Every time it rains in Adamstown, Maryland, slick mud covers the road until the painted yellow stripes are no longer visible. Resident Steve Black worries that mud comes from an abandoned aluminum smelting plant — the site of construction for…
As data centers multiply, Maryland’s power grid struggles to keep up
Inside a six-story building adorned with intricate detailing, there’s a data center that uses enough electricity to power a city roughly the size of Dundalk, Maryland.
‘Unrealistic’ and ‘Unfunded’: Maryland’s Blueprint for education has counties concerned
You might think spending $16.6 billion more in state funds from 2024 through 2029 — and billions more after that — would be enough to give Maryland a world-class education system. But that’s not what many people at the…