REPLACING OLD AMTRAK TUNNEL UPENDS A BALTIMORE NEIGHBORHOOD: Baltimore’s Midtown-Edmondson neighborhood has turned into a big construction site as Amtrak prepares to build the western entrance to the future Frederick Douglass Tunnel next door, replacing the decrepit, Civil War-era tunnel that caused bottlenecks. But the construction will upend daily life for years there as residents fear the daily burden will push them out before they see the promised benefits. Daniel Zawodny/The Baltimore Banner.
FERGUSON: STATE NOT YET FEELING BRUNT OF TRUMP BUDGET DECISIONS: State officials will get an updated look at Maryland’s revenue picture in a month, but Senate President Bill Ferguson expressed confidence Monday that the state is prepared — at least in the near term – to weather the as-yet-unrealized fallout of ongoing federal budget actions. Ferguson said delays in implementation of recently passed federal budget cuts and employee reductions, and ongoing court challenges to policies implemented by President Donald Trump will have some negative effect on the current budget year. Bryan Sears/Maryland Matters.
IN THIS CLIMATE, JOBS ARE HARD TO COME BY FOR NEW COLLEGE GRADS: More than a dozen college graduates of the class of 2025 who either grew up or were educated in Maryland spoke of the challenges of finding a job across a variety of industries. Young people, degrees in hand, face a job market destabilized by cuts to research funding, competition with unemployed federal workers and the rise of artificial intelligence. Every grad said they know multiple people who are struggling to find stable employment after graduating. And it’s not their fault. Nori Leybengrub/The Baltimore Banner.…