Maryland

A ceremony Friday capped 40 years of struggle to open a waterfront park in Anne Arundel County, involving historic forces that continue to limit public access to the Chesapeake Bay, difficult negotiations with neighbors and disagreement over the right way to balance 340 acres of impossible beauty as both an environmental treasure and recreational jewel.

After complaints by Republican legislators that the state education department was hiding failing test score data, Maryland's inspector general has concluded the state is following federal privacy laws and guidance.

Anne Arundel County opened Beverly Triton Nature Park Friday, a rare Chesapeake Bay beach open to the public through a daily pass system. Located about 30 minutes south of Annapolis on the Mayo Peninsula, the park opened four decades after the county bought the one-time segregated resort.

Police did not describe the relationship between the three people or offer information about a possible motive.

At some point in anyone’s career, even for the best baseball players in the world, difficulties arise. The question becomes: How do they navigate those struggles once the inevitability of failure in a sport defined by it arrives?

Black residents of the Deal Island peninsula endure hardships to cling to the land where their enslaved ancestors once lived, says Rona Kobell, a Banner contributor and co-founder of the Environmental Justice Journalism Initiative, which produced the film “Eroding History.”

Here’s a look at how the reported details of Jackson’s contract stack up across the league, as well as what’s next for the Ravens and their superstar over the next five years.

This week in horoscopes: Career advancements, new ideas, organization advice and much more.

The 38-year-old announced his retirement from Major League Baseball this week, closing a chapter that began at the turn of the century. He toiled through 10 seasons of minor league baseball, worked in the Venezuelan winter league and finally broke through to the promised land that is MLB.

At a bill signing ceremony this week, Gov. Wes Moore highlighted one of the measures receiving his signature: the Maryland Sign Language Interpreters Act.

With the 9-4 victory, the Orioles have won 16 of their last 20 games. They’ve won all 11 series openers this year. They hold the second-best record in Major League Baseball at 22-10. And while it’s early May, there’s a reason to be excited.

Just after 2 p.m., police were called to the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in the Parole neighborhood of Annapolis

The investigation identified three of the clergy members and one church official whose names were redacted from the report.

Reporters matched details in the Maryland attorney general's report into the Archdiocese of Baltimore to court transcripts, archdiocesan letters, church directories, news articles and other public documents.

U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin’s decision not to seek reelection in 2024 has set off a scramble for the coming open Senate seat. It got me thinking about the most important qualities in a senator.

As the COVID-19 public health emergency ends, Maryland begins the Herculean task of renewing Medicaid coverage for everyone enrolled for the first time in three years.

Maryland can do more to support English learners and boost dual-language education, say representatives of an organization advocating for immigrant students and their teachers.

The New York Court of Appeals last week upheld a determination from the Revenue Sharing Definitions Committee of Major League Baseball that the fair market value of the TV rights for the Washington Nationals for 2012-2016 was about $300 million.

Jackson’s news conference with John Harbaugh and Eric DeCosta offered few bombshells, but it did help fill in the gaps. Some of them, anyway.