In the coming months, Maryland leaders will implement policies that will either attract data centers to the state and grow our economy or risk sending the jobs to our neighbors. In particular, the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) is at the center of a debate about where and how data centers should get their electricity. On behalf of the more than 25,000 workers we represent, we encourage Maryland’s leaders to create an environment where data centers can thrive. This is the industry of the future for working families in Maryland.

The Republican National Convention in July featured a variety of peculiar characters, from Marjorie Taylor Greene to Hulk Hogan, but as a college student, I found it most interesting that the event included University of North Carolina college students — fraternity members — as flag bearers. As a college student myself, this imagery surprised me and gave me pause. It has long been thought that college-educated and younger populations lean liberal, but the Republican Party is seeking to shift that narrative.

Deep-pocketed Maryland Democrats or elected officials who are interested in making the scene may have to find a way to be in two places at once on Wednesday evening — or even more. That’s because the Maryland Democratic Party has scheduled a fundraiser in downtown Baltimore that evening around the same time the Democratic nominee for vice president, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, is scheduled to appear at a fundraiser in Potomac.

Have you noticed ads on social media in support of Question F, the extremely litigated ballot initiative asking Baltimore voters to change the city charter so a private company can demolish the Harborplace pavilions and replace them with big, mixed-use high-rises? Maybe you’ve even seen the ads on this very website? Well, it should not come as a shock that MCB Real Estate, the company seeking to redevelop Harborplace, is connected to the advertisements.

About 165 million Americans get their health insurance through work, and yet most don’t spend much time considering what their employer is offering in the way of benefits and what it will cost. In fact, employees only spent about 45 minutes a year, on average, deciding which benefit options suit them best, a report from Aon found. Open enrollment season, which typically runs through early December, is an opportunity to take a closer look at what’s at stake.

Both two and four-legged members of Maryland Task Force 1 arrived back in Rockville on Monday afternoon, after their latest stint helping with hurricane rescues and surveying damage in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. They grabbed their luggage and unpacked other supplies, and after entering a warehouse, Montgomery County Fire Chief Corey Smedley eagerly welcomed them home.

Maryland has never elected a Black U.S. senator. But Democratic candidate Angela Alsobrooks, downplaying race and gender, said Monday it is her working-class roots that would make history if she is elected. “I think there are different factors people consider when they think about who they want representing them. I think gender and race, some people care about that,” Alsobrooks said during a Baltimore Sun editorial board interview Monday.

We live in a moment of profound uncertainty regarding the future of reproductive rights. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the United States Supreme Court removed U.S. constitutional protections, overturning Roe v. Wade. Almost immediately a flood of state laws across the country has created a functional barrier to abortion. Due to the Dobbs decision, 14 states restrict abortion at all stages of pregnancy. Five states ban abortions at six weeks (about 1 1/2 months) when cardiac activity is detected.

WJZ’s Dennis Valera is spending the night at the Lord Baltimore Hotel to find out if there truly is paranormal activity. The Lord Baltimore Hotel is said to be one of the most haunted hotels in the country. The Lord Baltimore Hotel has been around since 1929. Over it’s nearly 100-year history, it’s become a hotspot for reports of sightings and other spooky things. A lot of the paranormal activity is linked to the Great Depression.

At 66, Karin Miller is not the runner she used to be. And she’s cool with that. She ran her very first race in her 20s, and through courses all over the country and the world, she has seen her gait slow, her body change, and evidence of age show up in aches and pains that can’t be wished away. This year has been particularly stressful, including a recent illness and dealing with a tree that fell on her house and “demolished the whole upstairs,” she said.