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How did an unpaid medical bill affect your life?
Medical emergencies, or even routine care, can cause unexpected expenses. The Baltimore Banner wants to hear from readers who were unable to pay medical bills.
Maryland schools recovered from pandemic learning losses in English. Math is a different story.
Three quarters of Maryland public school students failed the state’s math tests in grades three through eight this spring, an indication of just how much math students didn’t learn during the year of Zoom classes, and how difficult it has been for teachers to catch them up.
Adam Denton teaches his fourth grade math class at Berkshire Elementary School on March 3, 2023.
The latest victim of the Kia auto theft trend: Baltimore Police Department
An unmarked 2018 silver Kia Optima owned by the department was stolen Tuesday.
Kia dealership, Owings Mills.
After South Baltimore mass shooting leaves 2 dead, 28 wounded, police staffing questioned
The shooting at the annual Brooklyn Day block party is the most people shot in one incident in Baltimore since at least 2015.
A police officer goes under tape that marks off Glade Court in Brooklyn after a shooting early Sunday morning.
After a strong start, Baltimore’s new approach to policing gun violence faces headwinds
The specialized unit charged with implementing the city’s flagship strategy has struggled with high-profile departures and simmering morale problems.
Photo collage showing map of Baltimore City with Western District cut out, Baltimore police badge, and man with another man’s hand on his shoulder.
Auto thefts surge in Baltimore, with nearly 1,000 in May
Baltimore Police data show 960 cars were stolen in May, triple the number of any month prior to 2023.
Homicides are down in Baltimore. But gun violence data show reasons to be cautious.
The city is projected to end the year with 275 homicides, if trends continue.
The two Baltimores: A year of data reporting shows segregation still defines the city
Racial segregation in Baltimore continues to define the city, an analysis of nearly every data set The Baltimore Banner data team analyzed in our first year has found. Why does the “Black Butterfly” keep appearing in Baltimore data?
This scan of the Baltimore Home Owner's Loan Corporation shows the boundaries that set redlining in Baltimore. Scan courtesy of "Mapping Inequality", from the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond.
‘Ridiculously inept’: Just how hard is it to get a permit in Baltimore?
The Banner reviewed nearly 1,000 responses to a city housing department survey that sought feedback about Baltimore’s online permitting system.
Photo collage shows contractor wearing hard hat scratching his head, standing in front of maze that separates him from a Baltimore City construction permit.
Inside the eviction epicenter of Anne Arundel County
One in three evictions at all large apartment complexes in Anne Arundel County takes place in an area around the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Photo collage showing map of land parcels at center of radiating circles, placed over background of eviction slip labeled “Failure to pay rent.”
Black migration has changed Baltimore. Look up your neighborhood here
How has that kind of migration changed your neighborhood? Use our interactive map to find out.
Pharmacy deserts pose challenges for residents of some Baltimore neighborhoods
Nationwide, there were disproportionately more pharmacy deserts in Black and Latino communities than in white or diverse neighborhoods, according to a 2021 study.
A sign informs customers that a pharmacy and convenience store is closing shortly on October 26, 2021 With empty shelves, regionally closed stores and increased security have greeted shoppers at many stores.
Black residents are leaving Baltimore in large numbers, heading to suburbs
Once the most loyal segment of the city, Black residents still make up the majority of the population at 57% of all residents, but they are also moving out the fastest.
Lamar Richards, a current resident of DC, poses for portraits near his childhood home in Baltimore, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Beat down by crime, disinvestment and a pandemic, can downtown Baltimore recover?
Investors, residents and business owners say crime concerns and a lack of vision are hurting the Central Business District in the wake of the pandemic.
How is downtown Baltimore doing?
Search a database of Archdiocese of Baltimore sex abusers by name, location and posting
The Banner has made a searchable database of every sex abuser identified in the report, including the 32 names not previously known publicly.
Photo collage showing cropped photographs of a woman’s eyes, statue of the Virgin Mary, and two elderly hands holding one another, with a red background and the silhouette of a rosary and crucifix layered on top.
Baltimore cherry blossom map: 6 places off the beaten path
Search a map of cherry trees in Baltimore to find out where you can see spring blossoms.
The Baltimore area’s highest-rated schools on the Maryland School Report Card
Use these searchable tables to compare the highest- and lowest-performing schools in the Baltimore region.
A student walks past lockers in the hallway outside Damien Ford’s Baltimore School for The Arts classroom on Dec. 21, 2022. Ford teaches an African American Literature class where shows his students comparisons between Lauryn Hill lyrics and the work of Zora Neal Hurston.
Moore inaugural celebrations cost $4.3M, largely funded by big dollar donors
Less than half of the money raised by the Moore Miller Inaugural Committee came through individual ticket sales, with the rest coming from corporate and other donors.
Gov. Wes Moore, with his son, James, 11, speaks during his inaugural ball, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, in Baltimore.
Nearly one in three people shot in 2023 were 18 or under as gun violence flares near schools
A spike in youth gunshot victims is worsening even as nonfatal shootings and homicides are down.
There has been a rise in gunshot violence with youth in Baltimore.
Anne Arundel MCAP results, 2022: See how your school scored
The MCAP is administered to students in grades 3 through 8 in math and English, as well as students in 10th grade for English and algebra.
Testing Sign at school
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