Federal investigators say the Maryland Transportation Authority failed to complete a recommended vulnerability assessment that would have shown the Francis Scott Key Bridge was at significant risk of collapse from a ship strike long before its demise last year.

A top safety official said that state officials overseeing the bridge failed to conduct an assessment of its risk of collapse.

At the session’s start, Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, introduced a budget with a proposed $2 billion in cuts, leaving the House and Senate to piece together a plan for the remaining $1 billion.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has announced an agreement on a state budget framework with the state’s Democratic leadership.

Coming off a gloomy season, Maryland men’s basketball coach Kevin Willard entirely reimagined his team last spring. The changes worked.

Willard, 49, has been linked to a return to the Big East at Villanova after the school fired former coach Kyle Neptune earlier this month. Willard is one of several prominent names linked to the Villanova job, including Northwestern’s Chris Collins, UCLA’s Mick Cronin and New Mexico’s Richard Pitino.