With the unemployment rate at 4.3% and labor force participation at the lowest level in the past couple of years, the personal-finance company WalletHub today released its report on 2025’s Best & Worst States for Jobs, with Maryland coming in ranked 12th overall.
Governor Wes Moore announced $17 million in grants through the Community Solar Grant Program to expand access to affordable solar energy for income-qualified Marylanders, particularly those who rent or cannot install solar panels on their properties.
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from cutting funding to teen reproductive and sexual health education programs that include language affirming all gender identities. (more…)
Ahead of a winter, the personal-finance company WalletHub today released its 2025’s Best Winter Holiday Destinations report, with Washington DC and surrounding suburbs in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia ranked the third best winter travel destination in the country.
Geno’s Steaks, the Philadelphia restaurant known for its cheesesteaks, plans to open its first Maryland location at Power Plant Live! in downtown Baltimore in early 2026, according to WMAR-2 News. The new spot will mark the brand’s first expansion into the state. (more…)
The Maryland Department of Health has launched the Maryland Combined Respiratory Illness Data Dashboard, an online tool that tracks the combined impact of COVID-19, influenza, and RSV across the state, including hospitalization, vaccination, and death data.
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined 22 other state attorneys general in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture demanding an explanation for its directive to halt the processing of November SNAP benefits amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
Traveling through Maryland this weekend (October 24-26)? The below information may impact your travel. Please click on the Project Portal links to learn details about the work in each county, courtesy of the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT).
In a statement released Friday, Governor Wes Moore said the Trump Administration has directed Maryland not to issue SNAP benefits and withheld legally required contingency funds, warning that approximately 680,000 residents, including 270,000 children, may not receive food assistance beginning November 1. (more…)
Toys “R” Us has opened a holiday shop at The Mall in Columbia, located at 10300 Little Patuxent Parkway, Space 1780, marking the only Toys “R” Us Holiday Shop in the Baltimore-Washington area. (more…)