a massive backlog of cases — is contributing to confusion, attorneys say.

The soft launch marks the unveiling of a renovated space called the South Market, a $45 million redevelopment project that has been in the making for four years.

Their jobs took on new levels of urgency during the pandemic, and they continue to monitor possible threats to public health.

The Baltimore New American Access Coalition is the first citywide, coordinated case management initiative targeting immigrants and refugees in the city.

Head of Maryland Defenders Union cites “unsustainable workloads” and low pay as challenges to adequately representing the state’s poorest defendants.

Residents of what some have dubbed the ’I-83 tent city’ had said they intended to leave the premises only temporarily and would move back.

The idea is not only to provide a refugee family with a place to live, but also to surround them with friendly, knowledgeable neighbors who can provide support in a new country.

The new area code is being introduced because of the dwindling availability of numbers, according to the Maryland Public Service Commission.

An average of about 2,800 people rode the Camden and Brunswick lines every day of service in August, according to the Maryland Transit Administration, and could have to make other plans if the union doesn't ratify the agreement.

In this football city, fans have high hopes for a winning season.

The crash occurred between the Dutch ship Danmark and the USS Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Councilwoman Odette Ramos is eager to make municipal IDs a reality six years after the Baltimore City Council approved the idea.

This recent wave of collective bargaining has been catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the growing wealth gap, according to workers, labor organizers and experts.

Pedro Palomino moved Somos Baltimore Latino and Mundo Latino from an office in his basement to a new headquarters and hired additional Hispanic reporters.

The organizers have apologized and said they are responding to people who have emailed them about the event and are working to issue refunds.

The city encourages residents seeking relief from extreme heat to visit their local library branch — a particularly vital service as high temperatures reached the mid-90s this week. But the closures of six branches means that is not possible at more than a quarter of the library system’s 22 branches.

Baltimore County is moving forward with plans to build a cricket facility, some 15 years after providing a nondescript field for players. The county is trying to be more responsive to its immigrant residents, who make up 13% of the total population.

The Asia Collective Night Market is preparing to hold a night market in August in Howard County, which is home to a growing and diverse community of Asian residents. A similar effort focused on breathing life back into Baltimore city’s almost forgotten Chinatown lost momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic and faces an uncertain future.

A 12-year-old girl who was driving a car was killed in a single vehicle crash early Sunday morning in Columbia, Howard County police say.