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    Cars travel down U.S. Route 40 in Baltimore, Md., on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
    Highway to Nowhere: Baltimore to get $85 million to help transform blighted section of roadway
    Baltimore’s transportation department will receive an $85.5 million federal grant to further its efforts to transform a blighted section of U.S. 40 in West Baltimore dubbed the “Highway to Nowhere.”
    An early 2026 poll finds former Gov. Larry Hogan isn’t much of a challenge for current Gov. Wes Moore.
    Poll: Marylanders favor Moore over Hogan in 2026, oppose new taxes in 2025
    The survey covered multiple topics including what voters thought of Wes Moore’s job performance and whether they’re for or against paying more taxes to help fill the state’s nearly $3 billion budget hole.
    Sen. Katherine Klausmeier, a Baltimore County Democrat, sits in the Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House on March 15, 2024.
    State Sen. Kathy Klausmeier named Baltimore County Executive
    Baltimore County Council chooses longtime state Sen. Kathy Klausmeier to be County Executive for the next two years.
    A pedestrian crosses Lombard Street early Monday as a winter storm blankets the region.
    What to know about Maryland snow totals, school closings and more
    As a winter storm sweeps across Maryland, here’s what you need to know about plowing, schools and more.
    Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) hugs running back Derrick Henry (22) after he rushed for a touchdown against the Cleveland Browns.
    Ravens reset: Analyzing playoff paths, postseason pressure and the X-factor that changes everything
    Where do the Ravens stand ahead of their playoff game vs. Pittsburgh? How about their AFC playoff picture? Let’s break it down.

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    Workers shovel snow off the sidewalks near the dorms at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on Monday.
    List: Baltimore-area schools closed Tuesday from winter storm
    Public and private school closures for Tuesday, Jan. 7.
    A pedestrian walks towards the Howard Street Bridge on the morning of the winter’s first lasting snowfall, in Baltimore, MD on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
    Freezing temperatures this week and another potential snowstorm on the way
    Forecasts show a high of 32 degrees and a low of 20 degrees and 15-20 miles per hour winds with nearly 40 miles per hour wind gusts on Tuesday.
    The Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office has refiled charges of second-degree rape and third- and fourth-degree sex offense against Derwin Cox, 50, of Upper Fells Point.
    After series of delays upended rape case in Baltimore, prosecutors refile charges
    The Banner previously examined how a woman took the rare step of reporting that she was sexually assaulted, only to face a series of delays outside her control.
    The Baltimore County Council is voting at 3 p.m. Tuesday on the replacement for now U.S. Rep. John A. Olszewski Jr. as Baltimore County executive.
    Baltimore County Council decides who will be the new county executive today
    Baltimore County Council picks a new Baltimore County executive.
    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.
    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.

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    Development Director at the Women's Health Center Ramsie Monk stands in a procedure room.
    Western Maryland has become an abortion care haven for red state residents
    In September 2023, exactly one year after West Virginia’s abortion ban took effect, the new clinic opened its doors in tiny Cresaptown in Allegany County
    The Maryland State House is encircled by construction scaffolding for an ongoing renovation project, as lawmakers returned to Annapolis for the first day of their 90-day General Assembly session on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024.
    Lawmakers return to Annapolis facing challenging 2025 session
    A nearly $3 billion state budget deficit darkens the Maryland General Assembly’s opening day, as lawmakers return to Annapolis Wednesday for their 90-day legislative session.
    FILE - Newly named cardinal Robert Walter McElroy, speaks, during a press conference at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022.
    Pope names like-minded ally Cardinal McElroy as Washington archbishop
    Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, tapping one of his most progressively like-minded allies to head the Catholic Church in the U.S. capital and some Maryland counties at the start of Donald Trump’s second administration.
    How will Baltimore’s pizzerias rank?
    Dave Portnoy releases more ratings of Baltimore’s pizza scene
    Dave Portnoy, the controversial media mogul labeled “the most influential person on the American pizza scene” by The New York Times, is sizing up more of Baltimore’s pies.
    Battle Pincus, left, and Jack Kessinger sled down the hill at Wyman Park Dell on the morning after the first lasting snowfall of the winter, in Baltimore, MD on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
    2025 kicks off with an old-fashioned snow day
    The more things change, the more snow days stay the same.

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    Last year, the hill in front of the Observatory at Patterson Park was dotted with hundreds of kids who had a snow day. They brought sleds, floats, trash can lids, and more to take down the slope.
    Ready to go sledding? Favorite spots in Baltimore and beyond
    After scouring social media and surveying Banner staff, here are some of our favorite sledding spots to enjoy on a snow day.
    Lamar Jackson’s “Night Lights” cologne.
    We bought a bottle of Lamar Jackson’s unisex cologne and let everybody try it
    Cal Ripken Jr. broke up with his hometown baseball team. Now the IronBirds’ future is uncertain.
    The ‘Iron Man’ moved a minor league club to Aberdeen in 2002, but after years of tension, Cal Ripken Jr. sold his namesake team.
    A portrait of Mario Mireles Ruiz, by Jeff Huntington is unveiled on the one year anniversary of his death on June 11, 2024.
    Annapolis mass shooting suspect seeks access to FBI probe into victims
    Charles Robert Smith stands accused of shooting six, killing three. He says it was self-defense.
    Dozens of Marylanders have been charged with involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in 2021.
    A look at Marylanders involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection as Trump returns to office
    President-elect Donald Trump vowed he would act quickly — on his first day in office — to look at individual cases and pardon people who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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