The years-long effort in Maryland to cut waste-to-energy plants from a state green energy incentive program picked up a powerful ally last week. In a statement posted to social media, Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) said he plans to introduce legislation in the upcoming General Assembly session that would remove waste incineration from Maryland’s renewable portfolio standard, which determines what energy sources the state can count to meet certain clean energy mandates.

Maryland’s U.S. Senate race has taken up a lot of political oxygen, but the 6th Congressional District race between Democrat April McClain Delaney and Republican Neil Parrott may be the most competitive race in the state. The sprawling district has been represented by Democratic Rep. David Trone since 2018, but he left the seat open when he decided to run for the U.S. Senate. Trone lost the Democratic nomination for the Senate to Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, who is now running against Republican candidate, former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan.

 

Marylanders are keeping a close eye on the race for U.S. Senate, a race that’s proven to be contentious from the start, and with just over two weeks to go until election day – that continues to be the case. Former Maryland Governor and Republican candidate Larry Hogan not holding back in an exclusive interview with WMDT News Anchor Rob Petree where he slammed his Democratic opponent on the issue of illegal immigration.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott signed legislation that strengthens landlord accountability on Monday. Scott said slum landlords will not be tolerated. The legislation is aimed at holding landlords accountable. “We all believe in the opportunity for folks to own property and rent, but we have to do that properly,” Scott said. “That means they have to provide up-to-standard living for our residents in the city.”

As calls to remove the secretary of Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services grow, Gov. Wes Moore went to the Eastern Shore Monday for a hospital groundbreaking. Moore declined to answer directly whether his Department of Juvenile Services secretary’s job is in jeopardy. “I’m making sure that I will work with anybody,” Moore said. “That kind of leaves it open, doesn’t it? I think people need to know that I take this seriously.”

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation and Olney-based Sandy Spring Bancorp Monday announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for Atlantic Union to acquire Sandy Spring in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.6 billion. Combining the two organizations will create the largest regional bank headquartered in the lower mid-Atlantic, officials said, and significantly enhance the combined company’s presence in northern Virginia and Maryland.

The Governor’s Minority & Small Business Outreach Summit is heading to Baltimore Nov. 19 at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor. The event is expected to attract more than 800 local, small, minority-owned, women-owned and veteran-owned businesses and dozens of prime contractors. Attendees will discover how to tap into more than $7 billion in state contracting opportunities and benefit from a powerful lineup of workshops, networking sessions and insider tips designed to help their businesses break into the lucrative world of government contracts.

Days after police charged a Howard High School student with first-degree murder, Maryland lawmakers on Monday requested that state education officials improve information sharing between schools. The 17-year-old suspect, who has been charged as an adult for allegedly killing 26-year-old Kendrick McLellan, whom police found shot to death in a car in Columbia on Oct. 12, had a loaded gun in his backpack when officers arrested him at school on Oct. 15.

Most observers in Baltimore County are wondering who will be the next county executive if Johnny Olszewski wins his congressional election in November, which it looks like he will. However, the better question at the outset is what traits the next county executive should have — and what issues they should be focusing on. The stakes of this appointment are extraordinarily high. The county is facing difficult choices when it comes to next year’s budget, such as how it will pay for increasing costs for health care and pension obligations and the implementation of the Blueprint education plan without reliable funding streams. (Photo: Baltimore Sun)

As the U.S. Senate race in Maryland enters its final stretch, the two main candidates are flooding voters with new ads aimed at heightening their appeal, with Democrat Angela Alsobrooks touting support from Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican Larry Hogan pointing to the bipartisan backing he has received. In an ad debuting Tuesday, Harris — the Democratic presidential nominee — makes the case that Alsobrooks would support her plans to lower consumer costs, grow the economy and “chart a new way forward,” all goals that Democrats have argued would be thwarted if Republicans seize a Senate majority this November.