Maryland lawmakers seek to lock in transit repair funding
The Transit Safety and Investment Act (SB199/HB114) would guarantee funding to the Maryland Transit Administration in future years, and aims to address the high number of breakdowns in the transit system.
View ArticleProposed Maryland legislation expands hate crime law
Judges will be allowed to require people charged with hate crimes to complete anti-bias education programs if a bill to expand the current Maryland hate crime law is passed
View ArticleMaryland reports lower coronavirus case count and new vaccination totals...
Wednesday is the second day in a row that the state has reported fewer than 1,000 new cases.
View ArticleJohns Hopkins University suspends classes for two days after detecting...
Johns Hopkins University is suspending in-person undergraduate classes on its Homewood campus for two days after detecting a cluster of COVID-19 among undergraduate students.
View ArticleOutbreak of COVID-19 at Baltimore federal jail prompts lockdown even as feds...
An outbreak of coronavirus at the federal jail in Baltimore has alarmed public defenders and caused authorities to announce they are locking down the compound.
View ArticleAlcohol tax hike: A penny that saves lives | COMMENTARY
A minuscule alcohol tax increase -- one cent on the dollar -- is a a reasonable price to pay to expand health care coverage to neglected communities in Maryland.
View ArticleTrying to get the coronavirus vaccine in Maryland? Tell us how it’s going.
Help inform our reporting on the COVID vaccine rollout by telling us about your experience here.
View ArticleThree takeaways from Maryland men’s basketball’s 61-60 win over No. 24 Purdue
From the impact of another marquee victory to breaking the streak of home losses in conference play, here are three takeaways from the Maryland men’s basketball team's 61-60 win over No. 24 Purdue on...
View ArticleHarford to begin focusing on second doses of COVID-19 vaccinations in...
Harford County health officials signaled that administering second doses of the coronavirus vaccine would be a priority in February, with first-dose appointments still being scheduled as dictated by...
View ArticleWith new program, Baltimore’s Downtown Partnership looks to boost Black-owned...
With an eye toward increasing Black-owned retail businesses in downtown Baltimore, the Downtown Partnership is launching a new initiative that will pair promising Black businesses with vacant...
View ArticleBow Tie Cinemas detail precautions for planned Friday openings of both theaters
Bow Tie Cinemas will reopen its two Annapolis locations on Friday at 25% capacity.
View ArticleHere’s how Comcast could be a better community partner in Baltimore | COMMENTARY
Since Comcast is doing quite well during the pandemic, unlike other businesses, they should be a better corporate citizen and community partner than has been the case in Baltimore over the last several...
View ArticleApplications open for Carroll Community College’s business leadership group
Carroll Community College is accepting applications for a new Leadership Peer Advisory Group cohort.
View ArticleCarroll County Public Schools kindergarten registration opens next month
The window for registering kindergarten students opens in a month and it will be handled differently than last year.
View ArticleFormer Maryland commerce executive, previously a Hogan aide, charged with...
According to federal charging documents, Mathew Palmer allegedly shared a 51-second video clip of a man raping a young girl.
View ArticleBaltimore spending board votes unanimously to cancel surveillance plane contract
The pilot program took its final flight Oct. 31 in Baltimore. For six months up until then, several planes owned by Persistent Surveillance Systems circled the city’s skies, capturing images of 32...
View ArticleDemocratic members of congressional delegation call for ‘course correction’...
In a letter to Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, Maryland's Democratic congressional members said the state should make a “course correction” on the distribution process, including offering a centralized,...
View ArticleBaltimore Paralympian Jessica Long to be featured in Super Bowl ad
Paralympian Jessica Long’s story of being adopted from a Siberian orphanage by a Baltimore couple will be featured in a Toyota advertisement slated to run during the second quarter of Sunday’s Super...
View ArticleMaryland U.S. Attorney Hur, who led prosecutions of some Baltimore officials,...
Maryland’s top federal prosecutor Robert K. Hur announced he is stepping down after nearly three years.
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