Scott Dance

Given that a core of Maryland’s top Republicans backed Kelly Schulz to succeed Gov. Larry Hogan, the next move for many within the party now represented by far-right gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox is fraught.

This summer Maryland will impose new restrictions on crabbing in the Chesapeake Bay — including the first-ever limits on how many bushels of male blue crabs watermen can haul each day — in response to a troubling decline in the population of the beloved crustaceans.

A May inspection of Baltimore’s Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant showed continuing failures to properly treat and dispose of solid waste, preventing the plant from filtering out pollutants to a level to be expected after millions of dollars of investments at the facility in recent years.

An annual survey of the Chesapeake Bay has found the blue crab population at its smallest since scientists began tracking the beleaguered species in 1990.

A 31-year-old man was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting in Northwest Baltimore’s Pimlico neighborhood Saturday evening, police said.

Expect Maryland gasoline prices to jump about 40 cents this weekend as a 30-day gas tax holiday expires.

A majority of Marylanders believe climate change is having major impacts — inducing more extreme weather events, harming wildlife and raising sea levels — according to a new poll.

The Maryland Senate voted along party lines Monday night to pass a sweeping climate change bill that would accelerate state greenhouse gas reduction goals in a bid to make the state carbon neutral by 2045, while requiring large buildings to significantly reduce energy footprints by 2035.

The city is scaling back the service because the omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has created major staffing shortages in the Department of Public Works.

When Chesapeake Bay oysters and other shellfish become contaminated with sewage or other pollution , Maryland environmental officials normally alert the public before any are harvested or eaten. But that didn’t happen after a recent sewage spill in Southern Maryland — and at least two dozen people b…

The infection rate reported in Maryland nursing homes is one of the highest known in the nation, according to a data compiled by The New York Times, shared with The Baltimore Sun in a reporting partnership. More than two-thirds of homes in the state are working to contain confirmed outbreaks. On top…

Nearly 1,000 nursing home residents in Maryland have died of the coronavirus, a more than 25% increase over the past week, according to new data posted Wednesday.

Flooding is possible across Maryland on Thursday with heavy rain forecast for much of the day.

A dozen state residents are on the Grand Princess cruise ship.

Legg Mason from its 1899 founding in the Baltimore Stock Exchange into a dominant presence in the city’s once flourishing financial industry. Here is a timeline of key points leading to its sale to Franklin Templeton.

Islamic Relief USA held a “Day of Dignity” Saturday at Masjid al Haqq, a historic Baltimore landmark, offering free health screenings, hot meals, haircuts, winter coats and hygiene kits.

Maryland has launched a pilot program allowing anyone to power their home with solar energy — even if they rent their home or live in an apartment or condo.

John Tyler’s family name can be traced through this Chesapeake Bay community back at least 300 years, and as many as a dozen generations. But a few years ago,