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With new limits on loans parents can take out for a child’s college education set to take effect later this year, some colleges are looking at ways to either reduce costs or help cover the extra costs parents may face. (Depositphotos)
Apr 23, 2026

Colleges cut spending, raise funds as new loan limits for parents loom

Colleges are cutting budgets and raising funds to offset new $20,000 annual Parent Plus loan limits impacting families' pay for higher education.

Secretary of Higher Education Sanjay Rai, left, chats with Del. Jared Solomon (D-Montgomery) inside the State House on April 7. (Photo by William J. Ford/Maryland Matters)
Mar 27, 2026

MD higher education secretary leaving after three years in job

Maryland Higher Education Secretary Sanjay Rai is stepping down Friday, his last day leading the agency that oversees statewide policies on public and private colleges and universities.

Top 100 Women
Mar 20, 2026

Executive Alliance recognizes companies, nonprofits for women’s representation

Executive Alliance honored 64 companies, organizations and institutions through its Honor Roll for Women’s Representation in Maryland. 

Student members of the Graves School Investment Club gather in the atrium of the Morgan Business Center. (Courtesy of Morgan State University)
Feb 5, 2026

UNCF expands national asset investment program to Morgan State

UNCF has announced the expansion of Project ACCLAIM, recently selecting Morgan State University to join the initiative

Dr. Heidi M. Anderson, President of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, said the new School of Veterinary Medicine is a big step for Maryland and Historically Black Colleges. (Submitted photo)
Dec 18, 2025

MD HBCU president sues professor who accused her of plagiarism and racism

University of Maryland Eastern Shore president Heidi Anderson and ex-professor Donna Satterlee face dueling lawsuits.

Morgan State University announced it was awarded a $63 million gift - the largest-ever donation in school history. (Morgan State University)
Oct 15, 2025

MacKenzie Scott awards Morgan State historic $63M gift

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott awarded Morgan State University $63 million, the largest gift in its history.

Bowie State University
Oct 14, 2025

Nonprofit, Bowie State partner to expand tech career pathways

The state's higher education commission and department of labor announced a partnership to expand tech career pathways. 

Participants in the Spelman College 136th Commencement celebrate in College Park, Georgia, in May 2023. Historically Black colleges and universities, which had seen giving from foundations decline in recent decades, have seen an increase in gifts particularly from corporations and corporate foundations over the last several years. (Julie Yarbrough, Spelman College via AP)
Sep 15, 2025

Trump shifts $500M to HBCUs and tribal colleges

The Trump administration is redirecting nearly $500M to historically Black and tribal colleges, cutting funding from Hispanic-serving programs.

Maryland joined 20 other states, the District of Columbia, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands that have legalized adult-use cannabis. (AP File Photo)
Sep 12, 2025

4th Circuit upholds key part of MD’s cannabis regulation system

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a key part of Maryland’s regulatory scheme for cannabis.

The University of Arizona, pictured on Jan. 12, 2011, in Tucson, Arizona, is among over 500 colleges and universities designated as Hispanic-Serving Institutions, making them eligible for the grants. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Sep 11, 2025

Trump administration cuts grants for minority-serving colleges, declaring them unconstitutional

The Trump administration is ending several grant programs reserved for colleges that have large numbers of minority students.

MCB Real Estate and Morgan State University have officially opened The Enolia off-campus housing development. The 151-unit, $58 million development is the first new privately-funded off-campus housing project at MSU in about 20 years. (Karl Connolly)
Jul 28, 2025

Morgan State off-campus housing opens in Northeast Baltimore

MCB Real Estate joined Morgan State University to announce the grand opening of an off-campus student housing development.

Morgan State University generated $1.5B for Maryland in 2024, a report found. (File photo)
Jul 21, 2025

Morgan State leads growth of HBCU economic impact in MD

Morgan State University generated $1.5B for Maryland in 2024, supporting 8,200 jobs and showing the growing economic impact of HBCUs.

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There is little to show for an ambitious project to redevelop 14 acres of property in the Poppleton neighborhood of Baltimore. (The Daily Record/File Photo)

Poppleton development lawsuit dismissed by 4th Circuit

6/5/2026
This photo, courtesy of the Maryland State Police Aviation Command, shows the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the shrinking amount of steel wreckage remaining in Baltimore’s Fort McHenry Federal Channel. Unified Command cleared a 400-foot-wide swath of the federal channel May 20, permitting all pre-collapse, deep-draft commercial vessels transit of the Port of Baltimore. Unified Command continues to clear wreckage from the bottom of the Patapsco River, projecting to fully restore the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original 700-foot width and 50-foot depth by June 8-10. (Maryland State Police Aviation Command)

Key Bridge litigation: Some witnesses fear criminal consequences ahead of trial

5/5/2026
Sen. Arthur Ellis protests Senate leaderships' decision to not bring a bill to redraw Maryland's congressional districts to the floor on Feb. 5, 2026. (Hannah Gaskill/The Daily Record)

Is MD redistricting still on table after SCOTUS decision? One senator is still p[...]

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When Clarence Jones rushed his infant son to Sinai Hospital, doctors quickly saw signs that medical experts believed indicated the child had experienced shaken infant syndrome. (The Daily Record/File Photo)

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Maryland Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team training with the Maryland Army National Guard, Baltimore County Police and Fire Department. The MD-HART have developed standard operating procedures and guidelines for helicopter hoist/rescue operations with fire department helicopter rescue technicians and police personnel, who are deployed from helicopters.

Attorney killed at Baltimore County home; son-in-law held without bail

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