MOORE DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY, ANNOUNCES $10 MILLION IN ASSISTANCE TO FOOD BANKS: In lieu of covering the cost of SNAP benefits set to expire at the end of October, Moore is sending funds to food banks and partners statewide. Sarah Petrowich/WYPR. D.C. and...
WESTERN MD’s FINAL APPEAL FOR FEMA HELP DENIED: The Trump administration rejected the state’s final appeal for federal disaster relief for Western Maryland communities that are still recovering from May’s historic flash floods. Sapna Bansil/The Baltimore Banner. The...
This column appears in the November issue of The Business Monthly serving Howard and Anne Arundel counties. Randy Marriner is a serial entrepreneur. After he made his initial nest egg in marketing with his Columbia firm 20 years ago, he took up real estate...
Several thousand demonstrators lined the streets of downtown Columbia Saturday as part of the “No Kings” rallies across the country protesting President Donald Trump and his actions. Republican politicians had sought to portray the demonstrators in advance as people...
PANEL RECOMMENDS $1.75 BILLION IN BONDS FOR NEW FISCAL YEAR: A key fiscal panel is recommending the state continue with a plan to borrow up to $1.75 billion for capital projects in the coming fiscal year, despite the potential for fiscal headwinds from the federal...
To a cheering crowd of over 300 people, Del. Vanessa Atterbeary, chair of the House Ways & Means Committee, formally announced Wednesday night that she wants to run the government in Howard County where she grew up. She promised to continue her fight for school...
SOYBEAN FARMERS ARE CAUGHT IN A U.S.-CHINA TRADE WAR: China, the world’s top purchaser of soybeans, gets a large share of its beans from American farmers. Last year alone, China bought more than half of the soybeans exported by them, or $12.6 billion worth. The more...
HOUSE SPEAKER SAYS ‘NOW IS THE TIME’ TO TAKE UP REDISTRICTING: The leader of Maryland’s House of Delegates is pushing her colleagues on redistricting, saying she is “eager” and “willing” to consider redrawing congressional lines to help match changes made in...
PANEL LOWERS CURRENT REVENUE ESTIMATES, ISSUES WEAK OUTLOOK FOR COMING FISCAL YEAR: A key fiscal panel revised its revenue estimates downward slightly for the current fiscal year, saying Thursday that it expects revenues to be less than one-tenth of a percent lower...
TRUMP WARNS MOORE ON KEY BRIDGE COSTS, ‘UNCONSTITUTIONAL’ DEI PRACTICES: The Trump administration sent a letter Friday to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warning of concerns over a potentially ballooning budget and “unconstitutional DEI practices” for the rebuilding of the...
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