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Christopher Eddings, the former president of The Daily Record and director of publishing operations for the publication’s owner, BridgeTower Media, died from lung cancer. He was 75.

As the newly hired Impact Director at Hotel Revival in Mount Vernon, Jasmine Garland begins her role as DEI positions are under attack.

Marriott, based in Bethesda, is gearing up to lay off more than 800 employees by the start of the new year.

Timothy Cartwell, a waste collector with the Reedbird Sanitation Yard, died after being trapped between a utility pole and a trash truck in an alley in West Baltimore.

After loses by Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, Maryland women in politics ponder whether they will see a woman president in their lifetime.

#iVoted, which works in conjunction with Johns Hopkins University’s SNF Agora Institute, produces free concerts as an incentive to get young people to vote.

Glen Burnie is the fastest-growing part of Anne Arundel County and second-largest-growing large area in the state, behind Silver Spring. The city is home to about 80,000 residents.

This week, a massive container ship called the Chiquita Voyager arrived in Port Wilmington in Delaware, and members of the ILA unloaded it.

Baltimore County resident Abigail Kuehl co-founded the hair care brand Antidote, which makes natural products for salons.

Black fraternities and sororities, professional social groups and other organizations have helped establish an infrastructure of support for Black candidates.

New Balance disassociated itself from neo-Nazis, but now Kondwani Fidel has helped create a marketing campaign for the brand that celebrates Black Baltimore.

Marylanders have a chance to transform the state into the nation’s center of Black political power, electing a Black governor, attorney general and U.S. senator.

Baltimore hotel workers went on strike at the the city-owned downtown Hilton hotel on Labor Day, demanding better pay and better working conditions. It was the city's first strike in more than 50 years.

Launched by two Baltimore-natives in 2022, Our Parks Too! is a campaign that encourages Black people to visit and enjoy the country’s national parks system.

After voting to authorize a strike earlier this month, union hotel workers and Hilton had their final negotiations before their contract's expiration on Aug. 29.

Christian Siriano, an Annapolis-native and Baltimore School for the Arts alum, struck the right note on the third night of the convention by creating a purple-hued pantsuit for the queen of talk, Oprah Winfrey.

Annapolis native Christian Siriano has the golden touch when it comes to dressing women in the political sphere — whether that be Michelle Obama and Jill Biden or the next potential leader of the free world, Kamala Harris.

Baltimore County designer Brittany Veney, of B. Real Creative Studio, sets out to help smaller businesses find their voices and identities.

Union workers at Baltimore’s Hilton Inner Harbor voted against a contract extension, clearing the way for members potentially to call a strike.

They’re now applying the infectious, youthful energy they captured working on the Kamala Harris campaign throughout Maryland — often in the political sphere.