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Foil blankets, no medical staff: Maryland senators call ill-equipped ICE holding rooms ‘appalling’
Maryland’s U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks decried the “appalling situation” unfolding in the holding rooms at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Baltimore Field Office in the city’s downtown.
George H. Fallon Federal Building at 31 Hopkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore.
State gives Baltimore $1.5 million again for bike trail after city fumbled funding
State lawmakers once again carved out $1.5 million for Baltimore’s Greenway Trails Network months after the city fumbled the same amount away.
A former rail bridge crosses over Eastern Avenue near Haven Street. In a last-minute budget move, the General Assembly set aside another $1.5 million to help Baltimore purchase the abandoned rail right-of-way for a shared-use path to replace a grant the city lost for failing to use.
Federal workers are cramming the roads and trains to return to the office
The Baltimore-D.C. commuter, once endangered, is in species-recovery mode.
Commuters wait to board the 5 a.m. MARC train to Washington at the West Baltimore Station.
Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Monday to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
Laura Bonkosky, right, protests outside of the District Courthouse in Greenbelt, MD on April 4, 2025 for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a man who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration.
Federal judge orders return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
Recounting the moment on Friday, Jennifer Vasquez Sura said she hasn’t seen or heard from him since, in her first speaking appearance since news of her husband’s deportation was reported.
Jaye Summerlot protests outside of the District Courthouse in Greenbelt, MD on April 4, 2025 for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a man who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration.
Judge to hold hearing for Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
A judge will hear arguments in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran resident who the government said was deported after an “administrative error.”
TECOLUCA, EL SALVADOR - MARCH 26: Prisoners look out their cell as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) on March 26, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The Trump administration deported 238 alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organizations 'Tren De Aragua' and Mara Salvatrucha with only 23 being members of the Mara. Nayib Bukele president of El Salvador announced that his government will receive the alleged members of the gang to be taken to CECOT.
Maryland immigrants voice fear over threats to legal protections amid Trump crackdown
Of Maryland’s 1 million immigrants, many are under a giant umbrella of temporary student or work visas, as well as humanitarian protections.
An illustration showing groups of people in various forms of daily life, some are disappearing, one in the center is being erased.
‘Devastated and confused’: Wife of Maryland man mistakenly deported decries her family’s fate
The Trump administration now says the federal courts in the U.S. lack the power to have the man returned.
TECOLUCA, EL SALVADOR - MARCH 26: Prisoners look out their cell as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) on March 26, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The Trump administration deported 238 alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organizations 'Tren De Aragua' and Mara Salvatrucha with only 23 being members of the Mara. Nayib Bukele president of El Salvador announced that his government will receive the alleged members of the gang to be taken to CECOT.
Hundreds of ‘Tesla takedown’ protesters turn out at Owings Mills dealership: ‘No oligarchs! No fascists!’
Hundreds of protesters are lining both sides of Reisterstown Road outside the Owings Mills Tesla dealership, expressing outrage at the company’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk.
Hundreds of protesters gather in front of a Tesla dealership in Owings Mills on Saturday, March 29, 2025, to protest Elon Musk and the DOGE government cuts.
Interim Maryland ICE director steps in amid Trump immigration crackdown
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has new local leadership after the previous director was promoted, an ICE spokesperson said Friday.
The George H. Fallon Federal Building at 31 Hopkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore, which houses the Baltimore Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
As electric vehicle sales lag, Maryland might punt fines for car companies
Under the Maryland program, part of the California-led Clean Cars II emissions standards, nearly half of new cars that roll off dealership lots need to be electric by the fall of 2026 or auto manufacturers could face fines.
CORTE MADERA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 28: A Polestar electric car prepares to park at an EV charging station on July 28, 2023 in Corte Madera, California. Seven major automakers announced plans earlier this week to increase the number of high-powered electric vehicle chargers in the country with 30,000 new charging stations along highways and in urban areas. According to the Energy Department, there are currently an estimated  32,000 chargers across the country.
The lawyer interrogating Maryland’s debt-collecting tactics
As of February, Marylanders currently owe nearly $4 billion to more than 100 public agencies.
John Galbreath filed a request under the state Public Information Act for access to five years of documents concerning alleged civic debts and communications with debtors.
6 minutes of silence for Key Bridge collapse victims: ‘They paid the highest price with their lives’
People huddled in jackets and sweaters before an altar of six crosses for the six men killed in the Key Bridge collapse: Alejandro Hernández Fuentes, Carlos Daniel Hernández, Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, José Mynor López and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera.
Community members and loved ones lit candles and sat in silence for six minutes to honor the six men who died on the night of the Key Bridge collapse during a vigil at Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Plan ahead: Baltimore Metro to close for weekend railcar tests
Baltimore’s lone Metro line won’t run this weekend, the Maryland Transit Administration announced, and will reopen Monday with adjusted hours as the agency tests the system’s new railcars.
The Maryland Transit Administration’s Metro subway will shut down this weekend for tests of the system’s new railcars.
3 more Maryland sheriffs sign working agreements with ICE as lawmakers consider blocking them
The sheriffs in Carroll, Garrett and Washington counties agreed to start a “Warrant Service Officer” program in which ICE will train local deputies to serve and execute administrative warrants for people in their jails believed to be in the country without authorization.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers gather for a briefing before an enforcement operation, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md.
‘It’s scary right now’: ICE holds detainees for days in bedless Baltimore cells
Immigrants and their attorneys claim there are no beds, little food and medicine at Baltimore’s ICE holding room.
The George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore where the ICE field office is located.
Yes, tariffs could make your car insurance even costlier
Proposed tariffs threaten to upend current auto supply chains, boosting prices, particularly on cars and parts from Canada, Mexico and China.
Photo illustration of white sedan driving toward the left of the image against a dark purple background. The rear of the car is cut out, and a pile of one hundred dollar bills fills the back silhouette of the car. One hundred dollar bills fly away from the rear of the car.
The I-83 speed cameras are moving, but not far
Baltimore City plans to move the two automated speed cameras on Interstate 83 to new locations soon.
Weekend commuters zip past on of Baltimore City's speed camera on the Jones Falls Expressway on Sunday, October 1, 2023.
Maryland is fighting against Virginia license plates, but the license plates are winning
Maryland has few avenues to compel motorists who skirt state vehicle registration law to fix their registrations.
Illustration shows a rear view mirror whose image shows many Virginia license plates. In the background is a lightly sketched streetscape of downtown Baltimore. A crab and the Natty Boh logo hang from the rear view mirror.
Roadwork could disrupt traffic on the Beltway and I-795 starting next week
Drivers in Baltimore County may experience some delays in the coming weeks due to a set of roadwork projects on Interstates 695 and 795.
Traffic travels on the outer loop of I-695 at Falls Road as rain falls on the region.
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