The latest from Hayes Gardner
T-Pain, Wyclef Jean to headline slimmed-down Preakness Stakes
Without the usual infield music festival, Preakness 150 is calling on Wyclef Jean and T-Pain to entertain music fans at Baltimore’s annual Triple Crown race.
Diamond Comic Distributors’ sale canceled as would-be buyer alleges fraud
Diamond, however, said Saturday that it has new buyers, which will be soon be announced.
Port of Baltimore becomes car purgatory amid Trump’s tariff turmoil
To avoid President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on imported cars, some manufacturers are stockpiling inventory at ports.
After scolding, Maryland assures federal regulators it will protect Bay Bridge
Maryland Transportation Authority officials said they have completed a new risk analysis of the Bay Bridge one month after the National Transportation Safety Board admonished the authority for failing to assess its most essential bridges for the threat of vessel collisions.
BGE names new CEO as its top executive heads to Exelon in ‘lateral move’
BGE’s CEO, Carim Khouzami, will move to a position at parent company Exelon, and Tamla Olivier, an executive with Pepco Holdings, will become the company’s new CEO.
After being sued for acting in ‘extreme bad faith,’ Diamond Comic Distributors sale approved
Maryland-based Diamond Comic Distributors, a behemoth in the world of comic books, has a buyer — despite a late effort by the company to find a different one.
McCormick planned ‘targeted’ price hikes to offset tariffs. Then Trump introduced the real ones.
Since Trump announced his plan for sweeping tariffs, companies have scrambled, and the stock market has nosedived. How McCormick plans to combat such a seismic shift remains to be seen.
A bigger boat: Carnival considering a larger cruise ship in Baltimore in 2027
The Port of Baltimore will lose one of its two year-round cruise ships in late 2026. It might get a larger ship, though, in 2027.
Maryland abruptly eliminates authority that had overseen Pimlico transition
A provision tucked into the state budget bills during final negotiations zaps the authority.
T. Rowe Price just gave its CEO a huge raise to keep up with the Joneses
Robert W. Sharps, T. Rowe Price’s board chairman, president and chief executive officer, made almost $20 million last year — a 50% jump from the previous year.
Trump tariffs pummel Baltimore-based Under Armour
Baltimore-based sports apparel company Under Armour saw its shares decline by more than 18%, to $5.36, as markets closed Thursday.
Fans give mixed reviews of temporary speakers installed on Camden Yards scoreboard
As a Band-Aid fix ahead of a more comprehensive sound system overhaul before the 2026 season, the Maryland Stadium Authority this month installed several speakers next to the Oriole Park scoreboard.
Chesapeake Baysox ballpark to receive $50 million in state-funded, player-focused improvements
As part of a $200 million investment by the state, the ballpark in Bowie will receive player-focused upgrades, including a performance center.
Trump’s tariffs on cars hit Baltimore’s top import
The Port of Baltimore has been a top importer of cars for more than a decade. Here’s how Trump’s tariffs on autos will affect Maryland.
For Key Bridge families, an emotional visit one year later
First responders escorted families of the Francis Scott Key Bridge victims to mark the one-year anniversary.
Can Maryland rebuild the Key Bridge by 2028? The engineer in charge is already on it
Maryland Transportation Authority chief engineer James Harkness oversees a Key Bridge team that, in an given week, includes roughly 150 engineers.
Ships are ‘highly likely’ to collide with U.S. bridges, Hopkins research finds
From one spanning the San Francisco Bay to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge here in Maryland, structures are much more prone to ship strikes than previously thought.
The Dali crew is still in Baltimore, one year after the Key Bridge disaster
Even though the Dali cargo ship left Baltimore last June, more than half of its crew members have stayed to be available for investigations related to the Key Bridge disaster one year ago.
NTSB slams MDTA and urges assessment of Chesapeake Bay Bridge: ‘We need action’
The Francis Scott Key Bridge was 30 times more susceptible to ship strikes than it should have been, a federal official said Thursday.