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11/07/2025

The 26th annual Maryland Film Festival is underway. Midday spoke with KJ Mohr, the director of the festival, Nancy Proctor, the executive director of the SNF Parkway Theater, and Jed Dietz, the founder of the festival.

We talk with the directors of the 2025 Maryland Film Festival about the return of Baltimore's esteemed showcase for new films & filmmakers, and we check out what's new on local screens & TVs.

11/07/2025

Baltimore firefighters are tackling a blaze in a commercial building in the city’s Re*****on neighborhood Friday afternoon.

No injuries were reported.

Fire chief James Wallace told reporters 23 people in total were evacuated to a nearby church, and will be allowed back into their homes once the area is deemed safe. Wallace expects it will take the rest of the day before firefighters have total control of the fire.

Residents are urged to avoid the area. MTA’s LocalLink 94 Fort McHenry bus route is being detoured around the fire, so delays are possible.

The fire is also near Baltimore Public Media’s studios. Out of an abundance of caution non-essential personnel were evacuated. On-air operations were not affected.

Read more at the link, and listen to WYPR for live on-air updates: https://tinyurl.com/2s3b6xhz

📷: A view of a fire on the 400 block of W. 23rd Street in Baltimore on November 7, 2025. Photo by Sam Bermas-Dawes/WYPR

11/07/2025

As the longest federal government shutdown in history continues, Maryland will expand loan, transit and energy support for affected federal workers.

Gov. Wes Moore announces the latest wave of financial, transit and energy assistance as the longest government shutdown in history endures.

11/07/2025

Maryland leaders announced that the state and Prince George’s County will be filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its decision to block a planned FBI headquarters project in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Maryland is suing the Trump administration over its abandonment of plans to move FBI headquarters from DC to the City of Greenbelt.

11/06/2025

A new bladder cancer treatment provides an alternative as other medicines face a global shortage. Frederick Health is one of the first hospitals in the nation to perform the procedure.

A new procedure provides patients unresponsive to other treatments an alternative and may reduce the need for more invasive surgeries.

11/06/2025

Maryland must reevaluate the status of over 10,000 disadvantaged businesses due the Trump administration’s anti-DEI efforts.

The Board of Public Works approves the Maryland Department of Transportation’s request to temporarily hire extra staffing to reevaluate thousands of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises under new federal guidelines.

11/06/2025

Baltimore County Inspector General Kelly Madigan wants the county attorney to offer a legal opinion on whether the county council violated the charter when it held an unpublicized, closed door meeting — but County Executive Kathy Klausmeier's administration is refusing Madigan’s request.

The council met to discuss the selection of a county executive.

11/05/2025

Maryland is now months into the demolition of the old Francis Scott Key Bridge and beginning to do tests on how the new bridge will span the Patapsco River.

WYPR went along for a ride with the Maryland Transportation Authority to see the latest on the bridge rebuild.

The soil will be tested for a load of up to ten million pounds.

11/05/2025

While many universities are cutting diversity efforts, Goucher College is doing the opposite — with help from the state. The private liberal arts school in Towson recently received more than $250,000 from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to launch the Baltimore College Access Program.

Goucher College has secured a $250,000 grant from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to launch its new Baltimore College Access Program (CAP).

11/05/2025

WYPR’s Scott Maucione is out with the Coast Guard to see the progress made on rebuilding the Key Bridge. Tune in to 88.1 WYPR later today and visit wypr.org for more updates.

11/05/2025

ICE may be gearing up to bring more agents into Baltimore and other parts of Maryland, according to public records analyzed by WYPR and federal procurement experts.

ICE is looking for office space and food services.

11/04/2025

Perry Hall is going to get its 24-hour Denny’s. In a debate that pitted neighbors who didn’t want it against the developer who said he had every legal right to build it, the Baltimore County Council Monday night greenlit the restaurant’s overnight hours.

Council breaks from councilmanic courtesy to defeat proposal to cut overnight hours.