Jack Hogan

Maryland transportation officials on Thursday approved a $73 million contract with one of the country’s largest construction companies to design the new Francis Scott Key Bridge, which will eventually replace the structure that collapsed five months ago.

The Maryland Department of Transportation is scheduled to release its draft budget Tuesday, and state and local officials are bracing for another round of proposed cuts to funding for road projects and maintenance.

A look back at the history of the Hampton Classic, one of the premier equestrian events in the world, happening in Bridgehampton at the end of each summer.

The Gov. Wes Moore administration plans to defer road projects across the state as part of a roughly 7% cut to its six-year transportation budget.

A major wind farm project planned for just off the coast of Ocean City has received a key federal approval. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Join the The Garden Conservancy for a tour of private Hamptons gardens like the East Hampton Marshouse – Garden of Edwina von Gal, Photo: Edwina von Gal

Officials on Wednesday are expected to approve the nearly $9 million purchase of a rural resort in the state’s westernmost county, but a legislator representing the area said the state has left residents in the dark about its plans.

Top officials approved the purchase of a rural resort in Western Maryland despite bipartisan concerns over cost and transparency.

Gov. Wes Moore chats with members of his service year program at the Wednesday launch of its second year. The event was held at the University of Maryland, College Park. (Courtesy governor's office)

Maryland emerged from the last fiscal year with about $479 million in uncommitted surplus after benefitting from a record amount of interest income and stronger-than-expected revenue growth, the state comptroller said Friday.