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People stock up on supplies from a boarded-up store in St. Petersburg, Fla., as residents prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Milton.
Hurricane Milton: BGE crews head to Florida to help with response
Hurricane Milton is forecast to remain a dangerous storm as it travels across the state of Florida, bringing life-threatening winds inland.
Owners of vacant properties would pay higher tax rates if Baltimore City Council approves legislation introduced Monday.
Baltimore City Council wants to raise property tax rates on vacant homes
The plan would set the property tax rate on vacant properties at triple the current level for the first year it is in effect and then quadruple the current rate in subsequent years.
The forecast cone for Hurricane Milton as of Tuesday morning.
Hurricane Milton is ‘extremely dangerous’ as it approaches Florida
Hurricane Milton is forecast to remain a dangerous storm as it travels across the state of Florida, bringing life-threatening winds inland.
Gov. Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services will cancel millions of unpaid parole debts for more than 6,700 people.
Maryland cancels millions in unpaid parole debt as state moves forward on waiving fees
Gov. Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services will cancel millions of unpaid parole debts for more than 6,700 people.
The entrance of the IKEA store in College Park, Maryland on Oct. 2 is filled  with information on the Swedish furniture giants sustainability goals.
Annapolis leaders went to Sweden to learn about climate change. I went to IKEA.
Walk under the U.S., Maryland, and Swedish flags and into the mammoth blue-and-yellow IKEA building in College Park, and the first of many brightly colored, chipper displays makes clear that saving the planet is at stake with every purchase.
The Maryland State Police logo emblazoned on a lectern in front a police vehicle from a separate agency before a press conference, pictured outside the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barracks on 11/10/22.
Maryland State Police to pay $2.75M to settle hiring discrimination case
The agency will also rework testing requirements following a two-year investigation by the federal government into hiring practices.
The view from the third floor of one of Rising Housing’s properties in West Baltimore that will become a commercialized space called Java and Joists, as seen on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
Gov. Moore wants to eliminate 5,000 vacant Baltimore homes in 5 years
The executive order comes about 10 months after Mayor Brandon Scott and community partners rolled out a comprehensive strategy designed to abate the city’s vacant housing epidemic
Maryland Governor Wes Moore speaks during his discussion with Dean Baquet at IMPACT Maryland held at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, Maryland, October 1st, 2024.
Gov. Moore shares ‘Oh my God’ Biden moment, describes missteps in Orioles lease talks
Speaking at The Baltimore Banner’s iMPACT Maryland event, Moore said he didn’t do the best job explaining what it meant for the state and the baseball team to sign a memorandum of understanding — news that was flashed on the ballpark video board in the middle of a game.
David Rubenstein speaks with Baltimore Banner Editor in Chief Kimi Yoshino during the IMPACT Maryland Event at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on October 1st, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
iMPACT Maryland: Rubenstein talks Orioles spending, Alsobrooks calls out Hogan
David Rubenstein didn’t get into the baseball business to make money, but to “make a great baseball team,” the 75-year-old owner of the Baltimore Orioles said at iMPACT Maryland.
Pastor Robert Turner of Empowerment Temple begins his monthly walk from Baltimore to the White House to raise awareness for reparations on October 9, 2023.
California took several actions for reparations. Could Maryland be next?
Despite veto of a California bill, state officials and advocates in favor of reparations say it's obtainable in Maryland.
Two Maryland teams ran more than a dozen rescue missions over the weekend, according to the Maryland Army National Guard.
Maryland Army National Guard rescues 70 in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene
Two Maryland teams ran more than a dozen rescue missions over the weekend, according to the Maryland Army National Guard.
A structural pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge remains in the Patapsco River six months after the container ship Dali lost power and hit a pier causing a catastrophic collapse.
What’s next for the Key Bridge: Rebuilding, lawsuits, investigations
What we know six months after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse — and what will surface in the years to come.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore greets King Abdullah of Jordan on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.
King of Jordan meets Gov. Wes Moore in rare visit by head of state
The two leaders shared brief remarks ahead of a roundtable discussion with business and university leaders, expressing mutual admiration and a broad desire to find “synergies” between Jordan and Maryland.
King Abdullah II of Jordan is wearing a dark suit with a dark red tie. He has grey hair and is wearing a lapel pin for a climate summit.
King of Jordan to visit Gov. Moore in Annapolis Wednesday
The king’s visit comes as the Middle East region is embroiled in conflict as Israel fights Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Attorney General Anthony Brown discuss the state’s lawsuit against the companies that own and manage the Dali cargo ship that smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March.
Maryland sues Dali cargo ship owner, manager over Key Bridge crash
The state alleges that the government itself and the people of Maryland have suffered massive losses from the bridge collapse, and that it was caused by negligence and shortcuts by the Dali’s crew, owner and manager.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Attorney General Anthony Brown are planning "a major announcement" related to the crash of the Dali cargo ship into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March.
State Key Bridge lawsuit likely, with announcement planned Tuesday
Neither the governor nor attorney general offered details on their announcement, but it comes just before a deadline to file legal claims against the ship's owner and operator.
Mariela's husband was the foreman of the construction crew filling potholes on the Key Bridge on March 26.
The Key Bridge collapse: Six months later, six families are still grieving
The Key Bridge collapse killed most of a Baltimore construction crew. Their relatives share stories about the men and the pain of losing them.
President of Howard Community College Daria J. Willis speaks during an event.
Howard Community College board rejects calls to oust president, assails online critics
The board of Howard Community College sent an email to the campus community voicing confidence in President Daria J. Willis, defending her against criticism.
A satellite image of Maryland Correctional Institution - Jessup in Anne Arundel County.
New state prison watchdog is ‘full steam ahead’ after governor appoints agency head
Gov. Wes Moore appointed Yvonne Briley-Wilson as the head of the new state agency that will examine prison conditions.
Maryland's draft transportation budget, released last week, proposes deferring more than $670 million in projects for the Maryland Transit Administration.
Maryland transit budget would cut millions from Baltimore, leave D.C. Metro whole
An equitable distribution of funds between Washington D.C. and Baltimore's transit systems was top of mind as commissioners asked for answers on more than $600 million worth of cuts.
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