Wes Moore

Heading into the final hours of the final day Monday, legislators were closer to resolving questions about the long-term future of Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course and financial aid for Baltimore's port workers.

The Caucus of African American Leaders unanimously voted to ask that two bridges in the state, including the Francis Scott Key Bridge, be renamed.

“I mean, that moment still takes my breath away,” Moore said of first seeing the empty place where the Key Bridge had stood.

The horse racing bill is perhaps the highest profile of hundreds of bills that are unresolved in the final hours of the General Assembly session.

Partisan divides exist in Maryland's General Assembly, but senators and delegates pride themselves in respectful debate and disagreement. Some lawmakers go further, forging bipartisan alliances to address problems large and small.

The Maryland House of Delegates welcomed a new student page on April Fool's Day.

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.

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

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.

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.