SALT Alert: Maryland Enacts 3% Sales Tax on Technology and Data Services, Effective July 1, 2025

As part of its fiscal year 2026 budget legislation, Maryland enacted a number of new tax provisions, including the imposition of a 3% sales tax on a broad range of information technology and data services. The tax took effect July 1, 2025, and...

Exit Interview: Baltimore economic development leader dives into challenges, accomplishments  

Colin Tarbert has spent almost his entire two-decade career in Baltimore’s public sector. Now, he’s going south to Florida. Tarbert announced his departure from the Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) this summer after a six-year stint as...

Maryland store turns to AI technology to catch potential shoplifters

Gov. Moore Signs Executive Order To Expand Economic Opportunities For Maryland’s Farmers

Note: This press release was provided by the Office of the Governor Wes Moore. ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Governor Wes Moore today signed an executive order to promote Maryland’s agricultural sector and expand economic opportunity for Maryland’s farmers....

‘Outcasts’ Highlights the Scientific Contributions of Trailblazing Artist and Naturalist Mary Banning

Polyporus beattiei, Banning (late 1800s), watercolor on paper. All images courtesy of New York State Museum, Albany, shared with permission In the 1800s, mycology—the study of fungi—was a relatively new field, emerging around the same time as...

Weather changes linked to migraines and joint pain, studies show

The term for this emerging field is meteoropathy: the study of physiological reactions to environmental changes, especially barometric shifts, that disrupt circulation and rattle the nervous system. Meteoropathic illness is not yet a formal...

Researchers pinpoint PRMT5 as a promising target for cancer drugs

A potential target for experimental drugs that block PRMT5 - a naturally occurring enzyme some tumors rely more on for survival - has been identified by researchers with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute's Cancer Research Center in...

Baltimore Shows You Can Bring Down Murder Rates Without Throwing More Cops At The Problem

from the sending-more-violence-to-violent-areas-isn't-a-solution dept So many pro-police lawmakers and city officials have always insisted the only way to bring down crime rates is to add more cops to the mix. This may work if you’re mainly...

Data center debate: Maryland mayor fears building one would kill town's character

As Prince George's County leaders explore the possibility of data centers, the mayor of one community says he's going fight to keep them out of his town. Eagle Harbor is a historic African American community along the Patuxent River. Mayor Noah...

Scientists discover Uranus isn’t as cold as originally thought

For decades, Uranus has held the title of the coldest planet in the solar system, with atmospheric temperatures plunging to nearly -224°C (-371°F). But new research from NASA suggests that the ice giant might not be as cold as once believed....

SUN: Hopkins researching danger level of foul ‘pistachio tides’ on Magothy River

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY (WBFF) — Greenish, cloudy, and with a smell like rotten eggs, “pistachio tides” are causing concern among residents who live along the Magothy River. Magothy River Association member Bob Moyer said he went out to photograph a...

Charles County Schools To Require Applications For PLTW CTE Engineering And Biomedical Programs

Screenshot from PLTW changes in Charles County Public Schools CCPS YouTube Video LA PLATA, Md. — Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) announced a major change to its Project Lead The Way career and technical education (CTE) programs. Beginning...

Baltimore Fabrication Expands York County, Pennsylvania, Manufacturing Operations

Related Research Baltimore Fabrication, an affiliate of SteelFab, plans to expand its manufacturing operations in York County, Louisiana Pennsylvania. The $6.2 million project is expected to create at least 75 jobs over the next three years. The...

Wrongfully imprisoned Maryland man who spent years behind bars sues former authorities

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 people named as...

Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier’s inspector general nominee faces hurdles

Hours after Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier announced her pick for inspector general, a majority of Baltimore County’s council said they would not confirm the nominee. Council members are concerned about both the process Klausmeier...

Scientists Are Making Artificial Blood, but Should They?

As researchers race to perfect artificial blood, promising medical breakthroughs that could save countless lives, Christians are faced with a deeper question: Are we forgetting what God says about blood, what it is, what it represents and who gave...

Today-History-Aug03

Today in History for Aug. 3: On this date: In 1460, King James II of Scotland died in a cannon explosion. Today in History for Aug. 3: On this date: In 1460, King James II of Scotland died in a cannon explosion. In 1492, Italian explorer...

McLaren to Open First US Processing Center at Baltimore Port

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] British luxury vehicle company McLaren Automotive will open its first U.S. vehicle processing center in Sparrows Point in late 2026, according to the Office of Gov. Wes Moore. The...

How new technology could help pilots improve flight safety

The Federal Aviation Administration says pilot disorientation causes 5% to 10% of all general aviation accidents, and there could be new technology to help make flying safer. "Spatial disorientation is a big deal in aviation and it's basically...

In Baltimore’s hottest new race, ‘experience the suffering of the world we’ve created’

There are no winners in Baltimore’s newest endurance race, only pavement and sun. The inaugural Barclay Marathons, an unsanctioned footrace that loops along a particularly scorched stretch of North Baltimore, didn’t begin Saturday until the heat...