Council Member Andrew Friedson is one of the county’s most prominent elected officials. CASA is one of the county’s most prominent interest groups and depends on the state and county governments for a large chunk of its budget. Normally, when parties like this disagree, they do so politely and, if possible, quietly.
The Frederick County Health Department will host two community meetings this month on how to improve the Black birthing experience in the county and gather input for its Black Maternal Health Strategic Plan. One session will be in person on Nov. 13 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the C. Burr Artz Public Library Programming Room at 110 E. Patrick St. in Frederick. The second session will be virtual on Nov. 18 from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Education officials are working with law enforcement to evaluate school safety concerns, according to a joint statement released Tuesday. Worcester County State’s Attorney Kris Heiser, Sheriff Matt Crisafulli and three Worcester County Board of Education members issued a joint statement this week after meeting several times.
An Anne Arundel County bill that would require developers to set aside a portion of units for moderate-income housing was amended Monday night following its first public hearing at The Arundel Center. One change made to the bill, which is designed to provide affordable housing for people living and working in the county, was slightly raising the number of affordable for-sale units a new larger development must offer.
An unusual lesson plan at Annapolis High School, taught by Maryland’s 2023-24 Teacher of the Year, attracted a visit from Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller on Tuesday. Due to the success of Mary Kay Connerton’s wellness program, Miller came to participate in a guided yoga session and a roundtable discussion on mental health with school staff and students.
The billboard shows what looks like a young woman’s hands tied with rope. The words written over the image state “It happens here.” I saw the billboard across the street from a motel in Wicomico County, Maryland, where I met 40-plus migrant seasonal farmworkers from Mexico on H2A visas working on farms in Maryland. The horror of human trafficking, farmworkers tell me, can be true. It is not just about sex trafficking.
When I served as Maryland’s secretary of commerce, I had the privilege of participating in the remarkable transformation of Bethlehem Steel, an abandoned industrial site in Baltimore County, into a 21st-century logistics hub known as Tradepoint Atlantic. Thanks to consensus building between county officials, residents, and the business community, developers put the 3,300-acre site back on the tax rolls, supporting thousands of jobs for Maryland workers, and attracting major employers like Harley-Davidson, Home Depot, and FedEx.
It’s all paws on deck as two animal welfare organizations are joining forces to educate the public and help eliminate animal cruelty while holding abusers accountable. Show Your Soft Side, Inc. (SYSS) is the public service campaign created to debunk the notion among young people that hurting animals makes one seem tough.
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. is on track to invest billions of dollars in its natural gas infrastructure and more than double a typical household’s bill by 2035, which flies in the face of state climate goals, a consumer advocate’s report out this week says. The Office of People’s Counsel released new projections showing that BGE and two other gas utilities, the three largest in Maryland, are on track to spend $53 billion on gas equipment over the next 46 years.
CitiStat will be in a position to triple its staff under a City Council bill that avoided a mayoral veto by agreeing to place its data-crunching employees under the umbrella of City Administrator Faith Leach. Councilman Mark Conway, former acting director at CitiStat, last night announced four changes to Bill 23-0372 following a compromise struck with the staff of Mayor Brandon Scott.