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A sign brought by an attendee to a February community forum on data centers with county leaders hosted by Montgomery County Council Executive Marc Elrich in February in Rockville.
Councilman Glass proposes 6-month moratorium on data center permits
If the bill passes, it will apply only to new data center permits. This could impact the planned center in Dickerson that has been at the center of controversy.
Bowie State University is facing a multimillion-dollar deficit for the second year in a row.
Bowie State University to lay off employees amid $18 million deficit
Maryland’s oldest historically Black university will cut 79 jobs.
Facci Ristorante’s pappardelle bolognese arrives steaming hot.
Eat this, not that: Skip the fast food in Howard County
Howard County is home to dozens of chain restaurants, but instead, there's plenty of mom and pop places to support instead.
Health workers in protective gear arrive to evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
How a deadly hantavirus outbreak unfolded on a cruise ship for weeks before it was identified
Three passengers have died, one is in intensive care in a South African hospital, and three others were evacuated from the ship Wednesday. Another man who left the ship earlier in the voyage tested positive in Switzerland.
Sisqo of Dru Hill performs for the Blavity House Party Music Festival at Municipal Auditorium on June 14, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Davis/Getty Images for Blavity Media Group)
What to do this weekend, including an R&B lovers concert and Mother’s Day events
Whether you want to have a tea party for Mother's Day, sing along to Dru Hill or attend a book festival, we've got you covered.
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 — BlackSea Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC) naval drones are lined up outside the company’s headquarters in south Baltimore.
Baltimore’s drone boat company just landed another huge contract from the Navy
BlackSea Technologies is already churning out drone boats for the U.S. Navy. Soon, the firm will build underwater barges that can pump fuel through long hoses, delivering fuel to almost any beach.
A Toyota Prius displays an assortment of Maryland-centric bumper stickers, including the “Baltimore: Actually, I like it” slogan.
Streeter: Those ‘Baltimore: Actually, I like it’ stickers? Actually, I hate them.
The “Baltimore: Actually, I like it” bumper stickers are a winking nod to the city’s self-deprecation. But to me, qualifying one’s approval gives too much weight to the haters.
The CLT has three sections: verbal reasoning, grammar and writing, and quantitative reasoning.
How would you perform on conservatives’ favorite alternative to the SAT?
Try a sample section of the Classic Learning Test, a new standardized test created in Maryland.
The Banner’s editor-in-chief, Audrey Cooper, addresses attendees at a community listening session at the Prince George’s County Memorial Library branch in Laurel.
Meet The Banner journalists covering Prince George’s County
We've assembled a team of award-winning journalists to help cover local government, education, health, children and families, food and culture.
A mail-in specimen of  a Deer Tick in its nymph stage under a microscope in the Norris Lab at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. After identification it will get sent off to the State Department.  Deer tick are the tick species responsible for spreading Lyme Disease. Despite its name, the bacteria pathogen that causes Lymes comes from mice. 

ER visits from tick bites are at a record high in the U.S., according to the CDC. Those numbers are unclear within Maryland, because there is not enough research funding for experts to conduct surveillance in Maryland on ticks.
An army of ticks is sending more Marylanders to the ER
Across the country, emergency department visits for tick bites are up more than 25% from last year, according to federal data. Maryland and other northeastern states are looking like ground zero.
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