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The latest from Daniel Zawodny
Kiewit-built Key Bridge could have cost $9 billion
Maryland worked closely for over a year with hired contractor Kiewit on plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge. But at the negotiating table, the parties were billions of dollars apart.
Amid Trump’s immigration crackdown, these future lawyers are undeterred
Amid a rapidly changing legal landscape that is pushing immigration attorneys to their brink, these Baltimore law students aren’t deterred.
One seriously injured during overnight tour bus crash on 295, police say
U.S. Park Police said one person was injured after a tour bus traveling on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway overturned.
Former US Rep. Eric Swalwell placed on leave from UMD law school board
Former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell has been placed on leave from the Board of Visitors for the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, where he got his law degree in 2006.
The Key Bridge took her daughter’s father. Now, ICE is moving to deport her.
Zoila Guerra Sandoval, a native of Guatemala who has lived in Maryland for nearly two decades, is the former partner of José Mynor López, one of the workers repairing the Key Bridge overnight when the Dali struck it in March 2024.
Maryland’s highway work zones are less deadly but still too dangerous, officials say
Roadway deaths are trending down after a pandemic-era spike, but new data released Tuesday shows that aggressive speeding in work zones continues to put scores of highway workers and motorists at great risk.
Maryland’s boldest transportation reforms stuck in neutral
From restructuring the Maryland Transit Administration to new winter-weather driving rules, lawmakers passed modest transport reforms as bigger plans stalled.
A Baltimore Red Line bus? MTA wants your feedback on possible pivot.
As Baltimore’s proposed Red Line light rail faces mounting obstacles, the Maryland Transit Administration will present alternative options.
Washington County ICE facility construction limited by federal judge
The injunction prohibits building and operating detention space inside the facility while awaiting further arguments in the federal court case.
Waymo’s Baltimore rollout stalls without state approval for driverless cars
The future of driverless cars in Maryland is up on blocks after lawmakers left Annapolis without passing key legislation authorizing their use on state roads.
Rideshare app Empower remains defiant as Maryland tries to regulate it like Uber
Empower is an app people can use to hail a car similar to Uber or Lyft, but it promises to do it for cheaper without taking money off the top.
Gov. Moore announces new housing and development strategy at Baltimore transit stops
The new strategy comes as the state faces a shortage of housing units and Marylanders list housing affordability as a major concern.
57 years: How long it would take to repave Baltimore’s roads as city promises change
Data-driven, forward-looking and more collaborative: The Department of Transportation’s updated approach to street repaving uses all the right words, but against mounting disrepair, the proof will be in the pavement.
BWI’s CEO explains the ‘perfect storm’ that some travelers say left them in the dark
Shannetta Griffin, executive director and CEO of the Maryland Aviation Administration, explains why BWI stopped providing real-time information on wait times for TSA lines.
Why was BWI hit so hard by TSA agents calling out of work?
The absences came as nearly 29,500 passengers departed from BWI on Friday.
Virginia tags cost Maryland millions. Is a crackdown finally coming?
A reciprocity agreement with Virginia would mean their DMV would help enforce fines and fees for traffic citations issued by Maryland.
An up-close look at the Key Bridge rebuild 2 years after the collapse
Two years after the old Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, remnants remain even as construction crews set the foundation for its replacement.
The Ravens’ mysterious collab with Elon Musk’s tunnel company ends before it begins
A tunnel project called “Ravens Loop” is one of three selected Tuesday by Elon Musk’s The Boring Co. to be eligible for construction on the company’s dime.
Washington County asked DHS for millions to widen I-81, but there’s a catch
A Washington County official sent an email to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in February requesting assistance in getting federal dollars for a highway-widening project, claiming the state isn’t funding it. The only catch? Maryland is.
It’s Luigi: Meet the Italian immigrant leading Amtrak’s Baltimore tunnel project
Luigi Rosa is leading the largest capital project in Amtrak history, even as immigrants and the national passenger railroad are in the Trump administration’s crosshairs.
