Report for America

State and city officials hope the $150 million project will boost Baltimore's economy.

According to the new draft guidelines, low dose aspirin may not be effective primary preventative treatment for heart disease.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott signed into law Thursday a bill to establish a grant program to help low-income renters pay security deposits.

State lawmakers pressed budget officials Wednesday afternoon on whether they’ll use federal dollars to help school systems dealing with staff shortages.

Six of nine Democratic primary candidates for Maryland's governor agreed Tuesday that immediate action is necessary to protect renters as the pandemic wears on. They took aim at Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who is term-limited and won’t be on the ballot.

Anne Arundel County Steuart Pittman urged county residents to get vaccinated Tuesday, saying the delta variant is taking a toll on healthcare workers who’ve been “stretched to the limit” for months.

Baltimore city officials and developers broke ground Thursday for Sojourner Place, a project in the Oliver neighborhood to house people transitioning out of homelessness.

The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a national coalition of 150,000 churches, is trying to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates in Baltimore.

Labor Day weekend comes as the delta variant continues to surge in Maryland. As of Friday, the state’s testing positivity rate was 4.89%.

Gov. Larry Hogan’s deadline for Maryland hospital and nursing home workers to get at least their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine passed Wednesday. And a doctor at one hospital says workers there are close to meeting that goal.