MOORE DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN WESTERN MD: Gov. Wes Moore declared a state of emergency Thursday evening as he toured parts of Western Maryland that saw historic flood damage this week. Sapna Bansil and Adam Willis/The Baltimore Banner. As residents in Allegany...
B’MORE FAITHFUL MARK NEW ERA WITH AMERICAN POPE: The Baltimore faithful are marking a new era of the Catholic Church amid the election of the first American to become pope. Chicago-native Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday after four rounds of voting, taking...
FORMER BANKER PLANS 2026 PRIMARY CHALLENGE TO MOORE: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore may get an intra-party challenge when he runs for reelection in 2026, with retired banker Ed Hale Sr. close to announcing a campaign. Hale said in a brief interview Thursday that he’s “pretty...
FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP PLAN TO BAN DEI IN SCHOOLS: A federal judge in Maryland temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Education’s attempt to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices in schools by threatening to withhold federal funding from schools that...
SALVADORAN OFFICIALS LET VAN HOLLEN TO MEET WITH ABREGO GARCIA: Sen. Chris Van Hollen was finally able to meet Thursday night with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Beltsville resident who was erroneously deported last month to his native El Salvador, where he has...
PERKINS, STATE-RUN PSYCH HOSPITAL, DENIED ACCREDITATION: A nationwide health-care safety inspection group preliminarily denied accreditation last week to Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, the maximum-security psychiatric facility that has been beset by...
STATES ORDERED TO CERTIFY DEI BAN OR LOSE FUNDS: The U.S. Department of Education demanded in a letter to state education leaders on Thursday that they certify all K-12 schools in their states are complying with an earlier Dear Colleague letter banning diversity,...
MOORE SAYS TAX CUTS GIVE ‘BREATHING ROOM’ FOR MIDDLE CLASS: Gov. Wes Moore said the fiscal 2026 budget needs to give a tax break to middle-class taxpayers, but he sidestepped questions on whether the plan currently steaming through the legislature provides meaningful...
STATE MISSED CRITICAL KEY BRIDGE VULNERABILITY PRIOR TO COLLAPSE: The Maryland Transportation Authority failed to conduct a critical vulnerability assessment that would have allowed them to identify previously known structural risks with the Francis Scott Key Bridge...
CROSSOVER DAY AT THE LEGISLATURE: The Maryland legislature hits a key deadline Monday, signaling the final three weeks of a 90-day session marked by budgetary woes and continual blows from the federal government. Hannah Gaskill/The Baltimore Sun. NEW FBI HQ GOES TO...
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