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Lobbyists exploit massive loophole to wine and dine lawmakers, aides at fancy getaways
In 2007, after one of the biggest scandals in K Street history, Congress cracked down on lobbyists’ ability to wine and dine lawmakers and aides with a host of reforms — including limits on extravagant, all-expenses-paid trips. In the nearly two decades since, the influence industry has blown a hole through those rules.
On the basis of sex? SCOTUS hears arguments on Tennessee trans care ban
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in US v. Skrmetti to decide the constitutionality of Tennessee’s 2023 ban on gender-affirming health care for minors. The landmark case could have widespread implications for other restrictions on transgender health care across the country and for a potential national ban on gender-affirming care.
Trump’s Kennedy nomination casts long shadow over NIH
The National Institutes of Health is under scrutiny following President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of health and human services, whose department includes NIH.
Trump’s pledge to ‘drain the swamp’ risks thousands of Maryland federal jobs
President-elect Donald Trump plans to reclassify scores of civil servants as political appointees in his second term. What does that mean for the 150,000 federal jobs in Maryland?
Maryland goes for Harris:
“Girl power” beats out Trump
While the presidential race was a nail-biter in swing states like neighboring Pennsylvania, reliably Democratic Maryland voted for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Early balloting starts in Maryland, turning out voters, volunteers, workers and watchers
On the first day of early voting in Maryland, more than 150,000 voters turned out to cast their ballots. Local elections administrators are pushing back on misinformation about the voting process and false claims of voting fraud.
Poll workers are in high demand – especially Maryland Republicans
As local election boards work around the clock to recruit and train workers before early voting starts next week, some Maryland counties are facing pressure to hire more Republican election judges.
Maryland ballot drop boxes installed as vote-by-mail deadlines approach
“It looks like, from those past three statewide elections, post-COVID, that it’s something that Marylanders have liked and are going to use,” said Maryland's top elections official. “And I think they see that mail-in voting offers flexibility to a lot of people. They get to choose when they want to vote.”
Justice Department sues ship companies for $100M in Baltimore’s Key Bridge cleanup
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the owner and the operator of the ship that collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, asking for more than $100 million to recoup the cost of extensive cleanup efforts to reopen the Fort McHenry Channel.
Maryland organizer joined pro-Palestine march at Democratic convention
Among thousands of protesters at the March on the Democratic National Convention Monday was 23-year-old Ahlam Dahood of Frederick, Maryland, who traveled solo to call for Vice President Kamala Harris to end the U.S. supply of weapons to Israel.
Accepting nomination in third bid for the White House, Trump reprises familiar themes
Accepting his party’s third consecutive nomination for the presidency at the Republican National Convention, former President Donald Trump reprised his campaign themes by denouncing President Joe Biden and Democrats and claiming his myriad legal challenges were their work.
Rachel Morin’s brother blames immigration, ‘open borders’ in RNC speech
The brother of a Maryland woman whose 2023 killing has fanned the flames of immigration policy debate addressed a packed stadium of delegates at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
School principals prepare to implement
the Blueprint For Maryland’s Future
As Maryland rolls out the 2021 landmark education reform law called the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, many school administrators are unsure what the plan means for their schools.
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