Meredith Cohn

Hospital emergency rooms in Maryland are being overwhelmed by a big jump in patients with mental health and substance-use issues.

It’s the newest in a line of small and mid-sized hotels that have opened in the downtown Baltimore area or are planned for the city in recent years.

The Can Company in Canton is getting a face-lift that will include new lights, seating, signs and a park area, according to owner MCB Real Estate and leasing company KLNB.

The bank that is investing in Port Covington says it will look at other investment in Baltimore, including the former Target space at Mondawmin Mall.

The engineering firm Kimley-Horn will add space at the expanding McHenry Row in Locust Point.

The state medical examiner's office has worked to correct mileage and bidding issues found in routine audit.

Median home prices were up and inventory was down in March, compared to a year ago, a new report finds.

An Indiana developer plans to put up a Tru Hotel with 140 rooms catering to millennials in Little Italy in 2019.

White Marsh-based Peak Management bought the Annen Woods apartment complex in Pikesville.

Among the publicly available information about the incentive packages offered by cities and states, Maryland's $8.5 billion package for a potential Montgomery County site is out front.

Downtown Partnership plans to put up 15 kiosks downtown to help visitors and locals access information about services, events, transportation and attractions.

The Downtown Partnership presented its State of Downtown, a mixed bag of results as leaders sought to dispel concerns over crime.

Baltimore police officer Keith Mcneill was shot eight times by a stranger while off duty, and has withstood countless surgeries and rehab sessions in his goal of returning to the force.

The Wells Fargo Tower in Baltimore was sold to Hertz Investment Group for almost $37 million.

The large wireless infrastructure company Crown Castle plans to move its headquarters to downtown Columbia's Merriweather District.

Developers of the new Port Covington project in South Baltimore say they plan to open two or three new buildings in 2020.

The Maryland General Assembly is considering a bill aimed at helping research dogs and cats get adopted after studies are done.

Dan D’Orazio is CEO of Sage Growth Partners, which helps health care companies find their niches and expand.

The long-delayed Broadway Market renovations will begin soon and include outdoor space and a restaurant.

Maryland unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2 percent after losses were logged in hospitality and professional service sectors.

Johns Hopkins University continues to lead all U.S. universities in research and development expenditures by a wide margin.

There are a lot of promising research avenues for Parkinson's, potentially helping sufferers including Neil Diamond.

Michael Faulkender, University of Maryland professor, was nominated to be an assistant secretary of the Treasury.

More than 30 medical marijuana dispensaries are now operating in Maryland, just over three months after the first few shops opened.

Hospitals in the state say after three years under a unique agreement with federal regulators that they are saving on health care spending.

The HR and consulting firm The Singer Group in Reisterstown was acquired by a New York-based consultancy.

New apartment building, Flats at Eutaw Place, slated for Bolton Hill.

Volunteers of American Chesapeake plan $27 million in upgrades to its Paca House program for homeless, including veterans.

Supernus Pharmaceuticals plans to move from Rockville to Gaithersburg and add 160 jobs.

A Maryland firm will pay a $2 million criminal penalty for bribing a Russian nuclear official for uranium-shipping contracts.

One East Pratt Street, known as the PNC building, was sold to a Miami-based real estate investment Banyan Street Capital for $80.1 million, state property records show.

A Baltimore developer is proposing to bring 78 mostly affordable housing units that could be used as artist housing and permanent places for the formerly homeless to two city-owned lots on Mulberry Street.

Baltimore area home prices rose 6.5 percent from a year ago, according to a new housing report.

Actor Wendell Piece or "The Wire" fame plans to open an apartment building early next month.

Five minutes with Al Rubeling, senior vice president and architecture practice leader with JMT Architecture, an affiliate of Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson Inc., a Hunt Valley-based multidisciplinary design firm.

A 4-month-old Hagerstown girl will be one of the first to get injections of stem cells into her defective heart as part of a study to see if there is a better way to treat an uncommon and often fatal condition.

Parts of the Baltimore metro area are under a light coating of snow Wednesday morning, and the threat of continuing precipitation has caused some schools across the region to close or open late.

Baltimore startup TeamPassword was bought by Texas-based data security firm Jungle Disk, according to the companies, which did not disclose the terms.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. crews worked Tuesday to shorten the list of homes that remain without power after last week’s brutal nor’easter, but another overnight storm carrying the potential for rain and snow could hamper those efforts.

Johns Hopkins Health System plans a $469 million expansion and renovation of its Bayview Medical Center in Southeast Baltimore. It plans to build a new inpatient building there as well as renovate two existing buildings to modernize the outdated facilities.

The University of Maryland School of Medicine has joined a cross-country study seeking information on how everyday activities affect brain development in kids.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was seen at a Baltimore hospital this week and will return Friday to the West Bank, according to Reuters, citing a senior Palestinian official.

The nasal spray version of the flu vaccine popular with kids but largely unavailable during the flu season could return next year.

Mercy Medical Center is knocking down a strips of rowhouses across Calvert Street from the hospital and plan immediately to use it for parking.

Verizon Wireless has signed a lease for office space in Annapolis Junction Town Center, a transit-oriented development near the Savage MARC station.

A new state law to expand access to contraception beyond what's afforded in the federal Affordable Care Act leaves out women who work for the state.

The state Medicaid program banned use of some lab tests for those in substance use treatment because of the cost, calling them not medically necessary.

Merritt Properties aims to continue the development of the Canton waterfront with a new 20-story building.

The Florida real estate firm Morning Calm Management acquired an Inner Harbor office building, adding to its Maryland holdings.

The National Institutes of Health is funding fewer clinical trials, potentially threatening its mission, a Johns Hopkins study finds.