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The Baltimore region’s business community is thankful that the state found ways to avoid drastic cuts to funding for regional transit systems, the CEOs of the Greater Baltimore Committee and the Greater Washington Partnership say.

Jacob Leffler, the vice president of the Maryland Association of the Deaf, said the bill makes movie theaters more accessible for all people — including moviegoers who are learning the language spoken in a movie or people who want or need enhanced visual support for comprehension

As in-person voting approaches, the top Democratic candidates for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate seat are getting chippy over a new ad from David Trone that criticizes Angela Alsobrooks.

Baltimore’s historic Black newspaper endorses Scott, Alsobrooks and others

Amid a jurisdictional tug of war over the future home of the Washington Commanders, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Wednesday struck an assured posture on his state’s ability to keep the team in Prince George’s County.

Exactly four weeks after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, salvage crews removed its biggest piece of debris to date, a section of truss weighing 560 tons, clearing the way to open the deepest and widest temporary channel by the end of this week.

The Banner examines a history of ship strikes on major bridges that led to collapses — and tries to answer the question of who ends up footing the bill.

Baltimore voters in the city’s 1st District got a taste of the three council candidates running to represent them Thursday night when the contenders met for a debate ahead of what may be Baltimore’s most competitive City Council election.

A temporary channel northeast of the main shipping lanes on the Patapsco River has been established and will provide limited access to the Port of Baltimore for commercially essential vessels, the Unified Command, which is overseeing the salvage work on the river, said Friday night.

The recommendations include deploying more state troopers, increasing speeding fines and lowering the temporary work zone speed limits.

While Gov. Wes Moore was quick to declare victory as the General Assembly adjourned its legislative session, advocates and environmentalists said they viewed the session as mediocre at best in helping to achieve the state’s lofty climate aspirations.

Local governments will soon be able to set higher tax rates for homes deemed vacant.

Gov. Wes Moore and Mayor Brandon Scott earned high marks from city voters for their response to the Key Bridge collapse, according to a new poll by Goucher College in partnership with The Baltimore Banner.

State lawmakers recently approved legislation creating the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention, sending it to the desk of Gov. Wes Moore. The idea is to collect and use data to design strategies — the same technique used to fight disease — to reduce the number of people killed and injured by guns every year in Maryland.

Maryland’s lone Republican in Congress, U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, said he thinks it’s acceptable for the federal government to front the money for the bridge while pursuing payment from liable parties.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and other officials provided an update Wednesday on cleanup efforts at the Key Bridge, which was toppled by a massive container ship on March 26.

A majority of voters indicated strong feelings about abortion, but more expressed concerns about crime and the economy.

The Victim Compensation Reform Act of 2024 will overhaul the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, a body that’s supposed to help victims of crime in Maryland.

Maryland’s delegation on Capitol Hill is preparing legislation that would ensure that the federal government pays the full cost of replacing the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed into the Patapsco River two weeks ago.

The last bills have been considered, the last amendments have been offered and the final votes have been taken. Here’s what Maryland lawmakers did — and did not — do during their 90-day General Assembly session this year.