The move, though long anticipated, is a gut punch for Downtown Baltimore, which has been home to the Danish jewelry company’s regional head office for Pandora Americas since 2015.

While most ballet companies opt for “The Nutcracker” around this time of year, the all-ages inclusive Charm City Ballet has made “A Christmas Carol” a winter tradition.

Animal welfare experts in Baltimore say the link between these cases and other forms of violence is real and should not be ignored.

Caring for children with highly complex emotional and behavioral needs is a challenge that exists across the country. But in Maryland, the problem has worsened over the last decade — and many blame outgoing Republican Gov. Larry Hogan.

MOMCares, a Baltimore organization that specializes in maternal health, is seeing spiking demand for doula trainings, which founder Ana Rodney attributes to the changes in access to reproductive health services across the country.

The city is hailed as a model for its trap-neuter-release program, but even as it becomes more mainstream, some consider the practice unethical.

Officials remain confident that the process will live up to their expectations of moving several hundred vacant homes out of absentee ownership per year.

The name of the neighborhood, Port Covington, is not changing, according to city officials. But the overall area bought, controlled and managed by the developers is being rebranded.

Among the 153 parishes and missions of Baltimore’s archdiocese, some grappled this weekend with how to address the sex abuse investigation.

The change, made public this week, is an attempt by new developers at the New York-based MAG Partners and the San Francisco-based MacFarlane Partners to turn a page on a contentious project that has faced delays, turnover and public criticism for its heavy reliance on subsidies.

Some have questioned the Visit Baltimore CEO's high salary; others say marketing the city — with all it's challenges — is a tough job.

Real estate development firm MAG Partners has taken over Port Covington and aims to leave the past behind. It will announce a new name for the development this week.

While other regional school board races sparked fiery, public debates about opponents’ extremist views, the first-ever elections for the city’s Board of School Commissioners were far less contentious.

On Question K, the Sinclair executive-funded measure that would limit elected officials to two terms in office, former Mayor Catherine Pugh wrote that she could easily make arguments for and against the proposal.

The Baltimore Banner sat down with CFG Bank founder and board chair, John W. “Jack” Dwyer, and CEO and president, William C. “Bill” Wiedel Jr., to discuss the bank’s expansion and growing footprint in the city.

Lawmakers, attorneys and consumers have raised concerns about the new customer payment system, saying the contract with the new vendor, Paymentus, was not awarded competitively and may have been implemented too quickly.

A joint statement from the medical giant and the insurer said the multi-year contract ensures they can continue to serve members and patients with high-quality care. They did not disclose the financial terms of the agreement or disclose how long the agreement lasts.

The facility is the first anchor to open in the new South Baltimore entertainment corridor, which aims to connect existing M&T Bank Stadium with Horseshoe Baltimore Casino.

The renaming is meant to usher in a new era for the storied arena, which has been under renovation for the last several months.

The police department — unable to procure analytical reagent, the compound used to cause a chemical reaction or test if one occurs — has borrowed as much as six months’ supply from other departments as payment to the vendor remains pending.