If you had trouble keeping your Patrick Hogans straight, this probably won’t help. Patrick N. Hogan, the former state delegate from Frederick County, is heading off to the land of contract lobbying at an Annapolis firm headed by another former state lawmaker with an all too familiar name. Hogan announced Tuesday that he will leave his position as vice chancellor of government relations for the University System of Maryland at the end of October.
While the Purple Line light rail is expected to be completed around 2027, Montgomery County officials say they don’t want to wait that long for repairs to the roads damaged by the project. Montgomery County Council President Evan Glass (D-At-large) urged action to help drivers and pedestrians safely commute past and around construction of the 16.2-mile light-rail transit line that stretches from Bethesda to New Carrollton.
Orioles fan J.T. Fauber stopped at the iconic statue of his all-time favorite player, Brooks Robinson, as he walked into Camden Yards on Tuesday. After smiling for a photo, another fan gingerly approached — his grim face and the tears in his eyes telegraphing his message: Robinson, a baseball legend uniquely beloved in Baltimore for his glove and his spirit, had just died. He was 86.
Frederick County, once again you have made us proud. When our community see a real need, we reach into our pockets to help out. So it was for Jana Inskeep, an 11-year-old member of 4-H, who was diagnosed with leukemia and hospitalized just a few weeks before The Great Frederick Fair began. When the word spread about Jana, a wave of extraordinary generosity swept over the fair. Jana received an outpouring of support from friends in agriculture and from the Frederick County community at large.
Remedies offered so far would do little to address inequities that are part of the student loan repayment crisis. One such inequity is tied to the U.S. racial wealth gap. In the U.S., 86% of Black students are taking out loans compared to 68% of white students. Black students owe, on average, nearly $10,000 more in loans. When wealth is assessed, Black households make up 2.9% of overall wealth in the U.S., while 86.8% of the overall wealth is held by white households. Diversity in home and business ownership is also directly affected.
For ages, philosophers and others have contemplated and debated whether beauty is subjective or objective. The Greek philosophers, such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, spent a great deal of time considering the nature of beauty. Confucius is believed to have said, “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” Much later, in William Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” the princess says, “Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye.
As Congress barrels toward a partial government shutdown, the White House Monday warned that a program that helps millions of low income families afford healthy food could see substantial cuts. The White House released a state-by-state breakdown, estimating that nearly 7 million people who rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, also known as WIC, could be at risk of losing funds to purchase select food and receive vouchers for vegetables and fruit.
A letter to the editor from Mike Heaps of Forest Hill suggests that John Denver’s “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” deserves a replacement at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, where the song has long been played during the seventh-inning stretch — the brief interlude when the visitors have finished their at-bats in the seventh inning and the home team Orioles are about to take their swings. It is traditionally a moment when fans are encouraged to stand and “stretch” (hence the name) as many have likely been sitting for two hours or so, and, let’s face it, can start to feel a bit drowsy, especially at a night game with requisite hot dogs and beer consumed.
Kaiser Permanente is one of the largest health care providers in the Washington-Baltimore region as well as many other parts of the country. And now it looks like its unions may strike, if only temporarily. Last week, a labor coalition representing tens of thousands of Kaiser employees threatened to walk out on October 4-6 if they do not reach an agreement with their employer by the end of this week.
After two years of major construction, the nonprofit Maryland Food Bank hopes to serve as a central point in the state for hunger relief efforts and expand its culinary job training program as it pushes for increased community efforts during national Hunger Action Month. Community members who work for the organization, helped support the cause or directly benefited from the food bank’s assistance gathered last week to celebrate the completed remodel and look towards the next chapter for the nonprofit’s hunger relief efforts.