At the end of 2022, the Montgomery County Council approved the building of a median, dedicated lane for the Flash Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route along US 29. This approval brought the promise of an authentic BRT system for county residents one step closer to reality, albeit progress is still slow for riders and for the demands of tackling the climate crisis.
Kent Roberson, chair of the Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee, was appointed late Thursday evening as the successor to replace former delegate Darryl Barnes (D), who stepped down in April from his District 25 seat to join a lobbying and government relations firm in Annapolis after serving in the General Assembly since 2015.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, will spend the rest of the month deciding whether he will run for U.S. Senate, in what is already shaping up to be a crowded primary battle to replace outgoing Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin. “After five months of chemo, I am taking the month of May to seriously investigate the 2024 election, the Senate, the House, and the role I can best play in Democratic victory and progress in the country,” Raskin tells TIME.
Days Inn Inner Harbor’s new owners are dropping the property’s affiliation with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc. and spending millions to renovate it. Owner Richard Wahl is in the process of converting the Downtown Baltimore hotel into a dual-branded hotel — a DASKK, Ascend Collection and Clarion Pointe.
The influenza pandemic of 1918 and 1919 sickened a third of the world’s population and killed 1 in every 36 people — 50 million in all. But in the outbreak’s aftermath, history shows those who survived generally didn’t want to talk about it. Americans had plenty else to talk about: the recent conclusion of the First World War, a faltering economy and race riots in dozens of cities around the country.
The recent revelation by Baltimore’s inspector general that a city employee had been double-dipping for months — working jobs for the Mayor’s Office and the city school system simultaneously (a circumstance made possible by COVID-19 related telework rules) — would be comical, if not for the serious context. Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming’s report arrived the day after it was revealed Mayor Brandon Scott had ousted his chief of staff and communications director.
I was at an old fire hall in Ferndale, at a meeting of an old Democratic club. U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin was coming to the well-established club to talk but was late. He spent the day on the road, chatting with elected officials in Annapolis, making appearances and meeting with constituents. Ferndale was the final stop on his itinerary. The clock was pushing 9 p.m. when Maryland’s junior senator rolled through the side door of the little red-and-white building. He looked tired.
A lunchtime market returns to downtown Baltimore, featuring small businesses through September. Many major American cities, including Baltimore, continue to struggle in a post-pandemic world to get people interested in coming back downtown. So, the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore is doing its part to encourage people to visit downtown with the opening of the Pratt Street Market.
“Women deserve better than abortion,” the man stated firmly, before sitting back down next to me in the crowded Maryland senate hearing. He was a member of one of the many “pro-life” groups that testified on March 8 in Annapolis against Senate Bill 798: Declaration of Rights – Right to Reproductive Freedom. I caught a glimpse of his phone background, which was a beautiful, smiling picture of a young girl, likely his daughter.
Neil Meltzer, president and CEO of LifeBridge Health, was appointed chair of the Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education (APOE), a federal health care advisory committee to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Meltzer will begin his term as chair in June.