DEMOLITION OF KEY BRIDGE REMNANTS TO BEGIN JULY 7: Fifteen months after the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s main span collapsed into the Patapsco River, the rest of the structure finally has a demolition date.Beginning “on or about July 7, weather permitting,” mechanical destruction of the remnants will begin, the Maryland Transportation Authority said in a news release Thursday. Hayes Gardner/The Baltimore Banner.
‘TECH TAX’ STARTS TUESDAY. HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: Maryland lawmakers introduced and fast-tracked the 3% tax with limited public input in the final weeks of the 90-day session earlier this year in order to help fill a $3.3 billion deficit. Sam Janesch/The Baltimore Sun.
MOORE HIRES EX-WHITMER AID TO HELM CAMPAIGN: Gov. Wes Moore (D) is turning to a strategist with close ties to a potential rival in the 2028 White House election to helm his 2026 reelection campaign in Maryland – and possibly a national campaign beyond that. Josh Kurtz/Maryland Matters.
MOORE ISSUES CALL FOR PROPOSALS TO REDEVELOP AGING STATE CENTER COMPLEX: Efforts to redevelop the aging State Center Complex in Baltimore have spanned decades and seen governors and legal battles come and go. Now Gov. Wes Moore (D) wants to try his hand at fixing up the campus. Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters.
LANDOWNERS APPEAL RULING ALLOWING SURVEYS FOR PIEDMONT POWER LINE: About 60 Maryland landowners are looking to block a federal district court ruling that said workers for the proposed Piedmont power line could go on private property to survey for the project without the landowners’ permission. Christine Condon/Maryland Matters.
- Carroll County Commissioner Tom Gordon III angered his board colleagues Thursday when he made a motion to set aside $100,000 from the budget to fight the 70-mile powerline known as the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project from being built. Sherry Greenfield/The Baltimore Sun.
GARCIA COULD BE DEPORTED TO A THIRD COUNTRY SAY PROSECUTORS: President Donald Trump’s administration plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a country that’s not his native El Salvador after he’s released from jail in Tennessee, a federal prosecutor told a federal judge in Maryland on Thursday. Ben Finley/Associated Press.
PRINCE GEORGE’S cO. LEADERS SEEK TECH TO TARGET ‘SERIAL SQUATTERS’, AD PROFITEERS: Two elected leaders in Maryland’s second-largest county support a proposed bill to prioritize modernizing housing records in Maryland during the upcoming legislative session to combat the state’s squatting epidemic and social media users who profit from spreading the problem. Gary Collins/FOX 45 News.
AACO TEACHERS UNION TAKES HISTORIC STEP INTO ANNAPOLIS COUNCIL RACE: For the first time, the Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County has endorsed candidates in the upcoming Annapolis City Council elections. Bridget Byrne/The Baltimore Sun.
NEW GUN VIOLENCE PLAN AND DASHBOARD UNVEILED: The Maryland Department of Health is launching a new dashboard focused on cataloging firearm violence around the state; it coincides with a state preliminary plan for an approach to reduce firearm violence. Scott Maucione/WYPR.
- Andrea Chamblee got into politics after her husband, sports reporter John McNamara, was killed in the Capital Gazette’s newsroom in 2018. McNamara was one of five staff members murdered. Maggie Trovato/The Baltimore Sun.
UNDERSERVED HARFORD CO. COMMUNITIES ARE GETTING REVITALIZED: For the past three years, the Southern County Task Force has been working to revitalize some of Harford County’s most underserved communities via safety improvements, community cleanups and other initiatives. Matt Hubbard/The Baltimore Sun.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS IN STORE FOR GARRET CO: The Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board released the 2024 Annual Report for the Senator George C. Edwards Fund, detailing significant economic development initiatives in Garrett County. Shantelle Malcolm-Lym/Conduit Street (MACo).
