Santi Tranquillo, Author at MarylandReporter.com

State Roundup: Maryland public schools among most racially segregated; mental health, addiction services face budget cuts

Maryland public schools among most racially segregated; mental health, addiction services face budget cuts; PJM finalizing plans for data center demands; Atty Gen Brown defends Trust Act as constitutional.

State Roundup: Why 3rd Party candidates keep fighting; Sheriffs say DOJ suit confirms concerns over Trust Act; highway deaths are down slightly while trooper cite 4,600 speeding drivers

3rd Party candidates; Sheriffs say DOJ suit confirms concerns over Trust Act; highway deaths are down slightly while trooper cite 4,600 speeding drivers

state roundup: Feds sue state for interfering with immigration enforcement; atterbeary won 90% of Howard precincts

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...

State Roundup: DOJ threatens elections chief with criminal charges; gun homicides are down, but gun suicides hit record levels

DOJ threatens Maryland elections chief with criminal charges; Gun homicides are down, but gun suicide hit record levels; What to expect from the General Assembly’s special session.

A tale of two countries: Del. Lily Qi’s memoir

Del. Lily Qi’s new memoir “Elected American: From Red China to Blue Maryland” is really two books in one. First, it is a recounting of growing up in Communist Shanghai and then, as an adult, the sometimes difficult adjustment to life and work in the U.S. Secondly, it...

State Roundup: Session set to address constitutional amendment on redistricting; Szeliga to renew push to ban trans athletes from girls sports; A river restoration failed, but can the bay be saved?

State House, Senate set redistricting session for early August; Del. Szeliga to renew push to ban trans athletes from girls sports; A river restoration failed, but can the Chesapeake Bay be saved?

Supreme Court protected women’s sports; Maryland legislators should do the same

By Paul McCosby In last week's decisions in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox, the Supreme Court opened the way for states to protect girls' sports. Maryland lawmakers should now follow West Virginia and Idaho by enacting similar protections for girls'...

State Roundup: Uncertified count indicates five Assembly incumbents lost; Elections Board to question vendor of faulty ballots; PSC freezes BGE rate hike

Uncertified count indicates five General Assembly incumbents lost; Elections Board to question vendor of faulty ballots; PSC freezes BGE rate hike.

After 250 years, most empires are in decline. Is the U.S. one of them?

A version of this column appears in the July issue of The Business Monthly serving Howard and Anne Arundel counties After 250 years, one historian found, that many of the empires of the past lasted about that long, generally starting small, expanding to great size...

State Roundup: Moore offers July 4th takedown of nationalism; Raskin celebrates Supreme Court upholding birthright citizenship; and July 4th celebrations and Marylanders’ role in Revolutionary history

MOORE's 4th of JULY SPEECH DEFINES PATRIOTISM VS NATIONALISM: Gov. Wes Moore delivered a Fourth of July speech Saturday from the Maryland State House. It was titled The Work of Patriotism. Moore says nationalism and patriotism are not interchangeable and are not...

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