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Baltimore residents and local officials told state lawmakers that they want to see legislation improving public transportation, education, public safety and decriminalizing drug use…

By Michael Sakata The writer is president and CEO of the Maryland Transportation Builders & Materials Association. Amid the recent debate over Maryland’s plan…

Baltimore needs more than 570,000 new trees to reach “tree equity,” or the number of trees required for every neighborhood to enjoy the environmental…

The Washington Council of Government’s Transportation Planning Board removed the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270 proposed toll lanes plan from an important list of…

Boondoggle

Last month, the Maryland Department of Transportation announced, to no one’s surprise, the selection of Australian highway giant Transurban to undertake its $11 billion…

History

After the end of the Reconstruction (1865–1877), the rise of segregation led to a large disparity between white and Black communities, and many Black…

Equity

On June 25, 2015, Gov. Larry Hogan did irreparable harm to Baltimore when he canceled the Red Line, Baltimore’s planned east-west rail line. Not…

The Maryland Department of the Environment released a 279-page report Friday outlining the state’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve net-zero emissions…

Renewable Energy

Following criticism for its lack of action and efficacy, leaders of Maryland’s environmental justice commission have promised that the advisory panel has “reenergized” itself…

By Kaitlyn Francis After being in the groove of driving around in an electric vehicle, Ronald Kaltenbaugh tried driving his last gas car, which…