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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are present as passengers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint after hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were ordered to deploy to airports to help fill TSA staffing gaps, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on March 23, 2026. (REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer)
Mar 23, 2026

ICE agents deployed to airports amid staffing gaps

Immigration agents began deploying at over a dozen airports to aid security screening as staffing absences by unpaid airport security officers have caused massive delays.

TSA agents work at a security checkpoint at Ronald Reagan International Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on March 15, 2026. (REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz/File Photo)
Mar 19, 2026

Small airports could soon shut down over TSA absences, Duffy warns

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that if a partial government shutdown continues, small airports could soon shut down.

A Waymo self-driving taxi cruises up Pine Street in San Francisco. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Mar 12, 2026

MD bill allowing driverless cars faces opposition over crash liability

A Maryland bill would allow fully autonomous vehicles in the state, but wouldn’t — at least as drafted — give people anyone to sue in the event of an accident.

From left: Ugochi Chinemere, Barrington Branch, La Sherra Ayala, Chrissy Nizer, Leslie Dews, Shavella Miles, Lt. Col. Ronce Alford. (Maryland Department of Transportation/ MVA)
Mar 2, 2026

Baltimore Social Services office opens in city’s MVA branch

Baltimore City’s Motor Vehicle Administration branch will house a Baltimore City Department of Social Services office, MDOT officials said. 

Airo will debut on the Cascades line in the Pacific Northwest. The forest green exterior evokes the region’s woodsy landscape. (Andrea Sachs/The Washington Post)
Feb 12, 2026

Amtrak’s new trains are arriving soon. Here’s what to expect.

Amtrak plans to soon roll out the first clutch of trains in its shiny new Airo fleet, first to the Cascades route and then to the Northeast Corridor.

Montgomery County is expanding electric vehicle charging accessibility by placing charging stations in areas with underrepresented demographics. (Nathan Schwartz/Capital News Service)
Jan 26, 2026

Judge sides with MD over Trump administration’s suspension of EV charger program

A federal judge ruled the Trump administration unlawfully suspended funding for EV chargers, siding with Maryland and 19 other states.

Snowfall amounts of 6-12 inches are expected across most of Maryland during January 2026 Winter Storm Fern, AccuWeather said. (USA TODAY Network)
Jan 22, 2026

Maryland in State of Preparedness ahead of major snowstorm

As a major snowstorm approaches Maryland this weekend, Gov. Wes Moore has declared a State of Preparedness for the entire state.

An automated bus, produced by the company Beep, sits outside the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 14, 2026. (Rachel Weiner/The Washington Post)
Jan 21, 2026

Officials showed off a robo-bus in DC. It got hit by a Tesla driver.

An automated bus was rear-ended in Washington, D.C., during a U.S. Department of Transportation self-driving vehicle demonstration.

Gov. Wes Moore says Jan. 16, 2026, that he and U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy agreed to accelerate the rebuild of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. (Hannah Gaskill/The Daily Record)
Jan 16, 2026

Key Bridge is nation’s ‘fastest-moving’ project, Moore says after meeting with US DOT

Gov. Wes Moore and Secretary Sean Duffy reached an agreement to accelerate the rebuild of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The $23 million in grants announced Tuesday by Gov. Wes Moore will help participating organizations recruit underrepresented Marylanders, including women and people of color, to fill registered apprenticeship programs in Maryland’s expanding industries, including health care, technology and transportation. (Daily Record file photo)
Jan 6, 2026

Moore unveils priority housing affordability legislation

Gov. Wes Moore unveiled 2026 housing legislation aimed at affordability, transit-oriented development and expanded homebuilding across Maryland.

Wes Guckert, the founder, CEO and chairman of the Traffic Group, died at age 77 on Dec. 30, 2025. (Courtesy photo)
Jan 5, 2026

Wes Guckert, CEO and founder of The Traffic Group, dies

Wes Guckert, the founder, CEO and chairman of Baltimore County-based The Traffic Group, died after a brief hospitalization.

A LB Steel LLC's employee manufactures a component for new Amtrak Acela trains built in partnership with Alstom in Harvey, Illinois, on Dec. 4, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski)
Dec 23, 2025

Report: Amtrak’s new higher-speed trains delayed by planning, track issues

Passenger railroad Amtrak's next-generation high-speed Acela train cars were delayed by more than four years, a Senate report found.