April Quevedo
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April Quevedo is a data reporter with the Capital News Service. She's covered infrastructure, business, state elections and the Latino community in Maryland among other issues. Her stories have appeared in the Baltimore Sun, the Baltimore Banner and the Dundalk Eagle. Quevedo is a graduate student at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism and a fellow at the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism. Prior to working in journalism, she spent nearly a decade in the logistics and supply chain management industry. Quevedo is a proud Chicago native.

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Maryland’s top 5 takeaways from the 2024 general election

Maryland remains a strong Democratic state as most of the rest of the country skewed Republican in the 2024 election.

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Sugar industry pays for House trips to help safeguard subsidies

Groups associated with sugar growers and refiners have spent tens of thousands of dollars for hundreds of U.S. House staff to tour muddy sugar cane fields in Louisiana and Florida and sugar beet factories in Minnesota, according to an analysis of House travel disclosure data from 2012 through 2023 compiled by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland.

Baltimore's I-95, I-695 and I-895 routes have experienced increases in traffic crashes and travel times since the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March. (April Quevedo/Capital News Service)
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Baltimore metropolitan area traffic remains affected by the Key Bridge collapse

Since the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, efforts to alleviate congestion and improve safety on suggested alternate routes have been a focal point of state agencies, elected officials and partner organizations. Still, an analysis of traffic crash data and congestion data by CNS found the absence of the bridge has significantly increased travel times and accident rates along I-95, I-695 and I-895.