Key Bridge collapse

The governor enters 2025 in an unenviable position: He’s staring down a multi-billion-dollar budget deficit, has an ambitious public education plan to pay for and does not yet know what a second Donald Trump presidency will mean for the state.

Look back at 16 compelling storylines from the Greater Baltimore region.

A program to help port workers after the Key Bridge collapse is now on the front lines of aiding Baltimore County’s growing number of undocumented families. But will the funding last?

The bill was approved 366-34, and now goes to the Senate, for expected quick passage, which would avert a shutdown.

Securing that money was a top priority of Maryland’s members of Congress as well as Gov. Wes Moore.

The funding for the Key Bridge rebuild was wrapped into the latest federal spending bill.

For the BMI’s “Echoes from the Key Bridge” project, Maria Gabriela Aldana collected oral histories from longshoremen, widows, first responders, government workers, business owners and more.

Prosecutors are weighing whether to bring criminal charges against the Singapore-based companies who own and operate the Dali cargo ship that hit the Key Bridge.

A Maryland power couple’s lobbying efforts will focus on “any and all matters concerning the Key Bridge.”

Before a massive structure can again stand above the Patapsco River, some smaller ones will need to be erected.