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Wes Moore’s historic win puts Maryland on the national map in discussions about Black electoral politics at the statewide level, according to a political expert.

Olszewski claimed 59% of the vote after almost 190,000 mailed, early and Election Day ballots were counted as of 11 p.m. Tuesday — too far ahead for conservative radio talk show host McDonough to catch up.

Democrat Wes Moore has made history in Maryland as the state's first Black governor-elect, according to a race call by the Associated Press. He is only the third Black governor elected in the country. Moore's win puts the governorship back in Democrats' hands after two terms of Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, one of the country's most popular governors. Polling before the election showed Moore with a double-digit lead over his Republican opponent, Maryland Del. Dan Cox, a far-right lawmaker, had received a coveted and polarizing endorsement from former President Donald Trump.

At this lab in Baltimore, scientists can play God, manipulating the conditions to get fish to spawn more frequently than they do in the wild.

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On any given day this past summer, about 50 children in Maryland found themselves in hospital emergency departments waiting weeks — or even months ― for a spot in a residential treatment center, psychiatric facility, or therapeutic foster home.

A Miami-based company is finding a niche marketing homes in distressed Baltimore neighborhoods to investors in Turkey.

Democratic lawmakers requested the independent investigation after The Baltimore Banner last week published an investigation revealing years of complaints about misconduct, favoritism and retaliation by leaders at the state’s largest park.

Christina Delgado is “Nuyorican,” or a New York Puerto Rican, and recently opened in her first Baltimore home the Puerto Rican Home Museum, a mixed-media collective exhibit that celebrates Puerto Rican families and culture.

The contrast between the incumbent Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.'s record and the platform of his Republican election challenger, well-known conservative hardliner former Del. Pat McDonough, is stark.

Banner readers shared their tricked-out Halloween pet get-ups, including superheros, witches and ... toast.

Red Emma's recently purchased a building at 415 E. 32nd Street and a storefront at 3128 Greenmount Ave. and is renovating them to create a multilevel community coffeehouse, bookstore, and social center.

The forecast, as of 2:45 p.m., says we’re almost guaranteed to have some rain.

The Baltimore Banner sat down with CFG Bank founder and board chair, John W. “Jack” Dwyer, and CEO and president, William C. “Bill” Wiedel Jr., to discuss the bank’s expansion and growing footprint in the city.

Security guards on patrol have shot victims on two separate occasions in less than two weeks at storefronts in Baltimore.

Officials said this week that Dean Hughes had been placed on leave from his position as the park’s assistant manager “until further notice.”

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Voting by mail has already started, and early in-person voting starts Thursday.

Citing their ‘horror’ over what they called the ‘systemic abuse of employees’ at Maryland’s largest state park, two legislators are questioning a state agency’s handling of repeated complaints there.

First Amendment cases — especially against public officials afforded immunities — are among the most difficult to win, lawyers say.