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Hayes Gardner

Hayes

Hayes Gardner is a business reporter for The Baltimore Banner. He previously wrote for The Baltimore Sun, the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Ames (Iowa) Tribune, covering a mix of sports, news and business. He was a member of a Courier-Journal team recognized as Pulitzer Prize finalists in 2021. Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, Hayes graduated from Grinnell College in Iowa and then served two years as an AmeriCorps member at an education nonprofit in Oregon.

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Port of Baltimore becomes car purgatory amid Trump’s tariff turmoil
To avoid President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on imported cars, some manufacturers are stockpiling inventory at ports.
New Mitsubishis are parked at the Port of Baltimore’s Dundalk Marine Terminal on Tuesday.
After scolding, Maryland assures federal regulators it will protect Bay Bridge
Maryland Transportation Authority officials said they have completed a new risk analysis of the Bay Bridge one month after the National Transportation Safety Board admonished the authority for failing to assess its most essential bridges for the threat of vessel collisions.
Maryland will add physical fortifications to protect the Chesapeake Bay Bridge from ship strikes like the one that took down the Key Bridge.
150th Preakness won’t have traditional infield music festival, a staple since 2009
Jack Harlow performs as the headlining act of Preakness LIVE at Pimlico Race Course on May 18, 2024.
BGE names new CEO as its top executive heads to Exelon in ‘lateral move’
BGE’s CEO, Carim Khouzami, will move to a position at parent company Exelon, and Tamla Olivier, an executive with Pepco Holdings, will become the company’s new CEO.
Tamla Olivier, an executive with Pepco Holdings, will become BGE's CEO on May 1.
After being sued for acting in ‘extreme bad faith,’ Diamond Comic Distributors sale approved
Maryland-based Diamond Comic Distributors, a behemoth in the world of comic books, has a buyer — despite a late effort by the company to find a different one.
Steve Geppi, president and founder of Geppi's Entertainment Museum in Baltimore, Md., shows off his collection on May 22, 2018.
McCormick planned ‘targeted’ price hikes to offset tariffs. Then Trump introduced the real ones.
Since Trump announced his plan for sweeping tariffs, companies have scrambled, and the stock market has nosedived. How McCormick plans to combat such a seismic shift remains to be seen.
McCormick & Company, based in Hunt Valley, warned investors last month that trade policies could harm its operations. The company's logistics center in Sparrows Point is pictured.
A bigger boat: Carnival considering a larger cruise ship in Baltimore in 2027
The Port of Baltimore will lose one of its two year-round cruise ships in late 2026. It might get a larger ship, though, in 2027.
The Carnival Pride cruise ship arrives at PortMiami, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Miami.
Maryland abruptly eliminates authority that had overseen Pimlico transition
A provision tucked into the state budget bills during final negotiations zaps the authority.
National Treasure, ridden by jockey John Velazquez, wins the 2023 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. The state is soon to take over and renovate the historic track, and is changing course in how the project will be managed.
T. Rowe Price just gave its CEO a huge raise to keep up with the Joneses
Robert W. Sharps, T. Rowe Price’s board chairman, president and chief executive officer, made almost $20 million last year — a 50% jump from the previous year.
Baltimore-based investment giant T. Rowe Price paid its CEO almost $20 million last year.
Trump tariffs pummel Baltimore-based Under Armour
Baltimore-based sports apparel company Under Armour saw its shares decline by more than 18%, to $5.36, as markets closed Thursday.
Under Armour will begin moving into its new 280,000-square-foot global headquarters building in the Baltimore Peninsula next week.
Fans give mixed reviews of temporary speakers installed on Camden Yards scoreboard
As a Band-Aid fix ahead of a more comprehensive sound system overhaul before the 2026 season, the Maryland Stadium Authority this month installed several speakers next to the Oriole Park scoreboard.
Fans have long bemoaned the audio quality at Camden Yards and the ballpark will receive a new sound system ahead of the 2026 season. This year, though, the Maryland Stadium Authority has added a stopgap fix: several speakers positioned to the right and left of the center field scoreboard. Those speakers are the first of several state-funded improvements to the 33-year-old stadium that will take place over the next few years.
Chesapeake Baysox ballpark to receive $50 million in state-funded, player-focused improvements
As part of a $200 million investment by the state, the ballpark in Bowie will receive player-focused upgrades, including a performance center.
A rendering of the performance center at Prince George's Stadium.
Trump’s tariffs on cars hit Baltimore’s top import
The Port of Baltimore has been a top importer of cars for more than a decade. Here’s how Trump’s tariffs on autos will affect Maryland.
For years the Port of Baltimore has led the country in vehicle imports. New cars are seen at the Dundalk Marine Terminal.
For Key Bridge families, an emotional visit one year later
First responders escorted families of the Francis Scott Key Bridge victims to mark the one-year anniversary.
Family members of the victims of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse participate in a memorial alongside Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Gov. Wes Moore on March 25, 2025 in Baltimore, MD.
Can Maryland rebuild the Key Bridge by 2028? The engineer in charge is already on it
Maryland Transportation Authority chief engineer James Harkness oversees a Key Bridge team that, in an given week, includes roughly 150 engineers.
Jim Harkness, Maryland Transportation Authority Chief Engineer, sits with a study model of the new bridge to replace the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Ships are ‘highly likely’ to collide with U.S. bridges, Hopkins research finds
From one spanning the San Francisco Bay to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge here in Maryland, structures are much more prone to ship strikes than previously thought.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is more at risk for ship strike than it should be, according to Johns Hopkins research. It can expect to be struck once in every 86 years, according to their findings.
The Dali crew is still in Baltimore, one year after the Key Bridge disaster
Even though the Dali cargo ship left Baltimore last June, more than half of its crew members have stayed to be available for investigations related to the Key Bridge disaster one year ago.
NTSB slams MDTA and urges assessment of Chesapeake Bay Bridge: ‘We need action’
The Francis Scott Key Bridge was 30 times more susceptible to ship strikes than it should have been, a federal official said Thursday.
The bulk carrier Golden John passes under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge after leaving the Port of Baltimore.
Baltimore’s only Fortune 500 company has what every major AI company wants
Constellation Energy owns Calvert Cliffs in Southern Maryland and has a huge portfolio outside the state.
The 21-story, mixed-use Constellation Building serves as the headquarters of Constellation Energy and a regional office for the Exelon Corporation.
T. Rowe Price begins moving 2,000 employees to Harbor Point offices
T. Rowe Price, an investment firm based in downtown Baltimore since its founding in 1937, will begin moving employees to new Harbor Point offices this week.
T. Rowe Price will be moving its 2,000 Baltimore-based employees from the company’s longtime downtown location to lavish new Harbor Point offices.
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