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At left: President Donald Trump looks on during a round table on collegiate sports in the White House in Washington on March 6, 2026. At right: Attorney General Anthony Brown visits the Senate chamber on the first day of the 2026 legislative session. (Left: REUTERS File Photo/Nathan Howard; right: Hannah Gaskill/The Daily Record)
Jul 17, 2026

Maryland-Trump litigation: Where do AG Brown’s cases stand?

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown’s staff has been facing off directly against Department of Justice lawyers. Here's the status of those cases.

Construction continues on a $1 billion, 520-acre data center Wednesday, May 20, 2026 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. It is being built for Meta, the trillion-dollar company that owns Facebook and Instagram. It's one of seven major data center projects pending in Wisconsin that combined are worth more than $57 billion. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Jul 1, 2026

Western MD county approves data center moratorium

The Washington County commissioners voted 4-1 to approve a yearlong moratorium regarding data center applications.

The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement bought this warehouse, shown on Jan. 28, 2026, at 16220 Wright Road near Williamsport. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Jun 22, 2026

ICE reportedly dumping 7 detention warehouses — but legal fight over MD’s continues

ICE is unloading seven of the warehouses it had been planning to use for detention, The New York Times reports. But the fight over the one outside Hagerstown continues.

A May 14, 2026, drought status map from the Maryland Department of the Environment. (Courtesy photo)
May 15, 2026

Much of Maryland under drought warning

Much of Maryland remains in drought warning status, according to a May 14 update from the Maryland Department of the Environment.

Teaching technical trades is a big part of economic development in the St. Mary’s County Innovation District. (St. Mary's County Department of Economic Development)
May 12, 2026

To the ’burbs and beyond: How can MD boost business outside cities?

Locales in Maryland’s outer reaches have their own strengths and attractions — and varied approaches to economic development.

Where 16-year-ols can vote in maryland local elections map by Capital News Service
May 7, 2026

In Hagerstown, a push to lower the voting age runs into a $100,000 hurdle

Hagerstown's effort to lower the voting age to 16 faces a $100,000 cost barrier due to state election rules.

A logo for Maryland State Police. (USA Today Network)
May 5, 2026

MD State Police investigating state prison inmate death

Maryland State Police are investigating a recent inmate death at Roxbury Correctional Institution, near Hagerstown.

A Kansas federal judge recently imposed penalties that included fines ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 upon attorneys responsible for mistakenly submitting a brief containing falsehoods created by artificial intelligence. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
May 5, 2026

MD man sentenced in murder case featured on ‘America’s Most Wanted’

A Hagerstown man was sentenced for the shooting death of his mother's ex-boyfriend, in a case that was featured on "America's Most Wanted."

This map from FirstEnergy's website shows Mon Power's and Potomac Edison's service territories in West Virginia and Maryland. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Apr 23, 2026

Potomac Edison starts new rate program to encourage off-peak hour use

Potomac Edison has added a new discounted rate option that encourages residents to use electricity during non-peak hours.

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
Apr 15, 2026

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

A federal judge ordered for the Trump administration to halt construction on a proposed ICE detention facility in Western Maryland amid a lawsuit seeking to stop the project.

This screengrab from Transource Energy's "virtual open house" shows what its 130-foot, 230kV steel poles look like in comparison to a typical barn. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Mar 23, 2026

Transource could build power line next year through part of MD

An energy company is again taking steps to build a 29-mile-long transmission line through the Cumberland Valley, partly in Western Maryland.

The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement bought this warehouse, shown on Jan. 28, 2026, at 16220 Wright Road near Williamsport. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Mar 19, 2026

Pause on Western MD ICE warehouse construction extended to mid-April

ICE will have to wait until at least mid-April to resume construction on the enormous Western Maryland warehouse it intends to convert into an immigrant detention facility.