Wes Moore

President Joe Biden visited Baltimore Friday afternoon for an aerial tour of the collapsed France Scott Key Bridge and a meeting with families of the six construction workers killed in the disaster.

Crews are working to rig up some of the shipping containers that are on the bow of the Dali and get them moved to Tradepoint Atlantic, officials with the Unified Command said Thursday.

Crane operators remained ready Wednesday to begin lifting undamaged containers off the disabled cargo ship Dali, but were held back by thunderstorms and high winds, which made operating the machinery unsafe.

Maryland’s state prosecutor has fined the campaign of former gubernatorial candidate John B. King Jr. $2,000 for sending campaign material out over email without the required campaign authority line.

The framework of the deal will eventually raise about $320 million to $350 million per year through a variety of vehicle-related fees and $80 million annually from hiking taxes on tobacco and nicotine products.

The collapse of the Key Bridge can be a defining moment in the life of Maryland’s young governor and for Maryland as well.

With billions already earmarked, Baltimore could become a proving ground — and maybe a blueprint — for national Democrats’ infrastructure goals.

The survey of 800 Maryland registered voters was conducted by landline and cellphone from March 19 to March 24. The poll has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.

He’s had to console families of those who perished, coordinate an emergency response and inform and comfort shaken Marylanders.

Gov. Wes Moore, Mayor Brandon Scott and U.S. officials discussed the recovery effort on national TV news.

The six missing workers were all part of Baltimore’s flourishing Latino community, immigrant advocates say.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Friday urged state lawmakers to prioritize passing the state budget and legislation to help those affected by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the final days of their legislative session.

Another crane is scheduled to arrive by Saturday as salvage operations continue, Sen. Chris Van Hollen said.

After a container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, causing it to collapse, engineering experts questioned why the bridge was not strong enough to withstand the impact.

President Joe Biden pledged Tuesday that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed into the Patapsco River following a ship strike.

Environmental advocates said they’re not giving up on their efforts just yet, pointing out that there is still time to influence change before the session ends on April 8.

Proposed changes to the state's distribution of highway user revenue would have an outsized impact on Baltimore City.

A total of 26.2 million passengers used BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in 2023, a 15% increase from the previous year. The total included a record number of international passengers.

The Maryland Transit Administration envisions the team as a vital link between the state’s Red Line planning team and the communities that the future project will affect.

Most of the proposals on the long wish list Gov. Wes Moore sent to lawmakers are moving forward ahead of a key deadline Monday.