Last fall, an energy mogul begged Wes Moore to back his data center complex. It worked. Records offer a rare window into how a wealthy & politically connected businessman won the governor’s endorsement for his controversial foray into Maryland data centers: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

An energy mogul begged Moore to back his data center complex. It worked.

Is Baltimore’s public works department too big? A ballot measure would split it.

Could Baltimore unearth the Jones Falls? An art project imagines it in 2076.

5 years after fish kill, old vinegar plant is no longer polluting Jones Falls

The Key Bridge took her daughter’s father. Now, ICE is moving to deport her.

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

Companies that rained lead paint from TV tower in North Baltimore agree to $2M settlement, @adampwillis.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

Maryland Democrats can’t agree on how to save you $150 a year on energy bills

Maryland Supreme Court throws out Baltimore’s lawsuit against oil companies www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

How a screaming stranger got a developer to dream big about the Jones Falls

After a developer's bid for a Remington dump backfired, he's thinking bigger. Seawall reached a deal this month that looks to some like a step toward a long-held Baltimore dream: to turn the banks of the beleaguered Jones Falls into a park. w @emilyopilo.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

Data center developer wants to reboot a Potomac River power plant with natural gas

It was supposed to be a bumper year for oysters. Maryland watermen want disaster aid instead.

It was supposed to be a good year for Maryland's oyster harvest. A "perfect storm" of disasters in recent months now have watermen asking for federal aid, reports @adampwillis.bsky.social . www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

This by Karl Blankenship is essential reading for anyone hoping to understand the challenge to cleaner water in the Chesapeake Bay: www.bayjournal.com/ag-and-the-b...

Strange situation out of Anne Arundel County: Officials say sewage capacity on a system flowing into a Baltimore treatment pant is at its limit, prompting a moratorium on development for an area in the middle of the I-95 corridor. Fix could take 5 years: www.thebanner.com/economy/grow...

In a move that's surprised multiple people we've talked with today, Anne Arundel County has put a moratorium on development in a chunk of the county because of sewage capacity. Read more in @thebaltimorebanner.com w/ @adampwillis.bsky.social —

Snow at the beach in Ocean City. Weird, beautiful.

Weeks after ~250 million gallons of raw sewage emptied into the Potomac, a bitter fight between Trump & Gov. Wes Moore has raised a bigger question: When America’s outdated water infrastructure fails, who bears the blame? My dispatch on the Potomac River disaster: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

How a catastrophic sewage spill in the Potomac inflamed Trump v. Moore

YMCA employees wanted pay raises. They got a food pantry instead.

Baltimore’s overrun by deer. The city plans to kill them.

New: In ads to run ahead of Super Bowl kick-off & during post-game, BGE will push its legislative agenda to build and own Maryland power plants, a reversal on decades of state regulatory policy. $150K ad buy includes spots in Super Bowl-night & Olympics coverage www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

New: In ads to run ahead of Super Bowl kick-off & during post-game, BGE will push its legislative agenda to build and own Maryland power plants, a reversal on decades of state regulatory policy. $150K ad buy includes spots in Super Bowl-night & Olympics coverage www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

While the Chesapeake Bay freezes, these 2 boats break the ice

In Maryland, where the upper bay is more likely to freeze, the state usually operates three steel-hulled boats that patrol the estuary’s icy reaches. Like giant snow plows, they clear critical channels for those who need to leave the harbor in frigid temperatures. buff.ly/knV22zI

Judge opts for no jail time for Baltimore lead inspector who falsified reports

Judge opts for no jail time for Baltimore lead inspector who falsified reports, @adampwillis.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

As federal agents stormed Minneapolis and residents banded together to protect their own, Charles Homan saw a dystopian future become reality. “The federal agents looked more like a platoon of soldiers navigating a hostile foreign capital than conventional law enforcement in an American city.”

As power bills surge, Exelon and Constellation vie for influence in Annapolis

New: Exelon and Constellation are in an arms race in Maryland’s capital. With their deep pockets and small army of lobbyists, they’re in a fight to bend energy policy to their liking and to ratepayers are caught in the middle. W/ @adampwillis.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

As residents fume over utility bills, Maryland’s top utility regulator steps down www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Holy %$##*%^&. A @newyorker.com essay by Louis Menand about my book

As the Chesapeake Bay changes, a Fells Point tackle shop stays the same

By @adampwillis.bsky.social: As the Chesapeake Bay changes, a Fells Point tackle shop stays the same. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

NEW: Baltimore is on track to finish 2025 with its fewest homicides in about 50 years. Before Two-thirds of city residents were even born. Baltimore homicides have further and faster than anywhere in the nation since 2018. www.thebanner.com/community/cr...

It happens thousands of times every year. More than 35% of all applications for charges statewide in 2024 came from people outside law enforcement.

A fantastic set of @thebaltimorebanner.com must-reads about one aspect of the criminal justice system that has truly gone off the rails. ⚖️

An Eastern Shore lab houses one of the world's largest oyster hatcheries. Scientists there have churned out billions of oysters and helped drive an oyster resurgence in the Chesapeake Bay. But thanks to a ~50% cut in NOAA funds, their work is in jeopardy: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

Under Armour’s Kevin Plank built an empire. Now Rome is burning.

Trump comes for the oysters, slashing budget of Maryland hatchery that produces billions

New: Gov. Moore's admin invited a natural gas industry insider to sit in on interviews to determine the latest Public Service Commission appointees. Records show the official was the only non-government employee present for the interviews: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

New: Gov. Moore's admin invited a natural gas industry insider to sit in on interviews to determine the latest Public Service Commission appointees. Records show the official was the only non-government employee present for the interviews: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

In new Chesapeake Bay chapter, Maryland passes a symbolic torch to Pennsylvania

Governors Moore, Shapiro, Youngkin, Mayor Bowser and other top leaders across the Chesapeake Bay watershed are meeting in Baltimore right now to discuss the way forward for restoring the bay. @adampwillis.bsky.social has a great primer on the state of the efforts: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

Facing sustained resident ire, Baltimore City Council housing bill stalls

New: A grad student at Johns Hopkins has been stranded in Canada for months after his visa was canceled at the border. He’s been incurring thousands in expenses without being paid by the university, which says it won’t petition officials for six months: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

15 years ago, it looked like the effort to save the Chesapeake Bay had turned a corner. "There was a collective sense," said one longtime federal scientist, “that we had broken through." Today, he and others worry that, four decades in, the movement is losing steam: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

In journalism we’re used to pointing out problems, not solving them. This was a chance to think differently and offer Baltimore kids and parents solutions. Take a look and tell us what you think. www.thebanner.com/education/k-...