Howard County justice moved into the 21st century from the 1850s Tuesday with the official opening of a new $120 million-plus courthouse built with a public-private partnership.
Len Lazarick
Open comptroller seat attracts trio of candidates
For the first time in 20 years, Maryland’s incumbent state comptroller will not be on the ballot next year. The race to succeed chief tax collector Peter Franchot as he runs for governor has already attracted a trio of serious candidates who have hit the campaign trail.
Killing journalists is wrong; so is killing newspapers
Thousands of newspapers and magazines have died over their heyday in the past 50 years. I worked for three of them. Newspapers come and newspapers go. But the slow death of the Baltimore Sun and its media group, which includes community papers on which I spent half my career, is particularly painful to watch.
1924 life insurance policy on an infant pays off
On June 16, 1924, Thomas Lazarick, nee Lazarczuk, a 35-year-old immigrant from Ukraine running a dry-goods store in Camden, N.J., bought an “Infantile Whole Life Policy” on his 11-month-old fifth child named Leonard. The policy costs 5 cents a week.
Valuing news
We hope you enjoyed our coverage of the Maryland General Assembly session that just wrapped up. Maybe enjoyed is the wrong word about watching the legislative sausage making. How about appreciated? Valued? We do our best to give you the most comprehensive coverage of...
State Roundup: Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford won’t be running for governor but Commerce Secretary Kelly Schulz will
Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford announces he won’t run to succeed Gov. Larry Hogan. Then Commerce Secretary Kelly Schulz announces she will.
UPDATE: House passes repeal of Confederate state song
UPDATE: Maryland’s state song sympathizing with the Confederacy may finally be heading to the dustbin of history. The House of Delegates voted to repeal the song Friday with no debate in a vote of 98-38, with a majority of Republicans voting against repeal. Previous...
Bill on more open internet car pricing dies in House committee
Buyers searching to purchase a car on the internet hope to find the lowest price but often auto manufacturers are forcing dealers to post a minimum advertised price that is actually higher than what they might be willing to sell the car for. A bill, SB208, to allow...
UPDATE: Lt. Gov. Rutherford will not run for governor
School students in Maryland and their parents should be preparing to be in school this summer to overcome the learning deficits that have happened due to lack of in-person schooling during the COVID pandemic, Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford, R, said in a Zoom interview Friday.
Len Lazarick Sr., editor’s father, dies at 97; decorated WWII combat veteran and defense engineer
Leonard W. Lazarick Sr., a long-time engineer in the defense industry and a decorated combat infantry veteran of the Pacific theater in World War II, died November 29 of complications related to COVID-19 at Holland Village senior living community in Holland, Pa. He...
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