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Montgomery College President Jermaine Williams connects with students at welcome-back activities on the Silver Spring/Takoma Park campus in 2024. (Photo courtesy Montgomery College)
May 21, 2026

Maryland’s first — and only — Hispanic Serving Institution’s cautious next steps

Montgomery College, Maryland’s only Hispanic Serving Institution, faces funding challenges after federal grant cuts in 2025.

Locust Villa, which Maryland officials estimate was built in 1790, is largely ruins now, but it can be viewed at the new Freedman’s State Park in Montgomery County. It was previously owned by the Howard family, a prominent Black family whose descendants founded the Baltimore Afro-American. (Photo by Christine Condon/ Maryland Matters)
May 20, 2026

At Maryland’s newest state park, a story of Black resilience

Freedman’s State Park near Gaithersburg honors the Howard family’s legacy of Black resilience and land ownership after emancipation in Maryland.

A new Lightbridge Academy site is expected to open in Gaithersburg in early 2027. (Lightbridge Academy)
May 18, 2026

Childcare center to open in Gaithersburg

Lightbridge Academy, an early childhood education franchise, is expected to make its debut in Gaithersburg in early 2027.

Illegal high-capacity magazines and an assault rifle along with multiple guns, ammunition are seen in this Long Beach Police Department photo in Long Beach, California, released on August 21, 2019. (Courtesy LBPD/Handout via REUTERS)
May 15, 2026

MD Supreme Court upholds but narrows Montgomery County gun laws

The Maryland Supreme Court affirmed Montgomery County’s ability to regulate firearms but narrowed how it can do so and left a sweeping ban open to a challenge.

Eva St. Clair, a co-owner of clothing company Princess Awesome, in the company's storeroom in Silver Spring in March 2026. (Capital News Service)
May 14, 2026

Silver Spring small business welcomes tariff relief, but obstacles remain

For small businesses like Princess Awesome in Silver Spring, tariff refunds won't make up for a decline in sales and lost customers.

Passengers make their way through the terminal as they travel ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, on Nov. 22, 2023. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File photo)
May 13, 2026

US plans $22B rebuilding of Washington Dulles airport

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the federal government plans a $22 billion rebuilding of Washington Dulles airport.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a press conference at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington on Nov. 10, 2025. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo)
May 12, 2026

Trump says FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is out

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigned, President Donald Trump said, after weeks of clashing with top White House and health advisers.

With the Washington Monument in the background, a golfer tees off at East Potomac Golf Course in Washington on May 4, 2026. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
May 11, 2026

Trump administration reaches deal with nonprofit over DC golf courses

President Donald Trump's administration and a nonprofit group that runs Washington, D.C.'s public golf courses reached a deal.

Gov. Wes Moore shakes the hand of Sen. Charles Sydnor III, D-Baltimore County, after signing a voting rights bill April 28, 2026. (Aline Behar Kado/Capital News Service)
May 11, 2026

New MD law aims to protect voting rights

Maryland's new voting rights law aims to protect voters after the Supreme Court's decision limiting federal protections under the Voting Rights Act.

Gov. Wes Moore (D) and other Maryland officials gather to celebrate the completion of the Purple Line in Silver Spring on May 7, 2026. (Jordan Tovin/For the Washington Post)
May 8, 2026

The last bit of track, finally, is laid for the Purple Line in MD

The final tracks were laid for Maryland's Purple Line, the 16-mile light rail that will connect parts of Montgomery County and Prince George’s County.

House Minority Whip Jason Buckel, R-Allegany, and Minority Whip Jesse Pippy, R-Frederick, speak before the floor session on on Jan. 20, 2026. (Hannah Gaskill/The Daily Record.
May 7, 2026

Glock pistol ban: MD House GOP calls on Wes Moore to veto bill

Maryland House Republicans are calling on Gov. Wes Moore to veto legislation that would prohibit the sale of Glock pistols.

The Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building, which houses Maryland's two appellate courts, is seen on March 30. (Ian Round/The Daily Record)
May 7, 2026

‘Beltway sniper’ bid to be resentenced sooner in MD rejected by appeals court

Judges in Maryland rejected an appeal by Lee Boyd Malvo, who is serving several life terms for the 2002 "Beltway sniper" killings.