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Questions have been raised about the effectiveness and oversight of the COVID-19 relief program, which awarded $28.6 billion in grants to thousands of businesses.

A federal judge has ruled that Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services violated anti-discrimination laws in its dealings with a gay employee.

Environmentalists and scientists worry that a proposed Federalsburg salmon farm could inundate the shallow Marshyhope Creek with surges of cold water that could make it inhospitable for its spawning population of Atlantic sturgeon.

Some Baltimore businesses that have stepped up to help squeegee workers have learned that simply offering jobs is not enough.

Amid widespread staffing shortages of educators, bus drivers and other essential staff, the Baltimore County school system has launched weekly recruitment events around the district to put candidates directly in front of hiring managers.

Ivan Bates, the Democratic nominee for Baltimore state's attorney, wants city police to issue citations to squeegee workers who ignore warnings about entering traffic at intersections, so they can be sent to diversion programs.

In the wake of a deadly altercation between a man wielding a baseball bat and a group of squeegee workers, Baltimore business leaders convened with city youth to discuss solutions to the persistent tension surrounding their street-corner presence..

Plans to build a multipurpose Hagerstown stadium have run into “a little sand in the gears,” but officials remain confident the ballpark will be built and ready to host baseball in 2024.

A group of truck drivers camped outside the Port of Baltimore’s container terminal Wednesday morning to protest what they say are continued pickup delays that are deliberately being ignored by port management to save money.

Later this year, Paul Thomas, owner of The CIVIL in Mount Vernon, intends to open a hookah lounge and a mac and cheese takeout joint, both in Fells Point.

Mayor Brandon Scott announced Monday that an additional $6.6 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding will go to eight Baltimore nonprofits in amounts ranging from $250,000 to $1.6 million.

Some Baltimore businesses that have stepped up to help squeegee workers have learned that simply offering jobs is not enough.

The Maryland Attorney General's Office has settled with Maryland Puppies Online over alleged violations of the 2020 No More Puppy Mills Act.

Marilyn Mosby's attorneys are asking a judge to bar the government from using the term “financial hardship” at her trial on perjury charges, saying it would bias jurors against Mosby as they hear about her withdrawals from her retirement account during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rebuilding from a tornado that struck Smith Island, which has no bridge or causeway over the Chesapeake Bay, provides a challenge: Every step of the recovery process requires a boat.

Harbor Point’s roots go back to the 1770s, when Baltimore was establishing itself as a trading port, but is changing incrementally.

The first phase of the Port Covington waterfront community has no tenants signed, but developers hope to finalize the first leases by the end of the year as construction wraps up.

Amid widespread staffing shortages of educators, bus drivers and other essential staff, the Baltimore County school system has launched weekly recruitment events around the district to put candidates directly in front of hiring managers.

Laureate Education Inc., long based from offices in Baltimore’s waterfront Harbor East neighborhood, shifted its headquarters to Miami in the wake of a switch to remote work during the coronavirus pandemic.

Vernon L. Simms, chief of staff for the late U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings who also owned and operated a home improvement business, died July 16 at Gilchrist Hospice Center in Towson. The longtime Gwynn Oak resident was 64.

Maryland is getting nearly $23 million in federal money for a new training program for the offshore wind industry, the U.S. Commerce Department announced Wednesday.

If education is among the most urgent issues for Maryland’s incoming governor, then the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future – a landmark reform plan adopted in 2021 – could serve as a bellwether for understanding candidates’ approaches.

Interviews with more than two dozen current and former prosecutors from the staff of Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby reveal an office where grueling hours, large caseloads and depleted morale have driven people out.

Baltimore Sun Media wants you to nominate your workplace for our 12th annual Top Workplaces list.

Baltimore’s top public defender, Natasha Dartigue, will become the Maryland public defender in July.

Homes for sale are scarce in the Baltimore region, and those on the market often receive multiple bids and sell within days. That’s made buying a home all the more difficult for first-time buyers.

The planning has begun across Maryland in about 20 reproductive health care clinics and in schools of nursing that expect to offer training to make significantly more abortion providers available.

Maryland's nurses, as well as their administrators and educators, are making changes to better equip themselves physically and emotionally for the job.