Gov. Hogan to ask BPW for $20 million transfer to cover riot-related costs; city mayor won’t use riot funds to aid 23 liquor stores grandfathered into residential areas; Maryland U.S. senator seek ways to repair police relations; MARC riders ask governor to delay fare hike; survey names Cumberland poorest town in Maryland; former Del. Ron George, who ran for governor, to seek state Sen. Astle’s seat; Del. Barve kicks off congressional campaign with slew of legislative endorsements; PG exec promises to veto portions of budget; and Frederick News Post gets a new editor.
Month: June 2015
Maryland Live casino remains strong despite Horseshoe’s competition in Baltimore
Maryland’s casino industry has been growing at a double digit pace since casino table gaming was legalized in 2012. But for casino operators, surviving and prospering becomes increasingly challenging in a climate of fierce competition. Maryland Live, the largest casino in the state, accounted for 76% of the state’s total casino business in 2014, with its 4,200 slot machines and 189 gaming tables.
State Roundup, June 15, 2015
It’s getting down to the wire for Gov. Hogan’s decision on the Purple Line; lawmakers say I-81 in dire need of upgrades; Korean businesses in Baltimore City struggle after riots; Speaker Busch backs Del. Barve for 8th Congressional seat; Rep. Sarbanes to stick with House; another Teamsters group backs Van Hollen for Senate; in presidential bod race, O’Malley could win; and news in the news: noted journalist John Carroll dies at 73: led Baltimore Sun, brought Pulitzers to LA Times and Sun; and Post Co. closing Gazette newspapers in Montgomery, Prince George’s, sells off other products to Cecil Whig parent.
Montgomery County becomes news desert as Gazette closes
Montgomery County will soon be turning into a news desert, with just one local weekly newspaper left serving a million people in Maryland’s largest county. On Friday, the staff of the Gazette newspapers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties were told that the papers were folding. Maybe it’s time to try a nonprofit online news model, say a MontgomeryReporter.com, for this important county.
Rascovar: Hogan can be hero or goat on building rail lines
Decision time is nearing on the future of Baltimore’s planned Red Line rail route. Will Gov. Larry Hogan Jr. be celebrated as a hero or lambasted as a goat? That question has hovered over the Republican governor ever since he won election last November.
State Roundup, June 12, 2015
The Hogan administration faces lawsuit from two enviro groups over blocking O’Malley regs on power plant emissions; People’s Counsel sues over Exelon-Pepco merger OK; pro-Purple Line groups push Gov. Hogan on need for light rail; Child Protective Services says many “free-range kid” situations are OK; three from GOP now lined up to battle for John Delaney’s congressional seat; former Del. Smigiel, citing U.S. Rep. Harris’s willingness to compromise, seeks his ouster; Frederick councilwomen seek to overturn English as official county language; and Baltimore City’s mayor had no choice when it comes to fund-raising arm.
In Freddie Gray’s ‘hood, new police commander is a tough mother
Baltimore Police Captain Sheree Briscoe is the new commander of the Western District, the epicenter of the convulsions that wracked Baltimore six weeks ago.
A cop for 21 years, she is not what you expect. Short and wide, she grew up in the city, and is the mother of four and the grandmother of three.
“We asked to go” to the Western district, Briscoe said
State Roundup, June 11, 2015
• Transportation secretary backs Purple Line, if it can cut $300 million, but whether Gov. Hogan will support it is anyone’s guess;
• wide variation in daily ridership predictions of Purple Line;
• Sen. Manno mocks maglev;
• state wrestles with cost to governments of Supreme Court tax ruling;
• Maryland’s 2014 economy didn’t keep up with U.S. as a whole;
• Lt. Gov. Rutherford continues statewide survey of opiate problem with visit to Eastern Shore;
• state, Baltimore City may not see federal aid in riot-related expenses;
• state GOP courts black voters in Baltimore City;
• and city mayor loses major fund-raising aide…
Time to stop catching oysters, says Horton
Maryland’s Gov. Larry Hogan says he will be good to the Chesapeake Bay. He says he will be good to Chesapeake Bay watermen, too. He will find this a difficult balancing act.
State Roundup, June 10, 2015
Legislators worried that toll cuts will impact replacing Nice Bridge, other projects; Opportunity Collaborative addresses poverty, jobless issues in Baltimore region; Supreme Court Court to decide whether it was proper for a single federal judge to throw out a lawsuit challenging Maryland’s 2011 congressional redistricting plan; Montgomery police to have other jurisdictions probe police-related deaths, cops to test body cams; Del. Vogt to seek Delaney’s congressional seat; U.S. Rep. Cummings remains undecided on run for Senate as the race gets under way; and O’Malley reaches back to Hart campaign for close-knit circle.
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