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State Roundup: Dali owners will pay U.S. $102M for bridge disaster; early voting underway; Ben Cardin hasn’t slowed down
DALI OWNERS WILL PAY U.S. $102M FOR KEY BRIDGE DISASTER: The owners and operators of the ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, killing six workers and paralyzing the Port of Baltimore, will pay more than $100 million to the Justice Department to...
Ben Cardin hasn’t slowed down
This column appears in the November issue of The Business Monthly serving Howard and Anne Arundel counties. Ben Cardin hasn’t slowed down. Maryland’s senior U.S. senator turned 81 Oct. 5. Come Jan. 3, Cardin is retiring and will be out of elected public office for the...
Ben and Len: A conversation with Sen. Ben Cardin who retires in January after 58 years in elected office
U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin leaves public office in January after 58 years — 20 years in the Maryland House of Delegates, 20 years in U.S. House and 18 years in the U.S. Senate. On Sept. 12, Len Lazarick of Maryland Reporter had a 38-minute face-to-face interview with him in his Capitol Hill office. Here is a lightly edited version of that conversation.
Ticket-splitting in Pennsylvania and Maryland
This is an updated version of a column that appears in the October issue of The Business Monthly, serving Howard and Anne Arundel counties. The presidential election this year may well be determined in places like the neighborhood where I grew up in Croydon,...
Commentary: Sick of all the campaign coverage? It will get worse
The following commentary appears in the July issue of The Business Monthly serving Howard and Anne Arundel counties. Say what? Donald Trump wants Larry Hogan to win the U.S. Senate seat in Maryland? That’s what he told a TV reporter in mid-June, just days after his...
STATE ROUNDUP: SURPRISE! TRUMP WANTS HOGAN TO WIN; MOORE, BROWN HAIL SCOTUS RULING ON ABORTION DRUG
TRUMP WANTS HOGAN TO WIN: Former President Donald Trump told Fox News that he is endorsing former governor Larry Hogan for Senate. “Yeah I’d like to see him win. I think he has a good chance to win," Trump said. "I would like to see him win and we got to take the...
STATE ROUNDUP: Moore vetoes few bills; some Republicans wary of Hogan
MOORE FINISHES UP BILL-SIGNING, VETOES ETC.: Gov. Wes Moore issued his final actions on the remaining bills from the 2024 legislative session Friday, tying up all loose ends following the General Assembly’s 90-day session. Moore signed 1,047 of the nearly 3,500 bills...
Analysis: Primary results were not as close as some polls showed; $300 per vote was not enough to win
It wasn’t even close. Polling in primaries when many voters are undecided and turnout is low is notoriously unreliable. Surveys were showing close Democratic races for the U.S. Senate and the 3rd Congressional District, but those weren’t even close.
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