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Connolly, who served in Congress for more than 16 years, announced in 2024 that he had esophageal cancer and would retire.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball says committing to treating adult addiction saves lives and builds healthier communities.

About half of the staff at Green Ridge Youth Center is on leave injured, union reps said, and morale has plummeted

Maryland lawmakers joined a call from the Office of People’s Counsel for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to stop supply costs from surging this summer.

Multiple existing programs will be folded into the state's new Department of Social and Economic Mobility, which was signed into law Tuesday.

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During a full day of racing capped by a dramatic come-from-behind Preakness Stakes win by the horse Journalism, dozens of fans watched the action in a trackside tent paid for by Maryland taxpayers.

Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.

The nation’s largest public power company submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a small nuclear reactor.

Swimmer Katie Pumphrey cut short her second attempt to swim from the Chesapeake Bay to the Inner Harbor.

Americans are preparing for an economic downturn — a trend that’s evident on “recession core” social media.

Baltimore County should honor its commitment to raise pay for teachers, a letter writer says, and can find the money to do so by trimming other projects.

The Banner receives News Organization of the Year (Division A) and 18 Best in Show, 14 first-place and 25 second-place awards.

Job scams are among the most common and financially damaging schemes, according to the Better Business Bureau.

Maryland will face sixth-seeded Syracuse on Saturday in the semifinals at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Former President Joe Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule was found.

Donald Trump's administration says it's the most transparent in history. But it's taken even more drastic steps than his first to shield key documents and information from the public.

A letter writer says Preakness and other horse races are inhumane, and should be ended.

A reader says that highlighting a polyamorous relationship in a Banner headline about a criminal case is sensationalism.

There are resources to help Marylanders evaluate their job options and navigate the shift if they decide to try a new career path.