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The tunnel that wasn’t: Inside the Baltimore Ravens’ proposal for ‘Ravens Loop’
In March, a tunnel-boring company founded by Elon Musk announced winners for a contest in which cities, organizations and individuals could pitch tunnel projects to be built on the company’s dime. Among the winners was a mysterious Baltimore project called Ravens Loop.
“WE’RE READY, ARE YOU? LET’S DIG,” reads a slide from the Ravens’ submission to the Tunnel Vision Challenge.
BWI runway to close temporarily for $84 million repaving effort
A major runway at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is temporarily closing next week as construction crews kick-start tarmac rehabilitation.
For 11 weeks, repaving work will shut down one of two runways that handle arrivals and departures of commercial flights at BWI.
BWI to get $62 million for tarmac improvements as part of nationwide funding push
The money will help rehabilitate the tarmac on one of the airport’s two principal runways, according to airport officials, including the installation of new runway lighting.
A Southwest Airlines jet land at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
Why Baltimore wants to be more like Hoboken when it comes to road safety
A new draft Vision Zero plan outlines steps including targeted enforcement, more automated cameras and quicker street safety improvements to reduce traffic deaths in Baltimore.
Baltimore Families for Safe Streets held a vigil March 31 for a cyclist who was struck and killed along Orleans Street.
Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits
The Supreme Court ruled on a Trump executive order that would have upended more than a century of constitutional and legal history.
FILE - Demonstrators holds up a banner during a citizenship rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025.
Julian Jones leads in Baltimore County Executive race
Julian Jones could become Baltimore County's first Black executive amid a close race and delayed results from mail-in ballots.
Julian Jones addresses supporters at his primary election night watch party at the Sheraton Baltimore North Hotel in Towson on Tuesday evening.
New budget airline coming to BWI this fall
After Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy left BWI down a budget carrier, Breeze Airways is moving in with two new routes serving Baltimore starting this fall.
The Breeze Airways Airbus A 220 arrives with Team Germany at Smith Reynolds Airport on June 08, 2026 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The German team will stay its base camp in Winston-Salem during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
ICE drops deportation effort against US citizen detained in Baltimore
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has dropped its effort to deport a Prince George’s County native who has spent months trying to prove her U.S. citizenship.
The family and attorneys for Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales say she was born in Laurel, but federal officials have claimed she is not a U.S. citizen. She was released from federal immigration custody Wednesday after 24 days in detention.
Hot asphalt summer: Here are the road improvement projects likely to cause drivers headaches
From the beltways to the beaches, road construction crews are putting down fresh pavement to improve Maryland’s patchy roads. Keep these big projects in mind when making your summer road trip plans.
From the beltways to the beaches, road construction crews are putting down fresh pavement to improve Maryland’s patchy roads.
Mass deportation hearings in Baltimore raise due process concerns
As President Donald Trump restructures immigration cases, the latest national trend has arrived in Baltimore: so-called “mega” master calendar hearings that pack more than 100 people in court at the same time.
FILE - The seal of the Department of Justice is shown in Washington, Aug. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Maryland spent $10M on a shuttered civic plaza in Largo. Now the treasurer wants answers.
Prince George’s County officials are drawing more questions after shuttering a brand-new civic area outside their administrative building in Largo, a project built with $10 million in state funds.
The brand-new civic area at the Wayne K. Curry Administration Building in Largo was fenced off weeks ago.
Penn Station expansion on pause as Amtrak, developer hit reset
Amtrak and development team Penn Station Partners are hitting pause on plans to expand the historic Central Baltimore train station amid a project reset.
The exterior of Penn Station on Saturday, October 21.
Check engine: Looming wartime shortage of motor oil could hit Maryland, analysts warn
Maryland drivers could soon see yet another consequence of the war in Iran and the closure of a major global oil supply route: pricier oil changes.
A shortage of synthetic motor oil could boost the cost of a conventional oil change by as much as 40%.
Baltimore’s brewing tax fight and other budget hearing takeaways
Baltimore City Council members pushed for property tax relief, drilled down on city collections and asked for additional funding to support the city’s immigrants during the first day of budget hearings.
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 — Venn McCormick of New Life Recovery Center testifies during a Baltimore City Council committee hearing on the opioid crisis.
All aboard the ‘bike bus’: Some Baltimore students have a new ride to school
Not only do the Baltimore kids get to school safely, but they start the day with physical activity that some parents think helps them focus in the classroom.
Letti Hoffberger rides next to her mom Lily Mitchell and brother Hayes Hoffberger on the way to Roland Park Elementary/Middle School with a “bike bus” group.
17 miles of new or improved bike lanes planned for Baltimore
Baltimore’s transportation department plans to add or improve 17 miles of dedicated bike lanes across the city over the next three years.
Plastic flexposts frequently get run over, ripped up or damaged. During a February 2026 winter storm, snow plows ripped up hundreds of them - including these ones on President Street downtown that alerted motorists to the bike lane.
Final tracks laid for Purple Line as transit project inches toward 2027 opening
The Purple Line, the long-delayed light rail project that will connect Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, has taken another ceremonial step toward completion.
State and local officials, including Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, Gov. Wes Moore and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, participate in a ceremonial pin hammering marking the completion of the Purple Line in Silver Spring.
Amtrak cancels controversial vent for West Baltimore tunnel project, citing cost savings
After searching for ways to trim costs on the multi-billion-dollar tunnel replacement, Amtrak is eliminating plans for one of three ventilation facilities.
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - JANUARY 30: An Amtrak train moves through the Baltimore and Potomac (B&P) Tunnel before an event featuring U.S. President Joe Biden at the site on January 30, 2023 in Baltimore, Maryland. The tunnel is 150 years old and is the biggest chokepoint in the rail system between New York City and Washington, DC and frequently causes delays of Amtrak, Maryland commuter trains and freight rail traffic. Biden is discussing how funding from the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will aim to rebuild and replace the tunnel.
These alerts vibrate, beep and flash with one goal: Saving Maryland road workers’ lives
Researchers at Morgan State University’s National Transportation Center have created a multisensory system to alert Maryland road workers to approaching speeding or erratic vehicles.
April 30, 2026 - Mojtaba Naseri, a researcher at Morgan State University, calibrates a mobile Lidar unit set up along Hillen Road as part of the team's new road worker safety alert system.
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.
Crane barges are idle at sunrise at the Francis Scott Key Bridge site on the second anniversary of its catastrophic collapse.
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