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Baltimore DPW Director Khalil Zaied to become deputy mayor of operations
In his new role, Khalil Zaied will oversee several Baltimore agencies, including the Department of General Services, the Department of Transportation and more.
Baltimore City Hall is seen on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
Catonsville residents, officials raise alarm over plan to use armory for cannabis incubator
Maryland is moving full speed ahead with plans to turn the Catonsville armory into a state-run cannabis incubator to help small businesses.
The fiscal year 2026 budget signed into law by Gov. Wes Moore allocates money to develop the Catonsville armory into an incubator for up to 110 micro businesses that store or process marijuana into products like vapes or edibles.
A fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel gives rise to hopes for a long-term peace
The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding on Wednesday after a rocky start.
TEHRAN, IRAN - JUNE 19: Cleanup efforts are underway at a damaged building used by the Iranian Broadcasting Organisation, hit by Israeli missiles days earlier on June 16, during a press tour on June 19, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Over recent days, Iran has been hit by a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting military and nuclear sites, as well as top military officials, prompting Iran to launch a counterattack.
Gov. Moore institutes hiring freeze, employee buyouts
Gov. Wes Moore is freezing the hiring of new state employees, offering voluntary buyouts and planning to eliminate vacant jobs and possibly consolidate offices.
Gov. Wes Moore is freezing the hiring of new state employees, offering voluntary buyouts and eliminating vacant jobs across state government.
Mfume withdraws run for leadership role on powerful House committee
The full Democratic Caucus chose Robert Garcia shortly after Kweisi Mfume and Texas' Jasmine Crockett dropped out.
U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume speaks at a press conference in Baltimore.
Trump ceasefire plan falters as Israel says Iran launched more missiles
President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House before departing for the NATO summit that in his view, both sides had violated the nascent agreement.
A general view shows Tehran skyline, Iran Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
Supreme Court allows Trump to restart swift deportation of migrants away from their home countries
The court’s majority did not detail its reasoning in the brief order, as is typical on its emergency docket. All three liberal justices dissented.
In this image provided by the White House, President Donald Trump, right, and Vice President JD Vance sit in the Situation Room, Saturday, June 21, 2025, at the White House in Washington.
Despite outcry, Maryland approves Columbia plastics plant for company with toxic past
The Maryland Department of the Environment has approved an air quality permit for W.R. Grace to build a pilot plastics recycling plant at its Columbia headquarters.
The W.R. Grace & Co. headquarters in Columbia.
Iran launches missile attacks on US bases in Qatar and Iraq
Iran announced on state television that it had attacked American forces stationed at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base.
Iran's army commander-in-chief Gen. Amir Hatami, center, accompanied by high ranked army commanders, speaks in a video call with top commanders of the army, in Zolfaghar central headquarters, Iran.
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from jail before trial, but ICE plans to detain him
The mistaken deportation of Abrego Garcia, a citizen of El Salvador who was living in Maryland, has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia and one of his children in an undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025.
African American remains were uprooted by development. This woman wants to find them a final resting spot.
A state effort aims to find final resting spots for African American remains that were found in most cases by accident because of things like contruction projects and coastal erostion.
Janice Curtis Greene is part of an effort aimed at identifying and interring the remains of close to 100 people currently stored at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory.
The Latest: Hegseth says US military used decoys and deception in Iran attack
The secretary of defense said it was important to note that U.S. strikes did not target Iranian troops or the Iranian people.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine speak during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington.
Baltimore’s budget disagreements were about more than money
The mayor and City Council were both trying to send a message
During his first budget leading Baltimore's City Council, Council President Zeke Cohen tried to send a message: Council won't be steamrolled.
Racist covenants still exist in this Towson neighborhood. Here’s what some residents are doing about it.
Some in the Stoneleigh neighborhood want to get rid of racist covenants that prohibited African Americans and others from living there. But they must get every homeowner to sign off.
The historic Stoneleigh neighborhood was founded in 1922 along York Road in Towson.
Trump’s bombing of Iran splits Maryland delegation along party lines
Maryland lawmakers’ responses to President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iranian nuclear sites fell along party lines.
President Donald Trump speaks from the East Room of the White House as seen on a television monitor in the James Brady Press Briefing Room, in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, June 21, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran.
Trump says Iran’s key nuclear sites were ‘completely and fully obliterated’ by U.S. strikes
The U.S. military struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, directly joining Israel ’s war aimed at decapitating the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict.
President Donald Trump speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, June 21, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three Iranian nuclear and military sites, directly joining Israel's effort to decapitate the country's nuclear program, as Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen.
Trump couldn’t resist the American temptation. We’re at war again.
War is the American temptation, the one every president since the end of World War II has faced. Now it's Donald Trump's war.
President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon arriving at the White House, Saturday, June 21, 2025, in Washington.
Steuart Pittman on leading Maryland Democrats into the 2026 elections
Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman will take over as Democrats across the nation assess their priorities.
County Executive Steuart Pittman, Ann Arundel department of Health and the Ann Arundel County Public library announce a pilot program to help reduce gun-related incidents and deaths on April 13, 2023.
An uneasy calm as West Baltimore organizes to remember well-known arabber killed by police
Bilal “BJ” Abdullah, who was shot and killed by police Tuesday, was a longtime arabber and a fixture in his community.
Balloons tied to the railing outside Upton–Avenue Market Metro station on Thursday to honor Bilal “BJ” Abdullah, who was fatally shot by Baltimore Police this week.
Top state health department official to leave as Maryland braces for cuts
Ryan Moran, Maryland Medicaid director, becomes the second deputy under the new health secretary to head for the exit, just as Congress debates big cuts.
Dr. Meena Seshamani, who took over as state health secretary in April, will need to replace her second deputy after her Medicaid director, Ryan Moran, said he was leaving.
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