Speaker of the House Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) announced a series of changes to leadership in the House of Delegates on Wednesday, after a standing committee’s leader resigned. And the domino effect of reassignments includes the speaker’s intention to nominate a new speaker pro tem in January, when the General Assembly reconvenes for its regular session.
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met Tuesday afternoon to discuss a way to break the logjam on the debt ceiling, with fears of a self-inflicted economic calamity growing as Republicans demand spending cuts. Leaving the meeting, congressional leaders hinted at some progress. McCarthy, R-Calif., said that the sides remain “far apart” but that “it is possible to get a deal by the end of the week.”
GSE Systems Inc. has raised “substantial doubt” about its ability to meet its financial obligations while also continuing to face potential delisting from the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Columbia-based company, which provides engineering, staffing and simulation software to nuclear, electrical and other power industries, is in a tough spot financially, having lost almost $3 million, or 13 cents a share in the first quarter of 2023.
Montgomery County faces a public education staffing crisis. A staff and faculty shortage combined with record-setting enrollment has more than overburdened our support staff, faculty, administrators, and nurses. Shortchanging education spending is only exasperating the situation, particularly as Montgomery County is now spending less on education per student than it did over a decade ago.
Set to sign another 175 new laws Tuesday, Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, will finalize Maryland lawmakers’ efforts to put further limits on who can carry guns and where they can carry them — including prohibitions on firearms in public spaces like schools, bars, restaurants, performance venues, polling places and more.
From the day that County Executive Marc Elrich sent his recommended ten cent property tax hike to the county council, not a single source of mine in the council building predicted that he would get all of it. That’s despite the fact that all six county employee unions have supported it and the most powerful union – the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) – has made it a top priority for passage.
Sunday, the fading glory of Maryland’s most scenic parking lot was on display. City Dock, a magnet for millions of visitors to Annapolis each year, is a stretch of asphalt and brick facing a historic waterfront view. Just as it is every weekend when the weather is nice, competition on Mother’s Day for the 150 or so parking spaces was fierce.
There is no shortage of opportunity in Baltimore. Yet, there always seems to be a shortage of resources to seize those opportunities. Even when hundreds of millions of dollars come our way, it feels like a drop in the bucket after decades of disinvestment. Too often, that feeling of scarcity leads to resignation and a lack of imagination.
During the past 14 years he spent working in maintenance for the Maryland Transportation Authority, Harold Coleman, 54, has thought of advancing. But his options are limited, he explained to Maryland lawmakers earlier this year, by a burglary charge he incurred while homeless on the streets of Baltimore.
The Baltimore County Council will soon consider and adopt the 2030 Master Plan, giving finality to a process that has been delayed three years due to the coronavirus pandemic. The county began community input meetings in the fall of 2021 to solicit feedback. Public comment ended April 14, though people can still send in feedback until Wednesday, May 17, at 12 p.m.