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The video shows protesters shouting their objections to a Texas petrochemical project during an appearance by U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at iMPACT Maryland.

Maryland needs air quality standards to curb harmful emissions from heating and air conditioning systems and water heaters, say Panagis Galiatsatos, an associate professor and a physician in pulmonary medicine at Johns Hopkins, and Ruth Ann Norton, president and CEO of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative.

Interim Maryland Superintendent brings to the post a track record of major improvement in student performance in Mississippi, says Barbara Davidson, who runs the Knowledge Matters Campaign.

The Banner’s wrap-up of political news and notes from Baltimore and around the state.

The preliminary injunction allows hemp retailers to sell products that were banned on July 1.

Pete Buttigieg touted wins from the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and discussed the importance of active community engagement in transportation projects.

Dozens of newsmakers spanning the public, private and nonprofit sectors came together Tuesday for iMPACT Maryland, The Baltimore Banner’s new event for thought leaders to swap insights and discuss innovative ideas for the state’s future.

Thought leaders and newsmakers gathered at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore for The Baltimore Banner’s inaugural iMPACT Maryland thought-leadership conference.

The announcement of a security barrier at Morgan State, which would enclose 90% of the campus, came one week after an alarming shooting that wounded five at the historically Black institution.

Gov. Wes Moore is turning 45 and he’s throwing what could be one heck of a party.

The stadium authority cited a rarely used provision of state law that applies to the boards of directors of corporations and associations to gather votes by phone. The last time they used the provision was in 2011.

State watchdogs are asking whether Mohammed Choudhury’s use of the Signal app shielded discussions of state business from public record, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.

The plaintiffs describe systemic physical, sexual and psychological abuse spanning decades within Maryland’s juvenile justice system.

Governor: 'We now have the final framing that was necessary to move forward with finalizing the deal that will keep the Orioles for 30 years.'

Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said at a Wednesday morning press conference that the shooting likely stemmed from a dispute between “two smaller groups.”

Prison time served by Jason Billingsley for multiple previous convictions fell far short of the sentences he received because of Maryland's current sentencing structure, says Jason Johnson, a former deputy commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department.

Many Maryland families can’t afford a multiyear rate increase proposed by Baltimore Gas and Electric, Marceline White, executive director of Economic Action Maryland, says.

A Republican Women of Baltimore County fundraiser was relocated after Democrats and other groups objected that the event was screening transphobic movies.

The Orioles and the state of Maryland have struck a nonbinding agreement that settles some issues but leaves plenty of questions before a new 30-year lease is final.

Mohammed Choudhury had previously announced he would not seek a new four-year contract.