Brian Witte

Associated Press

This undated image provided by LifeBridge Health shows masks being made in Baltimore. LifeBridge converted a building completed a year ago in the Baltimore suburbs into a factory to produce masks, with some of the fabric coming from Under Armor, which is based in the state.

Marketplace of Desperation

Shady middlemen, phantom shipments, prices soaring by the hour, goods flown in on a private plane.

Foam Food Container

Maryland Bans Foam Food Containers

Some feel it will help fight pollution, but others don't see any potential impact.

This Oct. 13, 2016 photo shows the U.S. Navy's newest guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Zumwalt, docked in Baltimore. The destroyer's commissioning ceremony is set for Oct. 15 during the inaugural Maryland Fleet Week.

New Destroyer Rides Like SUV

With a price tag of at least $4.4 billion, the guided missile destroyer is perhaps more like a stealthy Rolls-Royce.

Gov. Larry Hogan, second from right, and Japanese Ambassador to the United States Kenichiro Sasae, second from left, pose for a photo as they sign a Memorandum of Cooperation between Maryland and Japan at the Maryland governor's residence in Annapolis, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. The ambassador said Japan has authorized $2 million to help study building a high-speed magnetic-levitation train between Washington and Baltimore. Maryland first lady Yumi Hogan is standing far right. Maryland Secretary of State John Wobensmith is standing far left.

Japan Gives $2M to Study High-Speed Train

The money is for planning and an engineering analysis for the train, which could carry passengers from Washington to Baltimore in 15 minutes.