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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.
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, purchased an unoccupied, 825,620-square-foot warehouse designed for commercial goods on the outskirts of Williamsport in January.
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.
March 4, 2026 - A Waymo vehicle is parked outside the Maryland State House.
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.
An ad for Empower, a rideshare app Maryland’s Public Service Commission filed a complaint against in 2024, seen on the side of a BaltimoreLink bus.
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.
Gov. Wes Moore is joined by Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, Maryland Transit Administrator Holly Arnold, and Maryland Transportation Secretary Kathryn Thomson at the Rogers Avenue Metro station on Monday.
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.
Road damage and potholes near the intersection of Wickford and Overhill roads in Baltimore.
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.
Travelers wind through the food court as they near security checkpoint C following an hours-long line at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Saturday morning.
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.
The spring break surge sends BWI lines three travelers deep on Saturday, March 28, 2026.
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.
A white and red banner advertising Virginia license plates is hung up on a blue building wall. A truck bed is in the foreground and a city intersection in the background.
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.
Crane barges are idle at sunrise at the Francis Scott Key Bridge site on the second anniversary of its catastrophic collapse.
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, DC - APRIL 30: White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump convened the meeting as reports released today say the U.S. economy contracted 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025, the first negative reading in three years, fueled by a massive surge in imports ahead of the administration's expected tariffs. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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.
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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.
Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025 — Amtrak's project director Luigi Rosa gives a tour of the construction site for the Frederick Douglass Tunnel in West Baltimore.
Stop-work order for ICE facility in Washington County is extended
The pause on construction came shortly after the DHS awarded a $113 million contract for the build-out of the facility.
The newly-purchased ICE detention facility sits among rolling farmland in Williamsport, MD on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. Public records reveal that the Department of Homeland Security purchased the 825,000-square-foot facility and its 53.5-acre property for $102.4 million from a private entity.
MTA considers pivoting Red Line to rapid bus service instead of light rail, sources say
Amid a budget crunch, real estate complications and a bleak outlook at federal funding, Maryland officials are weighing contingency plans for Baltimore’s proposed Red Line, sources say.
Passengers enter and exit the southbound light rail car as it arrives at the Lutherville Light Rail station in Lutherville, Md. on Monday, February 3, 2025.
ICE sent Maryland detainees to Arizona a day before congressional oversight visit
For months, the overcrowded, bleak conditions on the sixth floor of the George H. Fallon Federal Building have drawn attention from Maryland lawmakers, a federal judge and the state’s top prosecutor.
The Eloy Detention Center, a private prison owned by CoreCivic, houses detainees waiting the outcome of their deportation proceedings, Eloy, AZ, USA, 2019.
What we know about the build-out of ICE’s Maryland detention center
A review of public contracting records by The Banner reveals details about the private companies that are helping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement turn a massive Washington County warehouse into a detention center.
Friday, Jan. 23, 2026 — This new warehouse off Hopewell Road outside Hagerstown has beed toured by government officials for possible use as an ICE detention facility.
ICE awards $113 million to build out Hagerstown detention center
The contract brings total Department of Homeland Security spending to at least $215 million on the proposed detention and processing site that has sparked massive controversy in Western Maryland.
Demonstrators pack the seats of a Washington County Commissioners meeting, in protest against a newly-purchased ICE facility in Williamsport, at the Washington County Administration Building, in Hagerstown, MD on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026.
She brings music, language and last goodbyes for grieving Spanish-speaking families
A Glen Burnie funeral director bridges language and culture, guiding Spanish-speaking families through grief, death and repatriation in Maryland and Virginia.
Keely Aranibar, center, and her business partner Dan Simon, left, assist the priest in blessing the casket by draping a funeral pall during the funeral of Kevin Mendoza Martinez at Saint Francis de Sales Catholic church in Salisbury.
Judge rules ICE must limit number of detainees held in Baltimore facility
U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin cited health and safety risks, including uncleanliness, limited medical access and overcrowding, in the facility at 31 Hopkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore.
The holding cells at the ICE field office downtown have been the center of controversy for nearly a year after detainees reported overcrowding, inadequate food and lack of medical care.
Baltimore bus expansion gets more money, transportation officials say
Creating a new, fifth bus division is the linchpin for the BMORE Bus plan, a long-term vision to expand and improve Baltimore’s bus service that has received a steady drumbeat of support from transit advocates and city politicians since its release last year.
Buses leave the MTA’s Eastern Division bus lot on May 6, 2025.
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