The Baltimore Banner is bringing together state and local leaders for a daylong discussion of vital issues facing Maryland on Oct. 10 at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore.
The shooting near Inner Harbor on July 7, 2022, reverberated throughout the city — and beyond — and sparked policy changes surrounding squeegee workers.
A proposed federal ban on menthol cigarettes has raised concerns among some law enforcement officials and civil rights advocates that it could lead to problematic police encounters, particularly with Black smokers, says Diane Goldstein, a retired police lieutenant who is executive director of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership.
The coalition said it has formed a steering committee to help implement a plan for dealing with the city's vacant housing stock. It has previously said the problem would cost $7.5 billion to fix.
A cat that a witness saw thrown from a moving vehicle window in the Fort McHenry Tunnel at the end of June has now found a lifelong home and a friend in Stephanie Shetz.
Gov. Wes Moore's fourth college commencement speech of the year will be a bit far from Maryland, as he heads to the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean in Kingston, Jamaica, this weekend.
Rap artist Tre' Amani is gearing up to perform alongside a bevy of big names at D.C.'s Broccoli City Festival ― a home game of sorts for the Columbia native.
The Biden-Harris Administration is pledging $20 billion to fund clean energy programs across the country, including in underserved communities. The vice president described the funding as “the largest investment in financing for community-based climate projects in our nation.”
The Baltimore City schools district has joined a national suit that seeks to hold the owners of Facebook, TikTok and other social media companies accountable for alleged ‘predatory behavior’ that has fueled and worsened mental health in teens.
Police physically carried off the group of tennis players, four men and four women, Black and white, and arrested them. Other protesters took their place.
Baltimore Circuit Judge Althea M. Handy had revoked Davis’ home detention sentence in a 2020 hit-and-run after learning that he’d been staying without court permission at a Four Seasons Hotel and a $3.4 million penthouse condo in Silo Point.
A gathering was held Thursday to announce the second class of the Downtown BOOST program, which seeks to place Black-owned businesses in downtown Baltimore storefronts and support their long-term success.