TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SUES STATE OVER PASSAGE OF COMMUNITY TRUST ACT: The Trump administration sued the state of Maryland Thursday, claiming that the state’s new immigrant protection law, the Community Trust Act, interferes with the federal government’s ability to enforce immigration law and control illegal immigration. William J. Ford/Maryland Matters.
ATTERBEARY WON 90% OF HO CO ELECTION PRECINCTS IN JUNE PRIMARY: Precinct-level data from the June primary election shows Democrat Vanessa Atterbeary, who decisively beat her three opponents in the Howard County executive race, maintained a stronghold in 60 of the county’s 67 election precincts. Kiersten Hacker/The Baltimore Sun.
MORE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR FARMERS: Maryland secured a disaster declaration for 19 of its counties on June 15 following the frost event, but with Virginia’s latest declaration, adjacent Charles County farmers are now also eligible for support. Sarah Petrowich/WYPR.
MULTISTATE OUTBREAK OF FOODBORN PARASITIC ILLNESS: An intestinal illness that can cause nausea and watery, sometimes explosive diarrhea that’s been reported in several states has reached Virginia and Maryland. The illness, cyclosporiasis, is caused by cyclospora, a food- and waterborne parasite. Kate Ryan/WTOP in Maryland Matters.
HOLIDAY HEAT WAVE SENT HUNDREDS TO EMERGENCY ROOMS: More than 470 heat-related emergency room visits were reported during last week’s Independence Day heat wave, more ER visits in one week than had been recorded for the entire heat season that began in May, according to new data. Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters.
TRUMP PLAN TO OVERHAUL HISTORIC DC GOLF COURSE TROUBLES SENATORS: Four senators from Maryland and Virginia, all Democrats, said Thursday they have sent a letter to the Department of the Interior, demanding answers on the Trump administration’s plan to redevelop the East Potomac Golf Links. Sam Gauntt/Maryland Matters.
$10 MILLION DONATION TO BRING NEW SURGICAL ROOMS FOR AAMC: longtime Anne Arundel County philanthropic family has donated $10 million to Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. The donation, announced Wednesday, is one of the hospital’s largest philanthropic investments in its nearly 125-year?history. Tanisha Bhat/The Baltimore Sun.
HO CO ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO PROBATION FOR STEALING LAW FIRM’S IMMIGRATION RECORDS: Longtime Howard County activist Jake Burdett, a law school graduate who recently passed the bar exam, was sentenced Thursday to five years of probation stemming from the theft of immigration files from a Pikesville law firm that fired him. Lillian Reed/The Baltimore Banner.
STATE CLAIMS IMMUNITY FROM SOME SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUITS: The Supreme Court of Maryland has agreed to hear the state’s challenge to the Child Victims Act in a case that could end hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits and save the state and its taxpayers more than $1 billion, while denying some plaintiffs their day in court. Bryan P. Sears/Maryland Matters.
MO CO UNVEILS ICE REPORTING PORTAL: Montgomery County officials unveiled a new portal Wednesday that allows the public to share information about the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) activities in the county. County Executive Marc Elrich (D) and County Council President Natali Fani-González (D-Dist. 6) announced the new portal in a media briefing on Wednesday. Danny Chung-A-Fung/Bethesda Today.
MOORE HAS ‘TENS OF THOUSANDS’ OF ARMY MEDICAL RECORDS, SPOKESPERSON SAID: A claim made three weeks ago by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s press secretary during an impromptu Baltimore talk-radio appearance has opened a new front in Spotlight on Maryland’s ongoing investigation into the governor’s military history and records. Gary Collins/The Baltimore Sun.
