NOT JUST MILLIONAIRES WOULD PAY MORE UNDER MOORE'S TAX PLAN: More than half a million Marylanders who earn $500,000 or less per year would see their income tax bills go up under Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s proposed revenue plan. An analysis of the proposal by the...
JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP’S FEDERAL WORKER BUYOUT PROGRAM, CALLED A ‘SCHEME’ BY MD LEADERS: A federal judge on Thursday temporarily paused President Trump’s plan to offer buyouts to millions of federal workers, an initiative aimed at trimming the federal workforce but that...
NO SURVIVORS FOUND IN CRASH BETWEEN MILITARY HELICOPTER AND JET OVER POTOMAC: An American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 people collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter late Wednesday near Reagan National Airport in Virginia just across from the District of...
$20 minimum wage by 2030 proposed; drone regulation for police is in the air; disability advocates say they’re not being heard.
WHAT GOV. MOORE’S BUDGET MEANS FOR SCHOOLS: This year was supposed to be huge for education spending. The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, the state’s expensive and ambitious plan to make schools the best in the nation, called for a massive investments in teachers and...
BLUE LAWMAKERS FROM MD. BEGIN NEW YEAR IN RED CONGRESS, SEEKING ‘COMMON GROUND’ DESPITE CHALLENGES: Johnny Olszewski Jr. planned to bring his young daughter to the U.S. House of Representatives for his swearing-in on Friday. “My daughter gets to be on the floor...
TWO MARYLANDERS FACE NEW COMPETITION IN BID FOR DNC CHAIR: Two Maryland politicians are being considered to become the next chair of the Democratic National Committee, vying to lead a political party that is rebuilding after November losses in the White House and both...
U.S. HOUSE TORPEDOES NEW SPENDING PLAN, GOV’T SHUTDOWN NEARS: The U.S. House failed to pass a Republican stopgap spending package Thursday, sharply increasing the odds a partial government shutdown will begin after the current funding bill expires Friday at midnight....
GOV. MOORE SAYS STATE CONFRONTING ‘TWO STORMS’: Gov. Wes Moore (D) has used his semiannual speeches to the Maryland Association of Counties to deliver sobering fiscal news before and Thursday night’s address, at the MACo winter conference in Cambridge, was no...
SCHOOLS WILL GET NEW STANDARDIZED TESTS: Maryland plans to replace the standardized tests used to assess students’ math and reading skills at the end of next school year, members of the state Board of Education announced this week. Jessica Calefati/The Baltimore...
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