OFFICIALS GRAPPLE WITH ‘BIZARRE’ TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER ON CHESAPEAKE BAY: Just months after federal officials joined Chesapeake Bay states in December to renew their pledge to restore the nation’s largest estuary, President Donald Trump on Wednesday rescinded an...
69 MARYLANDERS DIED IN THE ATTACKS 25 YEARS AGO: It’s been 25 years since the terror attacks that flew two passenger jets into the World Trade Center and one into the Pentagon, and crashed a fourth into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, when the passengers tried...
MARYLAND SUPREME COURT SAYS REDISTRICTING BALLOT QUESTION CAN GO TO VOTERS: A proposed ballot question that could set new standards for the way congressional maps are drawn in Maryland will go to voters in November, the Supreme Court of Maryland ruled Thursday...
ALLEGED FAULTY SOFTWARE TO BLAME FOR MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MEDICAID FRAUD: Maryland is suing a former state health department contractor for its allegedly defective software that hobbled regulators’ abilities to fight fraud in the drug and mental health treatment...
LABOR LEADER PATRICK MORAN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNION AFSCME: Patrick Moran, longtime Maryland labor leader, was elected president of AFSCME International, one of the largest labor unions in the country, Thursday. Lee O.Sanderlin/The Baltimore Banner. ...
COUNTY LEADERS LOOK FOR OPTIONS AS BUDGETS GET TIGHTER: County leaders said they need more options to help weather mounting budget pressures driven by reductions in state aid coupled with costs shifted to local governments and mandated education spending. Bryan P....
ONLINE PREDICTION MARKETS RILE UP STATE LAWMAKERS: Prediction market platforms say they are like commodity markets that offer contracts to speculate on the future price of corn or oil — not sportsbooks that allow gamblers to place bets. Maryland is among the states...
MOORE ANNOUNCES FAST TRACKED ADMISSIONS FOR UNENROLLED HOWARD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: Governor Wes Moore on Thursday announced that hundreds of students who were suddenly unenrolled at Howard University last week can get fast-tracked admission and an $800 credit to a...
STATE WORKERS UNION SUES MOORE, UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOR WITHHELD RAISES: Union leaders filed an unfair labor practice claim and said they were also filing suit against the governor and the University System of Maryland over recent layoffs and negotiated pay raises for...
AIR QUALITY WORSENS AS WILDFIRE SMOKE DRIFTS IN: Maryland health experts are urging residents to stay indoors Friday as wildfire smoke pushes air quality to dangerous levels, warning that even healthy people could experience breathing problems and other effects.Sara...
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