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In the Lead: Best Minority-Owned Businesses logo
Mar 31, 2026

Introducing In the Lead: Best Minority-Owned Businesses 2026

In the Lead: Best Minority-owned Businesses recognizes leaders who face challenges that those in the privileged majority don’t have to think about.

In the Lead Best Legacy Businesses logo
Feb 27, 2026

Introducing In the Lead: Best Legacy Businesses 2026

In the Lead: Best Legacy Businesses celebrates established businesses that have shaped our communities and paved the way for others’ success.

In the Lead Best Family-Owned Businesses logo
Oct 29, 2025

In the Lead: The Daily Record announces 2025 Best Family-Owned Businesses

In the Lead: Best Family-Owned Businesses in Maryland recognizes accomplished companies owned by families that demonstrate excellence.

In the Lead: Best Startup Businesses in Maryland logo
Aug 15, 2025

In the Lead: The Daily Record announces 2025 Best Startup Businesses in Maryland

In the Lead: Best Startup Businesses in Maryland recognizes startup companies that demonstrate vision and excellence across a broad spectrum of criteria.

In the Lead: Best Women-Owned Businesses
Jun 30, 2025

In the Lead: The Daily Record announces 2025 Best Women-Owned Businesses

In the Lead: Best Women-Owned Businesses in Maryland recognizes accomplished companies owned by women that demonstrate excellence across a broad spectrum of criteria.

In the Lead Best Legacy Businesses logo
Mar 31, 2025

Introducing In the Lead: Best Legacy Businesses

In the Lead: Best Legacy Businesses celebrates established businesses that have shaped our communities and paved the way for others’ success.

In the Lead Best Family-Owned Businesses logo
Nov 21, 2024

In the Lead: The Daily Record announces 2024 Best Family-Owned Businesses

In the Lead: Best Family-Owned Businesses in Maryland recognizes accomplished companies owned by families that demonstrate excellence across a broad spectrum of criteria.

In the Lead: Best Women-Owned Businesses
Sep 23, 2024

In the Lead: The Daily Record announces 2024 Best Women-Owned Businesses

In the Lead: Best Women-Owned Businesses in Maryland recognizes accomplished companies owned by women that demonstrate excellence across a broad spectrum of criteria.

Sep 21, 2024

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In the Lead showcases Maryland’s power companies, creating change, impacting the community and engaging others to succeed. In the Lead is selected by The Daily Record’s editorial team, with input […]

Editors Picks

Among the nation’s ports, the Port of Baltimore ranks first for autos and light trucks, roll on/roll off heavy farm and construction machinery, imported sugar and imported gypsum. It ranks 11th among major U.S. ports for cargo handled and ninth nationally for total cargo value. (Port of Baltimore photo)

MD importers sue Trump administration for tariff refunds. Is it worth it?

17/4/2026
David Lorenz of the Abuse Survivors Coalition and others recently quit the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests and formed a new group. (Ian Round/The Daily Record)

Abuse survivors question Baltimore Archdiocese’s church consolidation

16/4/2026
A Waymo self-driving taxi cruises up Pine Street in San Francisco. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)

4 civil liability changes that failed to pass in MD General Assembly

15/4/2026
Protesters rally outside of the Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse ahead of a hearing on whether the Trump administration could resume construction on a planned ICE detention facility near Hagerstown

ICE detention facility in Western MD: Judge orders halt to construction

15/4/2026
Edenwald Senior Living president/CEO Mark Beggs talks about how his organization - and his industry - is preparing for a huge population explosion of people 65 and older.

Edenwald Senior Living prepares for ‘biggest population shift’ | VID[...]

15/4/2026

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The Supreme Court in January 2026. (The Washington Post)

Supreme Court hands win to Chevron, Big Oil in environmental damage case

17/4/2026
Reed Hastings, co-founder and executive chairman of Netflix, attends the Allen and Company Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at The Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 11, 2025. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)

Netflix co-founder Hastings exits as streaming pioneer hunts for growth

17/4/2026
A sign on the wall of the U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 14, 2025. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo)

Judge rejects DOJ effort to obtain Rhode Island’s voter data

17/4/2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons attends a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 12, 2026. (REUTERS/Kent Nishimura)

Acting ICE head Todd Lyons to leave agency at end of May

17/4/2026
The seal of the U.S. Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo)

Federal judge rejects Trump administration bid to block Hawaii climate lawsuit

16/4/2026

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