If you will enjoy a day off this coming Monday, you likely owe thanks to two children of immigrants who helped build the American labor movement and establish the Labor Day holiday. While there is some debate about the details, many historians credit the creation of the Labor Day holiday to Peter McGuire, the son of Irish immigrants and co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, and Matthew Maguire, secretary of the Central Labor Union of New York and organizer of the nation’s first Labor Day parade in New York City on Sept. 5, 1882.

A group led by students has challenged the Frederick County Board of Education to take ambitious and dramatic actions to help combat climate change in the school system. Maybe the old Bible verse holds true, that a child shall lead them. Sunrise Frederick is the local chapter of the youth-led nonprofit Sunrise Movement. The group encourages organizations to adopt sustainable practices as a local way to battle climate change.

State officials expressed optimism for a long-term deal to keep the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. A spokesperson for Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Tuesday that negotiations, criticized by some as lethargic, continue but would not be done in public. Comments made Tuesday, however, offered no new look into the state of negotiations or when a new deal could be inked.

The signs were there. The social media post three days earlier flagged by a police intelligence unit. A U-Haul truck loading in tables and other equipment on the morning of what would be the Brooklyn Day celebration. The growing crowd observed by city surveillance footage that CitiWatch employees viewed before gunfire claimed the lives of two young people and injured 28 other attendees.

Local law enforcement officials are hoping updates to operating procedures will have a positive impact at local schools. Worcester County Sheriff Matt Crisafulli said changes in standard operating procedures for his deputies will make local schools even safer. Following a recent agreement between the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office and Worcester County Public Schools, school resource deputies now have updated guidelines on how to respond in certain situations.

 

Frederick will move ahead with programs to create jobs for young people, build affordable housing in the city, and help people who have been incarcerated, Mayor Michael O’Connor said Tuesday. O’Connor, D, announced the plans during his annual State of the City address Tuesday at the Delaplaine Arts Center in downtown Frederick.

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) personnel traveled over 4,000 miles to search for missing persons and recover dead bodies in Maui, Hawaii after raging wildfires killed over 100 people. More than 70 MCFRS members returned to BWI airport around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. After a debrief, they were released to go home around 4:30 a.m., said MCFRS Assistant Fire Chief David Pazos.

 

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that 10 blockbuster, high-cost prescription drugs will be subject to price negotiation by Medicare — the first time that the federal government has been allowed to leverage its massive bargaining power to lower drug prices. The provision was one of several included in the Inflation Reduction Act passed last year that’s designed to lower drug costs for both Medicare beneficiaries and the federal government, which, taken together, will reduce the federal deficit by $237 billion by 2031, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Ashwani Jain, who ran for governor in 2022 but lost in the Democratic primary, has filed to run for Congress in Maryland’s 6th District. Jain, who lives in Potomac, is a program director at the National Kidney Foundation. He previously served as the director of outreach for the Cancer Moonshot initiative spearheaded by then-Vice President Joe Biden.

 

Tens of thousands of Howard County children started school this week, but busloads of them walked in the door late. And got home late. And won’t have a bus for the rest of the week. Swarms of cars driven by frustrated parents are turning into school loops across the county each morning, forming makeshift carpools to supplement buses that may or may not arrive.