Transportation

Following Sunday’s bridge collapse on I-95 in Philadelphia, Maryland roadways are not immediately affected, but officials urge drivers to plan ahead when traveling north on I-95.

The collapse is snarling traffic in Philadelphia as the summer travel season starts, upending hundreds of thousands of morning commutes, disrupting countless businesses and forcing trucking companies to find different routes.

Transportation officials warned of extensive delays and street closures and urged drivers to avoid the area. Early reports indicated that the vehicle may have been a tanker truck, but officials could not immediately confirm that. The fire was reported to be under control.

Starspangled200.org now redirects to the MVA’s homepage and will do so going forward, according to a Friday statement.

The Navy's decision to commission the guided missile destroyer USS Carl Levin, its newest ship, in Baltimore demonstrates Baltimore is still a Navy town, retired Navy Rear Admiral Tom Jurkowsky says.

At first glance, a website displayed at the bottom of every license plate commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812 doesn’t look out of place with the illustration of the Star-Spangled Banner over Fort McHenry.

Pennsylvania-based Erie Insurance discriminated against a Black-owned insurance brokerage firm and ultimately against Black Baltimoreans, according to a recent opinion by the Maryland Insurance Administration.

U.S. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger wants Congress to approve a clean debt ceiling increase and he opposes Republican budget proposals that he says would cut funding for programs vital to Marylanders.

After the deadly crash in March that killed six highway workers on the Baltimore Beltway, new state and nationwide survey data on the dangers of highway work zones showed construction contractors and workers felt an increased risk working on highways compared to one year ago.

The state began repairing the Washington Boulevard bridge over a rail line in Halethorpe in 2018. It was then slated to be completed by the summer of 2021 and now will be delayed even longer.

Merchants in the business corridor surrounding Pimlico Race Course want to expand business and community development opportunities on Preakness day and beyond, Yeshiyah Israel, president of the Pimlico Merchants Association, says.

The city’s historic preservation board issued an initial vote against a proposal to demolish five buildings as part of a downtown redevelopment plan.

Environmentalists hail a new law as a major step toward reducing harmful emissions in historically underserved communities. But some worry that a caveat in the legislation could delay the mandate.

The Maryland inspector general found that Baltimore City Public Schools paid as much as $631,000 over three years to a cab company for rides to school that students may never have taken.

More than nine months after 14-year-old Gavin Knupp was killed in a hit-and-run outside Ocean City, a 22-year-old man has been charged in his death.

The White House so far has announced funding for 25,000 projects across the country, the president said.

Participants made a point to drive the posted speed limit along the route of the unity ride.

By late morning on the East Coast, more than 1,500 Southwest flights had been delayed, according to FlightAware.

Drivers should expect delays in the area.

A new app and Uber-like service has made getting around on the state's Mobility paratransit service much more reliable, says E.R. Shipp, who uses the services herself.