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'Another brutal blow:' Baltimore acting mayor asks lawmakers to help preserve Pimlico, Preakness

Baltimore boosters have sent letters to Maryland Senate leaders asking them to kill a bill that would change funding formulas for how the state subsidizes improvements to racetracks, legislation that would favor Laurel Park over Pimlico.

Amtrak strikes deal to redevelop Penn Station with Baltimore firms, investing $90 million

Amtrak will invest $90 million to redevelop Baltimore Penn Station with Penn station Partners.

'Should be a state holiday': Fans share what makes Orioles Opening Day special

Orioles fans share what Opening Day means to them on the day of the team's 2019 home opener.

We tried four new Camden Yards foods at the Orioles home opener. Here's what we thought.

Reporters Sarah Meehan (L) and Christina Tkacik try out new foods on the menu at Camden Yards on Orioles Opening Day.

Baltimore Mayor Pugh's Pigtown boutique was offering Groupons. But can customers get in the door?

Chanel boxes were stacked in the corner of 2 Chic Boutique, an upscale secondhand store owned by Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh. But the door of the boutique was locked.

Maryland Senate follows House in approving legislation to reform UMMS board after contracting scandal

The Maryland Senate has unanimously approved legislation outlawing self-dealing on the University of Maryland Medical System's board of directors, a day after the House of Delegates passed a similar measure. Lawmakers now must work out minor differences between the bills.

Baltimore spending panel approves $2.5M transfer for animal care facility in Cherry Hill

Baltimore City's OK of $2.5 million for an animal care facility in Cherry Hill will also house BARCS.

Evelyn T. Beasley, who for nearly two decades was the popular principal of Roland Park Elementary-Middle School, dies

Evelyn T. Beasley, a popular city public schools educator who was at the helm of Roland Park Elementary Middle School for nearly two decades which she turned around from a failing school, died March 24 from cancer at Woodholme Gardens, a Pikesville assisted-living facility. She was 89.

Trial in Capital Gazette mass shooting pushed back to November

A county judge has set a November trial date for the man charged with killing five members of the Capital Gazette staff last year, one of two decisions Thursday morning that give his attorneys more time to consider an insanity defense.

A fleet of World War I 'ghost ships' can be found in a Maryland bay. A proposal to protect them is stalled.

A 5-year-old proposal to establish a national marine sanctuary among the skeletal ghost ships in Charles County's Mallows Bay has been stalled in Gov. Larry Hogan's office for more than a year, troubling sanctuary proponents and watermen who fear the designation will lead to more regulations.