Len Lazarick

SOYBEAN FARMERS ARE CAUGHT IN A U.S.-CHINA TRADE WAR: China, the world’s top purchaser of soybeans, gets a large share of its beans from American farmers. Last year alone, China bought more than half of the soybeans exported by them, or $12.6 billion worth. The more...

HOUSE SPEAKER SAYS ‘NOW IS THE TIME’ TO TAKE UP REDISTRICTING: The leader of Maryland’s House of Delegates is pushing her colleagues on redistricting, saying she is “eager” and “willing” to consider redrawing congressional lines to help match changes made in...

PANEL LOWERS CURRENT REVENUE ESTIMATES, ISSUES WEAK OUTLOOK FOR COMING FISCAL YEAR: A key fiscal panel revised its revenue estimates downward slightly for the current fiscal year, saying Thursday that it expects revenues to be less than one-tenth of a percent lower...

TRUMP WARNS MOORE ON KEY BRIDGE COSTS, ‘UNCONSTITUTIONAL’ DEI PRACTICES: The Trump administration sent a letter Friday to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warning of concerns over a potentially ballooning budget and “unconstitutional DEI practices” for the rebuilding of the...

GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEADERS TARGETED BY BOMB THREATS: The presiding officers of Maryland’s General Assembly were targeted by bomb threats on Thursday, amid rising concern about political violence in the nation. House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones and Senate...

HERSHEY FORMS EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE TO WEIGH RUN FOR GOVERNOR: Senate Minority Leader Stephen S. Hershey (R-Upper Shore) has formed an exploratory committee to weigh a 2026 bid for governor, citing the need for “balance” in a state that has gone “so far to the left”...

Maryland Reporter is taking off Labor Day Sept. 1. State Roundup will be back on Tuesday. MD IS AT ‘HIGH RISK’ FOR RECESSION SAYS MOODY’S TOP ECONOMIST: Maryland is among 21 states and Washington, D.C., that are either already in or are at a “high risk” of a...

‘KEEP OUR NAMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH”: MOORE DEFENDS B’MORE AGAINST TRUMP: After citing his administration’s gains in Baltimore — a massive decline in gun violence, a new lease for the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards and the ongoing effort to redevelop Harborplace —...

HOYER, OLSZEWSKI MEET WITH NETANYAHU, URGE HIM TO END WAR: Two members of Maryland’s congressional delegation returned from Israel on Thursday after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pressing him to end the war and address the humanitarian crisis...