Kamala Harris didn’t get her second debate with Donald Trump — so she went on Fox News instead. The vice president clashed heatedly with the pro-Trump network’s top anchor Bret Baier on Wednesday night in the kind of adversarial, unscripted scrum that Republicans have long accused her of avoiding. Harris and Baier squabbled and interrupted one another, as he exposed her policy flip flops and reversals and she rammed home her talking points.

Greater Baltimore Medical Center has completed construction on a cancer center to put all of its oncology services under a single roof and offer patients a more comfortable experience. The health system began construction in 2022 on the first phase of the project, a garage for the cancer center, and finished the building in September.

Maryland’s top health official told employees in a letter Wednesday that she is implementing reforms to address “critical deficiencies” at the state’s maximum security psychiatric hospital, a move that comes in the wake of a Washington Post investigation into chronic understaffing and violence at the facility.

Individual campaign contributions from South Asian Marylanders soared in the week following Vice President Kamala Harris’ announcement that she would be running for president. Before the announcement, South Asian Americans had been donating an average of almost $2,300 per week to President Joe Biden’s campaign in 2024.

A $10 million state grant will go toward improvements to Baltimore’s central business district, the governor’s office announced Wednesday. The Maryland Board of Public Works approved the funding to support safety, security and streetscape improvements through the nonprofit Downtown Partnership of Baltimore.

The city of Baltimore will seek to terminate its contractual relationship with the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, the mayor’s office announced Wednesday evening. BOPA is the organizer of some of the city’s largest events, including Artscape and the New Year’s Eve fireworks. In a letter to BOPA leadership, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced the city’s severing its ties with the organization based on its “current financial situation and operational challenges.”

Recently, the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced $1.3 billion in cuts in its draft six-year Consolidated Transportation Plan (CTP). Factors noted by MDOT include the inflationary costs of construction as well as declining gas tax revenues. There are calls for more money, but in the big picture, just throwing more money at the problem without prioritization won’t solve the long-term challenge.

Cyberattacks, ransomware and data breaches not only threaten large enterprises. In fact, small businesses may be more vulnerable to cyberattacks due to their lack of sophisticated cybersecurity protocols – and the results can be devastating. 60% of small businesses that experience a cyberattack go out of business within six months, according to the National Cyber Security Alliance.

In approving state funding for an affordable housing complex in Columbia on Wednesday, top Maryland officials said the project represents a chance to help low- and middle-income renters, but also shows the hurdles that have contributed to a national shortage of such units. The Board of Public Works voted unanimously to approve $3.4 million in general obligation bonds for the construction of 68 affordable housing units in the Waverly Winds community.

U.S. Senate Republican candidate Larry Hogan and the super political action committee that is funding a massive ad campaign to help him are facing a complaint that they engaged in improper coordination. A Montgomery County voter filed a complaint with federal elections officials on Tuesday, alleging that the deep-pocketed super PAC Maryland’s Future violated the law by placing a prominent “donate” button on its webpage that goes directly to a fundraising page for Hogan’s campaign committee.