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First responders escorted families of the Francis Scott Key Bridge victims to mark the one-year anniversary.

President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking broad changes to how elections are run in the U.S. is vast in scope. It holds the potential to reorder the voting landscape across the country.

As the Baltimore County Council considers a measure that would make it harder to change its Urban Rural Demarcation Line, here are answers to five questions about the decades-old URDL.

A United States congressional committee on China has requested a plethora of data about Chinese-born students at University of Maryland College Park.

U.S. Rep. Andy Harris didn’t back down from his support for President Donald Trump and cutting government.

A former legislative aide Esther Dikongue pleaded guilty to theft that was part of a college scholarship scheme.

Ronald Silver II called out sick the day before he died during his trash collection shift because of heat-related illness.

Bisignano has served as chairman of Fiserv, a payments and financial services tech firm since 2020.

Environmentalists and Middle River residents are suing the developers behind a sprawling project at a World War II-era manufacturing plant near Martin State Airport.

It’s 1:29 a.m. on March 26, 2025. An airliner collides with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, a year after the container ship Dali knocked down the Key Bridge. What happens next in this imaginary disaster might be far different from the response to the real catastrophe. The reason? The occupant of the White House.

The Key Bridge collapse temporarily closed a shipping channel. One year later, it's clear leaders' forecast of economic doom largely didn’t come to pass.

Maryland Trump voters defended his “chainsaw approach” all the while acknowledging its certain impact on their home state.

Senators on the Executive Nominations Committee unanimously approved James Shalleck’s candidacy on Monday.

Failing to attract the attention of Republican Congressman Andy Harris, hundreds of people flocked to a middle school gymnasium on Maryland’s Eastern Shore to hear from a willing Democratic stand-in — U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government.

Currently the deputy Maryland state prosecutor, Sarah David will announce her candidacy for state’s attorney Wednesday.

We’re here to help you understand what went down recently and how it may impact Maryland.

Greenleigh’s residential housing success story could offer a blueprint for the rest of the state during a national housing crisis.

As national Democrats remain fractured about their focus and strategy, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen inched closer to calling for a change in leadership in the Senate.

Maryland kids underperformed on state math tests. Banner subscribers struggled, too.