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The intersection of Pratt Street and the Light Street spur in 2024.
Three Inner Harbor intersections are finally getting pedestrian-safe makeovers
The section of Pratt Street, smack in the center of the city, is one of Baltimore’s most heavily-trafficked by cars, bikes and people alike.
A yellow flag marks a field contaminated with dioxin near Danang airport in Vietnam.
The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the battle with Agent Orange continues
Millions of Vietnamese are born with severe developmental challenges linked to Agent Orange.
RFK Stadium in 1992.
Commanders, District agree to a deal to build at RFK Stadium site
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the District and the Commanders reached an agreement to construct a new home for the football team in the city.
Howard County Council member Deb Jung.
Council member Deb Jung launches campaign for Howard County executive in 2026
Jung’s announcement comes early in the election cycle, giving the Democrat more than a year to campaign leading up to the primary election in June 2026.
Nick Stewart on his porch on March 29, 2025, at home in Catonsville.
A ‘pro-growth’ candidate wants to shake up the Baltimore County executive race
In a heated field, Nick Stewart seeks to highlight his platform as “pro-growth” and “progressive” in Baltimore County executive race.
Maryland lawmakers passed a bill that makes several changes to medical and geriatric parole.
Maryland overhauls process for releasing aging and sick prisoners: ‘It’s about mercy’
Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, this week signed a bill that make changes to medical and geriatric parole.
Work at 1400 Aliceanna St., a major Chasen Cos. development, has been stopped for months.
Developer Chasen Cos. is unraveling — and leaving a mess across Baltimore
Developer Chasen Cos. is leaving a mess across Baltimore City.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined 18 other states challenging the U.S. education department’s threats to withhold school funding.
Maryland lawsuit challenges federal threats to withhold education funding
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined attorneys general from 18 other states to sue the Trump administration.
Gov. Wes Moore, right, during the first day of Maryland’s legislative session in January.
How a Maryland voter priority was left behind in a busy legislative session
The Wes Moore administration struggled to repeat its success with housing policy in 2025.
The University of Maryland is among nine Big Ten colleges whose faculty senates voted to join an alliance called a mutual defense compact.
University of Maryland faculty vote to join Big Ten alliance against Trump
University of Maryland faculty voted to join nine major universities that want to band together in a NATO-like agreement.
FBI director Kash Patel.
FBI director says a judge accused of helping someone evade immigration agents has been arrested
Patel made the announcement in a post on X and said his office believes Judge Hannah Dugan “intentionally misdirected federal agents."
Photo collage shows close up of woman’s face in profile, her eyes look right. On right side of collage are a breast pump and baby bottle with a jury box seats in the background.
Parents of young children will be able to defer jury duty under new state law
Maryland's governor has signed a law allowing new mothers to be excused from jury duty for up to three years, making the policy uniform across the state.
Baltimore is suing Ahavas Chaim, a group that helps Jewish teens. They received $500,000 in ARPA money, but spent $230,000 of it buying the property next to theirs at the corner of Park Heights Avenue and Seven Mile Lane.
The COVID grant was supposed to help the community. Instead they bought property.
Baltimore City is suing Ahavas Chaim after the group used federal COVID-19 aid intended for rental assistance to buy property instead.
A boater passes under the Amtrak bridge over the Susquehanna River, downriver from where AquaCon plans to build an indoor salmon farm in Cecil County.
Norwegian company’s second try at indoor salmon farm draws more environmental blowback
Environmentalists blocked AquaCon’s plans for an Eastern Shore salmon farm, but the company is trying again on the Susquehanna River.
Anne Arundel County alcohol sales are regulated by the Board of License Commissioners, a three body panel now being changed after complaints.
After toxic cocktail of complaints, changes are coming to Anne Arundel’s liquor board
A state senator says he has been "flooded" with complaints about Anne Arundel's Board of License Commissioners. It prompted him to push for changes, including expanding the board's size.
Carey M. Wright, Maryland state superintendent of schools, and Josh Michael, the state school board president, released a joint statement Thursday on diversity programming in schools.
Maryland schools won’t end diversity programs, despite Trump demands
Thursday's statement was carefully worded and didn’t contain the strong language coming from some states that openly defied the Trump administration.
A protest outside the Social Security Administration headquarters in Woodlawn earlier this month, as many express concerns about deep cuts to the federal workforce.
Social Security could lose some 7,000 employees under Trump’s worker reclassification
The Social Security Administration could lose thousands of employees under President Donald Trump's revived reclassification policy.
This week, a Maryland U.S. District judge ruled that the Trump administration deported a Venezuelan man in violation of a court-approved settlement agreement reached following a lawsuit last year.
Second man deported to El Salvador last month in violation of Maryland court order
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was not the only Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador last month, according to court records.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks to the press in La Libertad, El Salvador, where he arrived regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen stepped up to Trump — and into the national spotlight
The Trump administration has so far denied a unanimous U.S Supreme Court order to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return, and the president has called Chris Van Hollen a “fake” and a “grandstander” for confronting his administration’s sweeping deportation efforts with a congressional fact-finding mission.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after signing executive orders in the Oval Office.
Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities that limit immigration cooperation
A U.S. District judge issued an injunction that prohibits the Trump administration from withholding federal funding.
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