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Profit drives most banks, but a few are mission-oriented. While MDIs have long contributed to improving financially underserved communities, rapid industry changes threaten their existence. These institutions must overcome barriers to digitalization with help from the government and other partners to thrive in today’s financial sphere.

Less than half of Marylanders now identify as white, a reflection of the nation’s increasing diversity over the past decade, the 2020 census data released Thursday showed.

A Baltimore philanthropist and businessman is suggesting the city issue bonds typically used to help finance major development projects to aid in the renovation of vacant houses.

A recent report from the Johns Hopkins 21st Century Cities Initiative finds that Baltimore City's roughly 15,000 vacant properties cost the city an estimated $210 million each year in lost revenue and other costs.

Hiding in plain sight among Baltimore's many vacant homes are thousands of so-called ghost homes, so saddled with debts from property taxes and water bills that they're functionally dead because no one would want to buy them.

Hiding in plain sight among Baltimore's many vacant homes are thousands of so-called ghost homes, so saddled with debts from property taxes and water bills that they're functionally dead because no one would want to buy them.

Several schools within the University System of Maryland look to expand their degree options by offering health- and technology-based programs.

Several schools within the University System of Maryland look to expand their degree options by offering health- and technology-based programs.

A new group called Renew Baltimore is pitching a plan to slash the city’s property tax rate in hopes of rebuilding the city’s population, bringing about “greater economic equity” and increasing revenue and stability. City Hall calls it 'absurd.' The group hopes to let city voters decide via referendum this fall.