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...
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SUES STATE OVER PASSAGE OF COMMUNITY TRUST ACT: The Trump administration sued the state of Maryland Thursday, claiming that the state’s new immigrant protection law, the Community Trust Act, interferes with the federal government’s ability to...
MOORE SEEKS TO UPSTAGE TRUMP, OTHER DEMOCRATS WITH HOLIDAY PATRIOTISM SPEECH: Gov. Wes Moore will compete with hot dogs, fireworks and intense heat when he delivers a speech extolling patriotism on a milestone birthday for the nation. Maryland’s Democratic governor...
STEEP PENALTIES COULD BE IN STORE FOR REDUCED SNAP PAYMENT ERROR RATES: In recent years, Maryland has reduced the administrative errors it makes when sending food assistance dollars to low-income families — but that success might cost the state in a year. New federal...
STATE TO SPEND $85 MILLION TO RETAIN RIGHTS TO PREAKNESS, BLACK EYED SUSAN STAKES: The state said Thursday it is exercising its option to match an $85 million offer to retain the intellectual property rights to the Preakness Stakes and the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes,...
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