Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Trump Denies Disaster Declarations for Maryland, Vermont and Illinois
Oct 27 2025 // President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe last week, while denying requests from Vermont, Illinois and Maryland and leaving other...
Driver Crashes Into Birthday Party Killing Woman and Injuring 8 Kids in Maryland
Oct 22 2025 // A hit-and-run driver slammed into an outdoor birthday party in suburban Washington, D.C., killing a woman and injuring eight kids on Saturday evening, police said. Thirteen people were hurt in the the crash in Bladensburg,...
ALKEME Acquires Maryland’s Gorges & Co.
Oct 17 2025 // National broker ALKEME Insurance reports it has acquired Gorges & Company, Inc., a full-service agency based in Timonium, Maryland. Founded in 1937, Gorges & Co. provides a full suite of insurance offerings,...
Constellation Energy to Spend $340M to Improve Water Quality at Maryland Dam
Oct 10 2025 // Constellation Energy has agreed to spend more than $340 million to improve water quality at Maryland’s Conowingo Dam, which flows into the Susquehanna River and eventually ends up in the Chesapeake Bay, the...
Construction Supervisor on Maryland Projects Admits to Stealing Wages
Oct 7 2025 // A York, Pennsylvania construction supervisor pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme that defrauded construction workers of wages on University of Maryland projects, officials have reported. According to Maryland...
Maryland Man Charged in Ponzi Scheme Claimed He Knew Buffett’s Investments
Sep 23 2025 // A Harvard Business School graduate accused of defrauding fellow alumni out of millions of dollars by claiming he could identify where Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway would invest next has been indicted for fraud,...
Maryland Moves to Deny Liability Limit Sought by Ship Manager in Key Bridge Collapse
Sep 22 2025 // The manager of the cargo ship that caused the collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge in March 2024 should be denied the protections of a federal maritime law it seeks to invoke because it is not the owner of the ship,...
People Moves: Wolf Joins Alliant in New England, Stein Joins in Maryland
Sep 18 2025 // Benefits consultant Rob Wolf has joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president within its employee benefits group. Based in New Hampshire, Wolf has more than 25 years of experience spanning strategy, planning,...
Maryland Insurers Must Disclose Use of Claims History for All P/C Lines
Sep 16 2025 // Maryland’s insurance commissioner is advising insurers that if they consider claims history in deciding whether to cancel or non-renew coverage, they must disclose this practice at the inception of a policy and at...
Trump Files to Cancel Approval of Maryland Offshore Wind Farm
Sep 15 2025 // The Trump administration asked a federal court to cancel the approval of a $6 billion wind project planned off the coast of Maryland as part of a wider effort to halt the development of the offshore clean- energy...
Maryland Moves to Deny Liability Limit Sought by Ship Manager in Key Bridge Collapse
Sep 5 2025 // The manager of the cargo ship that caused the collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge in March 2024 should be denied the protections of a federal maritime law it seeks to invoke because it is not the owner of the ship,...
Maryland Screwworm Patient Recovered; Ranchers Criticize CDC Secrecy
Aug 26 2025 // The patient with the first human infestation of travel-associated New World screwworm in the United States has recovered from the flesh-eating parasite, and there was no sign of transmission to other people or animals, the...
Court Invalidates Maryland Digital Ad Tax for Blocking Tech Firms From Telling About It
Aug 20 2025 // Maryland’s first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising violated the Constitution, a federal appeals court says, because blocking Big Tech from telling customers about the tax violates the companies’ right to...
Neo-Nazi Leader Sentenced for Planned Maryland Power Grid Attack
Aug 12 2025 // The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring with his girlfriend to plan an attack on Maryland’s power grid in furtherance of their shared racist...
Two Adults and Four Children Perish in Maryland House Fire
Aug 10 2025 // Two adults and four children perished in a house fire Sunday morning in Waldorf, Maryland, according to state officials. Two other adults escaped and one more was not home when the fire broke out, . The cause of the fire...
Maryland Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for 32 Years Sues Authorities
Jul 28 2025 // A Maryland man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years, including a decade on death row, for two killings he did not commit is suing former law enforcement officials in a lawsuit announced Thursday, though four of the five...
FEMA Denies Maryland Disaster Aid Request for Western Counties Hit by May Floods
Jul 25 2025 // The Trump Administration has denied Maryland’s request for federal disaster aid for damage caused by severe storms and flooding on May 13 and 14 in Allegany and Garrett Counties in the western part of the state. Gov....
Maryland Unveils Details of Telematics Programs, Practices and Popularity
Jul 7 2025 // The number of Maryland auto insurance policies enrolled in a telematics program has been consistently growing, increasing by about 45% from 2021 to 2023. About 55% of the enrolled policies experienced an increase or...
Maryland Woman Charged With Theft of Contractor and Insurance Funds
Jul 2 2025 // A Maryland woman has been indicted on two counts of felony theft for allegedly stealing funds from a general contractor and from the state’s backup auto insurer. Attorney General Anthony G. Brown said an Anne Arundel...
Lawsuit Filed Over Jailhouse Killing of Deaf Man in Maryland
Jun 16 2025 // In the days before Javarick Gantt was strangled to death in jail, he was forced to share a cell with a first-degree murder suspect whose violent behavior had already alarmed his previous cellmate, according to a lawsuit...
