The 622-room Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace has defaulted on a $71M loan and is scheduled for a March 11 foreclosure auction. The sale could change ownership of a major Inner Harbor property.

A new OIG synopsis says mayoral staff skipped required p‑card waivers on hundreds of transactions and charged about $52,589 for food at Orioles and Ravens games. The report urges tighter oversight and policy updates.

State inspectors ordered a pause on some work at Red Maple Place after finding missing stormwater permits; the developer says financing and a permit are in place. Neighbors remain watchful.

Peter Chang’s Annapolis outpost at 918 Bay Ridge Road is taking reservations while the team finishes work and awaits city inspections.

Two masked suspects forced a stalled vehicle’s occupants out of their car on Catherine Avenue late Tuesday; one left driving the victims’ Jeep Compass. Police are asking anyone with information to call detectives.

The Brewer's Art, a 30‑year Mount Vernon brewpub, closed suddenly and its owner filed for Chapter 7 — a trustee will now liquidate assets amid liens and unpaid claims.

A Texas trucker’s spontaneous $30 Ace of Spades scratch-off bought in Hagerstown turned into a $2 million jackpot after a 200X multiplier.

ICE says it deported Ruben Alonso Hernandez‑Lainez after a Jan. 20 removal order; ICE says the transfer used a jail‑based 287(g) handoff as Maryland moved to ban those agreements.

Educators and supporters rallied at the Baltimore Teachers Union as HB1492 — a bill to restore school and library employees' right to strike — heads to a March committee hearing.

A student was robbed at gunpoint near a downtown bus stop as the latest in several robberies targeting Digital Harbor High commuters; parents and police say the incidents have raised safety concerns.

An Annapolis mother has taken a bipartisan slate of bills to Annapolis to require training and expand access to tracking devices for people at risk of elopement.

A Baltimore man faces a 10-count indictment, including first-degree murder, after the Sept. 25, 2023 fatal shooting of a 15-year-old. A pretrial conference is set for May 15.

Council advances a bill to require audits, owner disclosure and court receivership for landlords who flout rental licensing rules.