Bryan Renbaum, Author at MarylandReporter.com

After 40 years, Chesapeake Bay Program yields mixed results

On a chilly, overcast day in December 1983, more than 700 people who were worried about the declining health of the Chesapeake Bay packed a large hall at George Mason University in Northern Virginia to press for action to save it.

After decades of research, capped by a $27 million, five-year federal study cataloguing the Bay’s ills, the governors of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator, the mayor of the District of Columbia and the head of the Chesapeake Bay Commission in pledging to work together to turn things around.

Congress protects popular walking trails on Chesapeake near Annapolis

By Jeremy Cox/Bay Journal The $886 billion national defense bill signed by President Biden on Friday contains some notable fine print for Maryland nature buffs. Three members of the state’s congressional delegation inserted language into the bill blocking the U.S....

State Roundup: Will Trump be on Md. ballot?; Planning Commission approves Harborplace development; Chris McCollum is freed after 3 months in jail for stealing campaign funds

The question of whether Donald Trump is eligible to appear on Maryland’s Republican primary ballot is under consideration by the secretary of state, her office said this week after a Colorado court disqualified the former president from that state’s election.

Steele abandoned the GOP before it abandoned him

Wednesday’s State Roundup in Maryland Reporter.com summarized a Baltimore Sun article: “Split in Maryland Gop continues as leaders seek to rebuild.” Normally I enjoy reading this compilation of news for and about Maryland but this morning I almost choked on my eggs as...

State Roundup: Affordable housing among Moore’s legislative priorities; Homicides drop in Baltimore city, rate remains among highest in nation; teens bear brunt of B’more gun deaths

Affordable housing among Moore’s legislative priorities; Homicides drop in Baltimore city, rate remains among highest in nation; teens bear brunt of B’more gun deaths

State Roundup: Split in Maryland GOP continues as leaders seek to rebuild; state transportation earns a near failing grade; what O’s stadium changes are in the lease?

Split in Maryland GOP continues as former leaders feel ostracized, current ones seek to rebuild; state transportation earns a near failing grade; what changes can you expect at the Orioles stadium?

State Roundup: Judge sets May 31 deadline for church abuse survivors to file claims; state, O’s finally reach lease agreement

Judge sets May 31 deadline for church abuse survivors to file claims; state, O’s finally reach lease agreement while development rights remain on hold.

State Roundup: Search plan begins for ER patients who erroneously paid for care; BPW set to vote today on O’s lease, development plan

Board of Public Works set to vote today on O’s lease, development plan; search plan begins for ER patients who erroneously paid for care.

State Roundup: Orioles and state make tentative deal to extend lease; analyst predicts state will face budget gap of $761 million; panel urges lawmakers to boost tolls, vehicle registration fees

State officials and the Orioles have tentatively agreed to extend the ballclub’s lease at Camden Yards while also moving forward on a 30-year deal to keep the team at its Baltimore home.

State Roundup: 37 men sue Maryland, claiming sex abuse while at youth detention center; series of bills would aid military spouses and their families

37 men sue Maryland, claiming sex abuse while at youth detention center; series of bills would aid military spouses and their families; Moore says O’s lease deal near; Maryland report card finds number of 5-star schools falls.

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