Researchers scoured more than 35,000 data points from pet insurance companies to list top breeds, favorite dog names and costs of owning the top breeds, said MarketWatch Guides spokeswoman Claudia Phillips. v“Our team is full of dog lovers,” she said. “And costs are rising everywhere. We wanted to look at the data to see just how much it takes to care for one of these more popular dog breeds.”

David Trone knows what critics are saying about him. The 68-year-old Montgomery County businessman has heard the exhortations to step aside and let Angela Alsobrooks become the Democratic nominee for a rare open U.S. Senate seat in Maryland — setting her up to be the first Black woman to hold that office. He knows some voters wonder whether he, a moderate Democrat first elected to Congress in 2019 to represent a district that includes conservative Western Maryland, will stand up for abortion rights as strongly as a woman would — especially when Alsobrooks, a single mother, speaks of her daughter losing rights she holds dear.

 

Baltimore organizations are coming together to get help to those who need it most following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. On Friday, 11 News visited the Community Assistance Network community pantry and resource center in Dundalk, where shipments of supplies arrived. “You know how one thing leads to another?

The top 10 highest earning lobbyists in the state earned slightly more as a group in the last year but saw their share of compensation decrease as the size of the state’s lobbying corps surpassed pre-pandemic levels. The 701 lobbyists who registered with the Maryland State Ethics Commission for the most recent year that runs Nov. 1, 2022 to Oct. 31, 2023 is more than the total registered before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

There was mixed reaction to a curfew at National Harbor for children 16 and younger that went into effect on Friday at the popular waterfront boardwalk in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Delores, general manager at hot sauce purveyor Pepper Palace said she had heard about the melee that broke out at the Harbor last weekend involving hundreds of rowdy teenagers.

A giant claw has arrived from Galveston, Texas, to aid in the cleanup of the Key Bridge collapse. The 1,000-metric-ton hydraulic wreck grab, also known as “Gus” by crew members, is attached to the Chesapeake 1000 crane that is capable of lifting 1,000 tons of the debris left after the Dali cargo ship crashed into the bridge March 26.

If Paris Gray had his way, the Edmondson Village Shopping Center would be overhauled with a new grocery store, coffee shop and health care center — and maybe even something less glamorous, like a UPS store. To him, the outdated shopping complex, acquired by a Chicago-based developer last year after a more than two-year slog, presents the most transformative opportunity for his West Baltimore district.

Cinco de Mayo is around the corner, and Baltimore is buzzing with excitement to commemorate the vibrant culture of Mexico. From hidden gems to lively cantinas, the city offers a plethora of Mexican spots to indulge in authentic flavors and festive atmospheres. Join me as I recommend my top destinations to revel in the spirit of the holiday — which is more popular in the U.S. than its southern neighbor — and savor some great Mexican cuisine.

A month after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, federal, state and local authorities as well as local community organizations have banded together to focus on recovery efforts. On March 26, the Key Bridge collapsed after a support pillar was struck by the container ship Dali, killing six construction workers and leaving tons of wreckage from the bridge in the harbor, diverting ships and significantly impacting operations at the Port of Baltimore.

 

Back home from a long weekend in West Virginia, Corey McKenzie was sound asleep in his home outside Baltimore when his phone jolted him awake with news that the Francis Scott Key Bridge had collapsed. The second-in-command with the Maryland Transportation Authority Police, McKenzie sped to the department’s headquarters veering from his normal commute that had twice a day for years taken him across a span he had just learned plunged into the water.