It's one of Maryland's largest counties. And it cannot get affordable housing right. via @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/community/ho...

We’re getting there.

BREAKING: Feds level criminal charges in Key Bridge disaster, accusing company and 1 employee of improperly using flushing pumps — which can cause blackouts — and lying to investigators. W/ @hayesgardner.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/community/cr...

A distressing but important read that gets at the real impact of innocuous sounding "cyber crimes." By Tim Prudente.

Baltimore’s current director of parks has a record-worthy tenure and a knack for baking. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...

Anne Arundel council candidate repays campaign funds spent on Waffle House, monster trucks, @codyboteler.bsky.social finds. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

The old Mechanic Theatre site slash Baltimore’s big pit!

A Kiewit-built Key Bridge could have cost $9 billion. Instead, Maryland is seeking a new contractor. www.thebanner.com/economy/key-...

BREAKING: Federal criminal charges in an unsettling cyberspying case. Via Tim Prudente, @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/community/cr...

A great read about a friendship between mayors. "Scott, 42, and Bibb, 39, are some of the youngest Black mayors ever elected to lead their cities."

The Key Bridge and Red Line delays erode Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's political persona as an outsider who can get big things done. Analysis by @leeosanderlin.bsky.social @hayesgardner.bsky.social in @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

BREAKING: The Key Bridge is getting a new builder. After disagreeing with contractor Kiewit on cost estimates, Maryland will be switching gears. “We were stunned by how significantly large their proposal was,” the state’s transportation secretary told me. www.thebanner.com/community/tr...

NEWS: Maryland dumps Kiewit as Key Bridge builder, potentially delaying project past 2030 This is a big deal. @hayesgardner.bsky.social @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/community/tr...

‘NIMBY’ plays big role in scant access to Anne Arundel’s 530-mile waterfront

Ruth Marcus reports on the lawyers and the lobbyists who are in the business of getting clemency for their clients. For some wealthy offenders, forgiveness is just a golf game—or a million-dollar plate at Mar-a-Lago—away. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

How do you build a huge portfolio of Baltimore rentals? It helps to know a guy.

The Banner goes grocery shopping — and tries to stick to the USDA's thrifty food budget. Great essay by @briaovers.bsky.social, with a guest appearance by @juliemore19.bsky.social. Your Sunday @thebaltimorebanner.com reading: www.thebanner.com/economy/groc...

“Once again, the Trump Administration is showing that they are not focused on the ‘worst of the worst,’ as they claimed. This inhumanity must be reined in.” -- @vanhollen.senate.gov

The feds are moving to deport the partner of a construction worker who died in the Key Bridge disaster. Eye-popping scoop by Daniel Zawodny in @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

He made one of the world’s most famous symbols, then kept it off his résumé

The Roman was built in Maryland, at the Goddard Space Flight Center. That’s also where it will be operated from. Read more about the mission and be people behind it in @thebaltimorebanner.com

NEW: Feds appear to be pursuing criminal charges for at least one employee of the Dali's operating company. @justinfenton.bsky.social with the scoop for @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/community/cr...

A mall in free fall? Another Towson Town Center tenant is leaving. The latest by @briaovers.bsky.social in @thebaltimorebanner.com

If I represented the Atlantic, I’d lock in the earliest deposition date on the calendar. Call Patel’s bluff. He has zero interest in putting any of this under oath.

This new terminal is expected to increase Baltimore’s container capacity by roughly 70%. 🚢 📦 🚛 By @hayesgardner.bsky.social

She won!

Your Boston Marathon day read @hayesgardner.bsky.social @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/economy/balt...

The sweetest Sunday story by @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇲🇽

Defending Boston Marathon women’s champion Sharon Lokedi wears Under Armour shoes. Cool look inside the Baltimore company's innovation lab, by @hayesgardner.bsky.social @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/economy/balt...

With Apple leaving, is the Towson mall in a death spiral? Thorough, nuanced reporting by @briaovers.bsky.social and @rkobell.bsky.social, in @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/economy/tows...

In 1991, "Teen births have crashed since 1991" was literally the future headline that almost all public policymakers were going for. Teen pregnancy was considered a crisis!

What one man "saw as a harmless form of income in a tourist town, others saw as an invasion." A great read on the joys and pains of the expanding short-term rental market. via @thebaltimorebanner.com

BREAKING: Banner parent company to buy Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, staving off newspaper’s closure

Maryland Democrats turned Exelon into a punching bag. The real fight is just starting.

Your lovely Sunday read in @thebaltimorebanner.com, by Tim Prudente

NEW: A pair of Baltimore firefighters died more than 2 years ago. The city still hasn’t told the public what happened. But The Banner has obtained the 300-page report. Read it here: www.thebanner.com/community/cr...

Apple announced today it is closing its first unionized store, a very busy location in Towson, Maryland. via @briaovers.bsky.social in @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/economy/grow...

Happy Local News Day! It is new. We are new. Come visit us in Baltimore.

Tomorrow!

Six Flags America has a buyer: A group including Prince George's County native Kevin Durant. www.thebanner.com/economy/six-...

The most enjoyable thing you'll read today, via @thebaltimorebanner.com

It's winter at the Four Seasons

Struggling North Avenue needs exactly this. Some good business news this morning in Baltimore. Via Wesley Case and @kaitlinobscura.bsky.social in @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/culture/life...

Hitler was obsessed with adding a new wing to the Reich Chancellery—and it reflected his grandiose vision for Germany, Timothy W. Ryback argues.

JUST ADD SPICE: McCormick nearly triples in size with massive Unilever deal, via @hayesgardner.bsky.social @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/economy/mcco...

NEW

"Uber and Lyft no longer use formulas based on mileage and time. Instead, they rely on algorithms to calculate fares that drivers say leaves them in the dark." via @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/economy/uber...

It's spring break 😎 — if you can make it though the TSA madness. Tim Prudente has some harrowing travel tales ✈️ in @thebaltimorebanner.com. www.thebanner.com/culture/trav...

At today’s Opening Day, fans might notice a prominent new sponsored space: PureWager Pavilion. PureWager — a little-known sports gambling company that has not yet launched — inked a 3-year deal with the Orioles. www.thebanner.com/sports/oriol...

Immigration across Maryland plunged 57% last year, census data shows www.thebanner.com/economy/grow...