MOORE PLEDGES NO TAXES AS STATE FACES ANOTHER MASSIVE BUDGET GAP: Gov. Wes Moore (D) told a gathering of county leaders in Cambridge Thursday that he will not propose tax increases to close a projected $1.5 billion budget gap in the coming fiscal year. Bryan P. Sears/Maryland Matters.
KILMAR GARCIA RETURNS TO MD HOME, SUPPORTERS TO RALLY IN B’MORE: Kilmar Abrego Garcia arrived at his Maryland home Thursday after being released from ICE custody in Pennsylvania following a judge’s order. Adam Thompson/CBS News.
- Kilmar Ábrego García was freed from immigration detention on Thursday, hours after a federal judge ordered his release, his attorney said. Sara Ruberg and Daniel Zawodny/The Baltimore Banner.
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday, according to his attorney’s office. TRAVIS LOLLER, JOHN SEEWER and CLAUDIA LAUER, Associated Press.
DAVID TRONE WILL CHALLENGE APRIL MCLEAN DELANEY TO WIN BACK SEAT: David Trone wants his Western Maryland congressional seat back and announced he will challenge incumbent Congresswoman April McClain Delaney in next year’s Democratic primary. Sarah Petrowich/WYPR.
- Entrepreneur David Trone wants his seat back — in the U.S. House of Representatives, that is — and plans to challenge U.S. Rep. April McClain Delaney in the 2026 Democratic primary, according to his campaign. Brenda Wintrode/The Baltimore Banner.
TOP LAWMAKERS WON’T DRAW NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAPS IN SPECIAL SESSION: Leaders of the Maryland General Assembly made it clear Thursday that lawmakers will not redraw the state’s congressional district boundaries when they return to Annapolis next week. Pamela Wood and Lee O. Sanderlin/The Baltimore Banner.
- Lawmakers are scheduled to head back to Annapolis on Dec. 16 — four days after the last scheduled meeting of the Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Commission on Friday. That had sparked speculation that someone might try to make redistricting an issue. Bryan P. Sears/Maryland Matters.
MOORE ANNOUNCES SECOND ROUND OF ENOUGH ACT FUNDING: Gov. Wes Moore on Thursday announced nearly $20 million to address the root cause of concentrated and childhood poverty in Maryland’s most marginalized communities. Kate Amara/WBAL 11 News.
LEADING IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY GROUP GETS A NEW LEADER: George Escobar will take the helm of one of the nation’s best-known immigrant advocacy groups during the fiercest immigrant crackdown in recent American history. Antonio Planas/The Baltimore Banner.
WAYS & MEANS CHAIR ATTERBEARY TO RESIGN FROM HOUSE OF DELEGATES: Howard County executive candidate Vanessa Atterbeary is stepping down from her position in the Maryland House of Delegates to devote more attention to her campaign. Pamela Wood/The Baltimore Banner.
- Del. Vanessa Atterbeary (D-Howard), the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, announced Thursday that she is leaving the House of Delegates next month to focus on her campaign for Howard County executive. Bryan P. Sears/Maryland Matters.
LAWMAKERS SPLIT ALONG PARTY LINES ON US HOUSE BILL TO OVERTURN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LIMIT: Maryland lawmakers split along party lines in the House vote, with all seven Democrats voting for the measure and Rep. Andy Harris (R-1st), the state’s sole Republican in Congress, voting against the Protect America’s Workforce Act. Ariana Figueroa/Maryland Matters.
DISAPPEARING DIVERSITY PROGRAMS AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: The changes come as the university navigates a volatile federal landscape. Hopkins has faced estimated losses of more than $1 billion in research and international aid funding. It has frozen hiring and pay increases as it weathers the cuts, while nearly doubling its spending in federal lobbying. Ellie Wolfe/The Baltimore Banner.
Yeah, the Gov won’t introduce new taxes, but that doesn’t mean the legislature is not keen on more fee, more cameras, and mor taxes in the coming session. I have little hope on them making cuts or freezes. They don’t even want to look at fraud which would also help close the Budget gap. No instead they rather say nothing to see here, there is no fraud, and other BS that insults our intelligence.
Is our legislature finally going to be more responsible with spending? Or will they continue to push more responsibility on the counties forcing locals to increase their own taxes, just passing the buck and blame while they continue to screw us in Annapolis. Why do y’all vote for these people? In the state of MD Repubs are not to blame for your problems, they have virtually no power here. Everything here is the result of the corrupt Dem Party of MD. Lock, stock, and barrel. Get your heads out your asses.
RT posted: “In the state of MD Repubs … have virtually no power here.”
COMMENT: So very true! Dems have super-majorities in the House of Delegates and the Senate, and hold the governor’s office (ahem, a 180-degree reversal of the current scene in D.C.) This is because most of our state’s voters favor Democratic values and policies – Support minorities’ rights. Support civil rights. Support women’s rights. Etc. Until recent years, Maryland did have enlightened (“woke”) GOP senators and representatives, such as Mac Mathias, Gilbert Gude, Newton I. Steers, Jr., and Constance A. Morella, not to mention Gov. Theodore McKeldin.