Daniel Zawodny

The hearing is part of a class-action case filed last year. It is one of multiple legal battles entangling ICE’s Baltimore field office that could have lasting consequences on its local operations.

A Banner analysis of ICE records found that people first detained in Maryland are typically transferred more than 1,200 miles.

More than 170,000 Salvadorans, including thousands in Maryland, face an uncertain future as the U.S. considers ending a protection they have relied on for decades. The latest extension is set to expire Wednesday.

A back-and-forth between Baltimore County and Baltimore City over an old bridge is about way more than just who should foot the bill — it indicates the localities could be moving toward a bigger change regarding ownership of critical infrastructure.

The Maryland Transit Administration will begin a run-through service later this month on the MARC Brunswick and Camden lines.

Despite an eye-popping figure topping the Maryland Department of Transportation’s latest spending plan, officials are warning that rising costs will delay some construction projects in the coming years.

The first six of 78 new railcars began ferrying passengers on Baltimore’s lone subway line at the beginning of the year. Seven months in, riders are dealing with new, frustrating delays amid a long transition away from the old fleet.

A recent surge in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests across the region has left Maryland officials and local community members scrambling for answers.

U.S. District Judge John deGravelles found former Baltimore ICE field director Vernon Liggins in contempt of court Wednesday for the arrest of a Baltimore-area resident despite a court order.

Federal immigration officials who repeatedly locked up a Baltimore man contrary to a judge’s orders could now be held in contempt of court at a hearing scheduled for this week.

The $50 million RAISE project will finally break ground in August with a promise of speeding up east-west public transit across Baltimore.

The Trump administration’s decision to rescind a key immigration protection status for Haitians has prompted fear among community members. Many immigrants who benefited from the status said that going back to an unstable Haiti could be extremely dangerous, if not fatal.

The recent arrests of the two Baltimore academics by federal immigration enforcement officials have roiled two university systems in Maryland that have robust networks of international faculty, researchers and students.

A public health researcher at the Johns Hopkins University who was arrested by immigration officials while boarding a domestic flight has been released after spending days in federal custody across three states.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has transferred Fatima Ameaka, a public health researcher at Johns Hopkins, to a detention facility in Louisiana, according to a government website that tracks those detained by ICE.

A Johns Hopkins University public health researcher and former Fulbright scholar was detained this week by immigration agents while boarding a domestic flight as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement efforts at airports.

Former state Del. Tony Bridges, a Baltimore Democrat who represented Maryland’s 41st District from 2019 to 2023, will take the driver’s seat of the Maryland Transit Administration starting Sept. 1. The Baltimore native and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute alum previously held roles at the Maryland Department of Transportation.

Maryland Transit Administration chief Holly Arnold is stepping down, the agency confirmed to The Banner Tuesday morning.

Maryland’s Public Service Commission dealt controversial ride-hailing app Empower a cease and desist order Wednesday afternoon amid a standoff with state regulators.

Maryland is trying to combat a housing affordability crisis — and incentivize more public transit use in the process — by building denser development near train stations. Nearly 100 acres of Prince George’s County land could be the biggest yet.