All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 4 2024 // Owners of mobile and manufactured homes in Maryland’s coastal communities and their insurance agents are having difficulty finding insurance coverage as carriers pull away from the market.The problem is squeezing...
Oct 31 2024 // As a sprawling liability case takes shape following the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, the owner and manager of the container ship Dali are seeking to deflect responsibility and...
Oct 29 2024 // A new lawsuit accuses the WWE and its founders of fostering a culture of sexual abuse within the organization and looking the other way while a longtime ringside announcer preyed on young men he hired as “ring...
Oct 25 2024 // A panel of Maryland lawmakers approved a plan on Tuesday to enable a state board to cap the price that state and local governments pay for certain high-cost prescription drugs for their employees — the latest step taken...
Oct 4 2024 // Maryland officials approved a $2.75 million settlement on Wednesday to resolve a federal investigation into discriminatory hiring practices affecting Black and female applicants to the Maryland State Police.The settlement,...
Oct 3 2024 // Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order Tuesday that aims to transform 5,000 vacant properties in Baltimore into homeownership or other positive outcomes in five years.The order creates a program called Reinvest...
Sep 24 2024 // The state of Maryland is suing the owner and operator of the Dali cargo ship that caused the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, joining the U.S. government, the families of six workers killed...
Sep 17 2024 // Baltimore-based Maury, Donnelly & Parr, Inc. (MDP) reported its acquisition of another Maryland insurance agency, Campion Insurance in Bel Air.MDP said the merger broadens its reach and service offerings across the...
Sep 13 2024 // The Supreme Court of Maryland heard arguments on Tuesday about the constitutionality of a 2023 law that ended the state’s statute of limitations for child sexual abuse lawsuits following a report that exposed...
Sep 9 2024 // A technician responding to a power outage at a Maryland home and a neighbor both reported smelling gas the night before the residence exploded, killing two people, but a leak wasn’t initially found, according to a...
Sep 5 2024 // Relation Insurance Services reports it has acquired the assets of The Haney Company Inc. of Silver Spring, Maryland.The transaction went into effect on May 1, 2024; terms were not disclosed. Haney offers employee benefits,...
Sep 3 2024 // Maryland transportation leaders on Thursday approved a contract for rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge several months after the 1.6-mile (2.6-kilometer) steel span collapsed under the impact of a massive container...
Aug 20 2024 // A neighbor reported smelling gas to a utility company the night before a home exploded in Bel Air, Maryland, killing two people, The Baltimore Sun has reported.Residents near the home have been saying that they smelled gas...
Aug 15 2024 // The National Transportation Safety Board, which has jurisdiction over pipelines, is investigating a natural gas explosion at a home in Bel Air, Maryland, that killed two people, the agency said Monday.Meanwhile, state...
Aug 13 2024 // Two people were killed and 12 families displaced after a Maryland house exploded Sunday amid reports of a possible gas leak, fire officials said.Neighbors described feeling and hearing the early morning blast that damaged...
Aug 8 2024 // The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) is notifying the insurance industry that the maximum penalties that may be imposed for certain violations of the state’s insurance laws will be going up substantially...
Jul 30 2024 // U.S. health officials last Friday announced a recall of some Boar’s Head liverwurst and deli meats as they investigate a listeria outbreak that has sickened nearly three dozen people and caused two...
Jul 29 2024 // Maryland Governor Wes Moore has named Marie Grant, an attorney with nearly 20 years of experience in insurance and health care policy and regulation, as his state’s next insurance commissioner.Grant currently serves...
Jul 23 2024 // Maryland’s attorney general filed a civil lawsuit on Friday against an Eastern Shore landlord and his company, alleging a pattern of gender-based housing discrimination involving sexual harassment and demands to...
Jul 19 2024 // EASTON, Md. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane died Tuesday morning after an engine failure caused the aircraft to crash into a river on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, authorities said.The twin-engine Cessna 402 crashed...