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    White House moves keep immigrants in Maryland on edge
    The Trump administration’s series of executive orders and immigration policies have left much of Maryland’s immigrant community anxious and fearful.
    More than 150 people rallied for immigrants rights by the Enoch Pratt Free Library Southeast Anchor Branch, marching down Eastern Avenue on Monday.
    Baltimore sues Trump administration over DEI program cuts
    Baltimore receives hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grant money. The city is suing President Donald Trump.
    The crest in the middle of Baltimore's City Hall rotunda on Nov. 9, 2024.
    County executive confident of Ellicott City flood project funding as work is poised to begin
    Neither solid granite nor uncertainty tied to President Donald Trump's federal funding freeze has stalled Howard County leaders’ plans to bore a mile-long tunnel from Ellicott City to the Patapsco River this fall.
    The most expensive public infrastructure project in Howard County history, the extended North Tunnel is a work in progress.
    To stem rising energy costs, Maryland leaders want to build new power plants
    The Maryland Democratic plan, announced Monday, drew pushback from climate advocates who warned about courting polluting fuels like natural gas.
    Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson talks about energy legislation during a news conference on Lawyers Mall in Annapolis on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.
    Health giants, utilities, Harborplace developer helped pay for mayor’s inauguration
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott raised more than $400,000 for his inaugural festivities last year from some of the region’s most prominent and politically connected health, utility and real estate companies.
    Mayor Brandon Scott takes the stage at his inauguration ceremony at the Murphy Fine Arts Center at Morgan State University in December.
    Chasen Cos. faces foreclosure in Fells Point over alleged bank loan default
    Chasen Cos., a Baltimore development firm faces new legal trouble after a bank alleged it defaulted on a nearly $14 million loan for properties in Fells Point.
    Chasen Cos. is facing foreclosure on a trio of lots in Fells Point.
    How Trump could hobble Maryland’s plans to curb climate change
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore at the Port of Baltimore following an announcement of funding for carbon reduction at U.S. ports by President Joe Biden. Some fear how such funding will be treated by President Donald Trump's administration.
    Want to park illegally in Baltimore? You probably won’t get a ticket
    In 2024, transportation officers wrote almost one-third fewer parking tickets than what they wrote two years prior, according to enforcement data.
    Cars parked along Wildwood Parkway during a street cleaning window in West Baltimore.
    Power grid operator reaches deal with Pennsylvania governor in utility bill dispute
    The settlement, announced by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office Tuesday, comes less than a month after he filed a complaint before federal utility regulators calling on PJM Interconnection to impose a lower price cap on its next energy auction.
    A transmission tower that is part of PJM Interconnection’s multistate system supports power lines that run high above farmland in Parkton.
    What we know about Trump’s federal spending freeze and its impact on Marylanders
    What we know about President Donald Trump’s temporary pause on federal spending and its impact on Marylanders.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he prepares to depart the White House aboard Marine One on January 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. The president is traveling to North Carolina, California, Nevada and Florida over the weekend.
    Restaurants fear losing workers amid Trump immigration crackdown
    Trump, who campaigned on linking immigrants to criminality, has not specifically addressed how his immigration policies will affect the restaurant industry.
    Popular Venezuelan restaurant Alma Cocina Latina in Station North employs immigrants of many backgrounds on several different visas. Many are Venezuelan and the food is authentically made.
    Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration spending freeze
    The order from U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan came minutes before the funding freeze was scheduled to go into effect.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.
    Baltimore ‘in the process’ of challenging federal funding freeze in court
    The joint statement endorsed by Mayor Brandon Scott and city officials said they are pursuing legal action in an effort to prevent cuts to funding Baltimore uses.
    City officials said they are pursuing legal action in an effort to prevent cuts to funding that the city uses for transportation, housing and other services.
    Judge throws out Annapolis and Anne Arundel lawsuits against Big Oil
    Annapolis and Anne Arundel argued that fossil fuel giants knew their businesses were driving the damaging consequences of climate change.
    Anne Arundel Circuit Court Judge Steven Platt dismissed a lawsuit by the city of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County over climate change. Annapolis regularly experiences flooding during heavy rains.
    Mayor, councilman at odds again over Baltimore’s opioid strategy
    What Mark Conway says is groundbreaking and lifesaving, the mayor’s office says is irresponsible and simplistic.
    City Councilman Mark Conway is pushing for wider use of buprenorphine to help with the city’s overdose crisis.
    Anne Arundel police say off-duty cop involved in hit-and-run
    The officer, a five-year veteran, has been suspended without pay.
    An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
    Baltimore’s iconic Bromo Tower is in need of repair. But who is in charge?
    It’s time for Baltimore’s landmark Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower to get a facelift. As the city cuts ties with BOPA, the nonprofit that has managed the tower for years, it’s unclear who will oversee the project.
    Bromo Seltzer Tower
    Moore sides with Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro in dispute over utility bill surge
    Moore joined the governors of Illinois, New Jersey and Delaware in sending a letter to federal utility regulators pointing the finger at PJM Interconnect, the regional grid operator, for a looming jump in electricity rates.
    BLUE BELL, PENNSYLVANIA - JANUARY 5: Governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro prepares to speak during a television interview before U.S. President Joe Biden takes the stage during a campaign event at Montgomery County Community College January 5, 2024 in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. In his first campaign event of the 2024 election season, Biden stated that democracy and fundamental freedoms are under threat if former U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House.
    Howard County’s public garden will honor land’s troubled past, focus group says
    Howard County’s focus group released its recommendation plans for the county’s first-ever public garden.
    A focus group recommended that the proposed Howard County public garden on the grounds of Longwood in Glenwood include living tribute areas to enslaved and Indigenous peoples who once lived on the land, among other features.
    Northeast Baltimore ‘eco-village’ wants to create new neighborhood model
    The site would include large and small single-family homes but also duplexes at prices that are “financially accessible” to aspiring homeowners, project managers said.
    An eco-village is expected to fill the “Tivoly Triangle” in Northeast Baltimore, a long-stalled redevelopment project.
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