HOYER, OLSZEWSKI MEET WITH NETANYAHU, URGE HIM TO END WAR: Two members of Maryland’s congressional delegation returned from Israel on Thursday after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pressing him to end the war and address the humanitarian crisis...
ANOTHER PURPLE LINE SNAFU FLOODS APARTMENTS: Reports that construction on the light-rail Purple Line from Bethesda to New Carrollton was on track to be completed by the new 2027 deadline have been reassuring to county officials. But on July 25, a Purple Line...
LAID OFF FEDERAL WORKERS PROGRAM PAUSED AMID HIRING FREEZE: The Moore administration's plan to hire laid off federal workers is not happening right now. The decision comes after Republicans blasted the initiative as hypocritical because the state is in the middle of a...
Baltimore County Exec Klausmeier bypasses incumbent Madigan as she names new inspector general; Maryland’s federal workforce sees biggest one-month decline in 29 years; demolition begins at Pimlico Race Course.
NAVAL ACADEMY’S FIRST FEMALE SUPERINTENDENT BEING REASSIGNED: Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, the first woman and Hispanic person to lead the U.S. Naval Academy, is being reassigned after just 18 months in the latest Trump-era change at the Annapolis military college,...
DESPITE SERIOUS CASES, B’MORE OVERDOSES CONTINUE DECLINE: The mass casualty event in Penn North that saw at least 25 people hospitalized on Thursday underscored the persistence of Baltimore’s overdose crisis, despite a recent drop citywide. Mathew Schumer/The...
MASSIVE TAX BREAK AND SPENDING CUT BILL PASSES: U.S. House Republicans cleared the “big, beautiful bill” for President Donald Trump’s signature Thursday, marking an end to the painstaking months-long negotiations that began just after voters gave the GOP unified...
DEMOLITION OF KEY BRIDGE REMNANTS TO BEGIN JULY 7: Fifteen months after the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s main span collapsed into the Patapsco River, the rest of the structure finally has a demolition date.Beginning “on or about July 7, weather permitting,” mechanical...
BLACK LEADERS WANT MOORE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, SAY RACIAL WEALTH GAP CAN’T END WITHOUT REPARATIONS: Though Gov. Wes Moore announced actions toward ending the racial wealth gap Thursday, members of the Maryland Legislative Black Caucus say that cannot truly happen without...
DESPITE EFFORTS BY LAWMAKERS, ENERGY BILLS ARE GOING UP AGAIN. HERE’S WHY: Discussions about rising energy costs may have dominated this past Maryland General Assembly session. But even higher bills are on the way. Beginning June 1, elevated rates took effect for...
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