Cynthia Prairie, Author at MarylandReporter.com

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.

Rand Paul urges Md. GOP to broaden its reach

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican candidate for president, told Baltimore County Republicans at their annual fundraiser Tuesday night that the GOP needed to broaden its reach.

Paul said his party was good on the Second Amendment and the right to bear arms but maybe it was time to focus on more.

Many are misguided about manure on farmland

The Chesapeake Bay is a natural treasure every Maryland citizen cherishes and wants to protect. No one understands this more than Maryland farmers.

Recently, there seems to be more misguided information and biased views on the effect chicken and dairy manure may have on the environment.

State Roundup, June 9, 2015

State lawmakers begin meeting over police policy recommendations, begin by addressing diversity, psychological testing; Del. Cory McCray talks about freshman year in House, vetoed bill to give released felons the vote; more talk on moving the Preakness from Pimlico; U.S. Rep. Hoyer wants to know how state will pay to replace bridge in light of toll cuts; Hillary Clinton raising funds in Bethesda; and Arundel Exec Schuh scraps property tax cut proposal for income tax cut proposal.

Cynthia Prairie

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