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The decision by the Archdiocese of Baltimore to file for bankruptcy will allow equitable compensation for abuse survivors and position the church to continue its mission, says Joe Foss, a member of the archdiocese’s Board of Financial Administration and former vice chairman and chief operating officer of the Baltimore Orioles.

Gov. Wes Moore also named several new members to the Commission on Indian Affairs

Senate President Bill Ferguson objected to a 99-year ground lease that would have enabled the Orioles to plan redevelopment.

A guide to the abrupt suspension of Baltimore light rail service and what it means.

Speaking to hundreds of local government leaders, the Democratic governor defended his plans for severe highway and transit cuts as part of tough choices that are necessary amid a worsening budget picture.

20 women have filed a lawsuit against Maryland and its Department of Juvenile Services alleging rampant sexual abuse as children while incarcerated at the state’s Thomas J.S. Waxter Children’s Center in Laurel.

The Maryland Transit Administration said it plans to suspend light rail service on the north-south line starting Friday.

Attorney General Anthony Brown has ended the suspension of Zainab Chaudry from her position on the Maryland Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention following outrage over her anti-Israeli social media posts.

Maryland transportation projects could be delayed and local commuter bus service and roadway maintenance face significant cuts as a result of a more-than-$3 billion shortfall in funding the state’s six-year transportation plan, state officials said Tuesday.

The final scheduled meeting of the Maryland Stadium Authority this year came and went without action on the Orioles’ lease, which expires Dec. 31. But officials remained optimistic: “My message to the public is that everyone’s intention, including the Orioles, is for the Orioles to remain in Baltimore for a very long time,” MSA Executive Director Michael Frenz said.

Virginia officials are asking the federal government to pause the efforts to fund and build the FBI’s new headquarters in Greenbelt while an inspector general reviews the process. Maryland officials remain confident the Greenbelt pick will withstand scrutiny.

Once-fertile soil has given way to wetlands plants and salt patches, imperiling a search for the exact location of the cabin where Harriet Tubman’s father lived and taught her in Eastern Maryland.

The Orioles have balked at the idea of separating development rights from the lease in order to get it signed by the end of the month.

“She understands what our city needs better than any other candidate in this race,” Mayor Brandon Scott said of Alsobrooks on Tuesday at at the Zeta Center in Northwest Baltimore’s Park Heights neighborhood.

History buffs can now peruse over 100 years of Maryland birth, marriage, death and other records online at the Internet Archive.

Yet many Black attorneys understood the disparate impact the legal system can have on different communities long before the 2020 protests following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police.

The Orioles' lease at Oriole Park at Camden Yards expires Dec. 31. Two dates to watch for a new lease are the Maryland Stadium Authority's meeting Dec. 5 and the Maryland Board of Public Works meeting Dec. 13.

Poor conditions at Baltimore City Public Schools reflect a lack of care and concern for the students who attend those schools, students interviewed by Johns Hopkins University researchers say.

A deadline is looming at the end of the year for Maryland to decide whether to keep or replace the troubled, for-profit company that provides medical care in state prisons and the Baltimore City jail complex.

The Maryland Office of the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division released the names of three Baltimore County Police officers who responded to a reported domestic disturbance Friday night and exchanged gunfire with a Parkville man who police say fatally shot his wife inside their home.