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Maryland federal workers, Trump wants you back in the office
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.
Workers at the Social Security Administration, headquartered in Woodlawn, could be exempt from Trump’s executive order.
A fatal plunge, an icy DC river and a rescue boat stuck in Baltimore
As emergency crews responded to a submerged vehicle, they didn’t have access to a boat with ice-breaking capabilities because it has reportedly been in Baltimore for repairs.
For decades, the John Glenn has broken ice up and down the Potomac River. For at least two years, it's been at the General Ship Repair Corp. in Baltimore.
After a career spent making Baltimore better, Waterfront Partnership president retires
Laurie Schwartz will retire on June 30 as president of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, a role she has held since the nonprofit’s creation in 2005.
Laurie Schwartz will retire this June after leading the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore for 20 years.
The man leading the Superblock redevelopment believes fourth time’s a charm
For the past decade, Dan Taylor and his team have been tasked with solving one of Baltimore’s trickiest development challenges: the Superblock.
Dan Taylor has been working to get the Superblock redeveloped for about a decade.
A controversial tax break for a Baltimore office tower ends after 15 years
Fifteen years after it opened its doors, Baltimore’s most valuable office tower will pay a full tax bill in 2025.
This is a photo of a 24-story building in Harbor East.
The new factory coming to South Baltimore that (almost) no one is talking about
With virtually no fanfare, a Greek-based company called Hellenic Cables has started work on a factory that will employ 120 people in an industrial corner of the city known as Wagner’s Point.
Crews are preparing the site at Wagners Point in South Baltimore for a proposed cable plant that would manufacture the undersea cables needed for offshore wind farms.
Card counter claims Horseshoe Casino illegally detained him
A well-known card counter filed a lawsuit against Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore, claiming the venue illegally detained him when he had committed no crime.
Jordan Kerr, who identifies as an "advantage player," said he was losing money at a blackjack table when security for Horseshoe Casino approached and detained him.
Chinese nationals say Baltimore developer ‘duped’ them into $47M boondoggle
A lawsuit filed this month in Baltimore Circuit Court says developer Ron Lipscomb lured Chinese investors seeking U.S. citizenship for a hotel project in East Baltimore that had wildly inflated construction costs.
This is a picture of the Residence Inn Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus
Lender forecloses on newly renovated apartment tower in downtown Baltimore
A financial firm is suing Vivo Baltimore over missed payments on a $45 million loan. The newly renovated apartment building is located downtown.
This is a photo of two former hotel buildings in downtown Baltimore.
Poppleton apartment complex for sale as investor wants its money back
Following a lawsuit filed this summer, an investor is forcing La Cite Development to sell a troubled apartment complex in West Baltimore, court records show.
The 262-unit apartment complex is the only project La Cité completed in its plan to revitalize Poppleton. It is struggling to find renters.
Morgan State professor fined for presenting himself as licensed architect
A Morgan State University professor has been misrepresenting himself as a licensed architect for years. The Maryland State Board of Architects fined him $20,000 this month, the largest such fine in more than a decade.
Professor Dale Glenwood Green gives a virtual presentation about historic preservation for the Maryland State Archives.
Wanna slash the federal bureaucracy? You might take Maryland’s economy with it, too.
About 10% of the state’s workers, or an estimated 327,000 Marylanders, are directly employed by the federal government, according to the U.S. Census.
The U.S. Capitol seen during morning rush hour. About 10% of Maryland’s workers, or an estimated 327,000 people, are directly employed by the federal government, according to the U.S. Census — including many who commute into D.C.
Judge halts megamerger that would force sale of Maryland grocery stores
In ruling Tuesday, a federal judge sided with federal regulators, temporarily blocking the merger of two national grocery giants and, for now, stopping the sale of some Harris Teeter stores.
Maryland was poised to potentially lose some of its Harris Teeter stores under a proposed grocery giant merger.
Baltimore took a big bet on casino gambling. A decade later, the chips are down.
Horseshoe Casino, which opened a decade ago, has seen declining revenues since their peak in 2016, and employs about one-third as many people as in its first year.
Cars drive past Horseshoe Casino on Russell Street in South Baltimore on Thursday, October 17, 2024.
Why Baltimore is Charm City: 50 years ago, civic leaders and admen declared it so
Fifty years ago, the nickname Charm City was born. Baltimore's leaders were looking for a rebrand in 1974. The resulting ad campaign has proved remarkably durable.
A Baltimore hospital sued a homeless man who refused to leave. Why?
Hospitals are seeing an increasing number of homeless patients walking into emergency rooms. After they’re admitted, some refuse to leave. This is the story of a lawsuit Sinai Hospital filed against one such patient.
Luxury apartment building in Baltimore delays opening after 2 fires and a flood
The opening of an 18-story apartment building in Baltimore has been delayed until early next year following two suspected arsons and an unrelated flood, according to a disclosure to investors.
This is a photo of an apartment complex in Harbor Point.
Iconic, but Gen X: Are Harborplace’s pavilions worth a preservation fight?
When voters decided to allow residential buildings in the Inner Harbor, they also greenlit an ambitious redevelopment plan that will start with the demolition of the Harborplace pavilions, which are not quite historical enough for preservation.
A conceptual drawing of the proposed Harborplace plans showed a potential aerial view of the Inner Harbor on a sunny day.
Why the fight over Baltimore’s Inner Harbor could drag on for years
A day after voters approved a crucial ballot question for the overhaul of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, opponents reiterated their plans to keep fighting.
Voters on Tuesday approved a plan to allow residential development at Harborplace. That’s not the end of the story.
Harborplace vote favors residential development in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
Attendants of a press conference held by MCB Real Estate stand by an illustration of revealed design plans for the upcoming Harborplace development, at the Light Street pavilion on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023 in Baltimore, MD.
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