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It was awesome to be able to write something for The Atlantic. Oh, and don't skip his.

Huntsville is leaving the rest of Alabama's major cities in its rocket exhaust plumes al.com/news/2023/05/a…

Most of the cities in the core of the Birmingham metro area are losing people. That includes such suburbs as Mountain Brook, Hoover, Vestavia Hills and Homewood. al.com/news/2023/05/f…

Of course it isn’t.

Alabama lawmakers in 2006 created the chemical endangerment law to protect children from meth lab hazards, but Etowah and a handful of other counties apply the law to alleged hazards in the womb from drug use. 🧵 al.com/news/anniston-…

Alright kids let’s listen to Mr. Potato Head give us his Potato Parlay of the week

Baltimore City is still losing people, but Baltimore County is, too. They're two of just three county-equivalents in Maryland that lost people in 2023. From me and Greg Morton thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…

New: The design of the Key Bridge was not the reason it collapsed when the massive container ship, the Dali, slammed into one of the bridge’s main support piers on Tuesday morning, but it helps explain why the structure gave way within seconds after impact thebaltimorebanner.com/community/tran…

Last night, the NTSB chair described the Key Bridge as “fracture critical,” meaning its design contributed to collapse. Ben Conarck, Ramsey Archibald and Daniel Zawodny report that 100s of bridges in MD are ‘fracture critical.’ Are they unsafe? thebaltimorebanner.com/community/tran…

Between 2015 and 2023, unaccompanied migrant children were sent to Maryland at the highest rate in the U.S. No other state was even close. Data obtained and made available by The New York Times thebaltimorebanner.com/maryland/maryl…

This feels like an attack.

Large margins in majority-white precincts powered Mayor Brandon Scott to victory over challenger and former Mayor Sheila Dixon, while he ran close to Dixon in the city’s majority-Black precincts, Greg Morton & Ramsey Archibald report: thebaltimorebanner.com/data/baltimore…

The dichotomy between Baltimore's 'Black Butterfly' and 'White L' was on full display in Tuesday's Mayoral election. Ramsey Archibald & I dove into the numbers behind Brandon Scott's decisive win. Only in The Baltimore Banner. thebaltimorebanner.com/data/baltimore…

This story is wild.

Story on coal's contested and lucrative future in South Baltimore with Daniel Zawodny, and illuminating data work by Ramsey Archibald: thebaltimorebanner.com/community/clim…

ShotSpotter 911 calls are way down in Baltimore, another indicator of decreasing gun violence in Charm City. thebaltimorebanner.com/community/crim…

Can you find good barbecue as far north as Baltimore? I tried to find out. I didn't get into it here but we also have to have a discussion at some point about pit beef, which is not barbecue. thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/food-d…

God I missed football.

Ryan Williams is the best football player I've ever seen.

My wife just took a big swig of an old, flat La Croix. It's OK. It's still water.