Baltimore Police Department will use a new crime reporting system, joining law enforcement agencies across the country, in a change required by the federal government. The transition to the National Incident-Based Reporting System, which is mandated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will increase the number of crimes reported. The new system requires law enforcement to report multiple crimes, up to 10, that might be associated with a single incident.
Baltimore police to adopt new FBI crime reporting system, joining law enforcement agencies across the country
Here’s how a permanent daylight saving time would impact sunset and sunrise times in Baltimore
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent, effectively eliminating the practice of turning clocks back one hour in November. Senators argued that the bill, which still requires approval from the House of Representatives and the president, would improve mental health and possibly boost the economy by delaying winter sunsets.
Anne Arundel County gets Triple-A bond rating from Moody’s for first time
For the first time in county history, Anne Arundel County received Moody’s Investors Service’s top bond rating. An analysis from Moody’s explains that the upgrade from Aa1 to Aaa “reflects the county’s solid local economy that is experiencing ongoing expansion while its residents continue to boast very strong income levels.”
Americans react to Zelenskyy plea with pain, empathy, hope
Americans reacted with empathy, pain, frustration and in some cases anger Wednesday to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s impassioned speech to the U.S. Congress pleading for more aid for a nation and a people under bloody siege. Across the country, thousands shared video of Zelenskyy’s speech on social media, many especially pained by a clip he shared of bloodied children in hospitals, bodies in neighborhood streets, crumbling facades of apartment buildings and a ditch where the dead of war were being buried.
Marylanders Disagree On Future Impact Of Climate Change, Poll Finds
Marylanders are divided on whether climate change issues will have a major impact on the state and their future health, according to the latest Goucher College Poll. The poll shows that of the 635 people surveyed March 1–6, 55% anticipated climate change to have a major impact on rising sea levels and retreating shorelines. Other Marylanders were more skeptical with 27% anticipating only a minor impact and 13% expecting no impact at all.
As COVID eases, Montgomery Co. to roll out drop-off PCR testing, freeing up recreation centers
Montgomery County, Maryland, will roll out a drop-off COVID-19 PCR testing option at several county recreation centers that aims to deliver results in 24 to 48 hours. The tests, whose results are analyzed in a lab, are designed to maintain PCR testing — which is often required for travel — in the county and free up space at county recreation centers, which are more fully reopening two years after the start of the pandemic.
Howard County schools redistricting process begins with series of public workshops
Parents and other community members gathered Monday at the last of three public workshops to discuss the redistricting process for Howard County public schools in anticipation of a new high school opening next year in Jessup. New High School #13 is expected to open in fall 2023 and will be designed to accommodate 1,658 students in grades nine through 12. Representatives from the Howard County Public School System’s Office of School Planning, Cooperative Strategies spoke with community members to discuss the redistricting process for the 2023-24 school year.
Harford County school board votes to rename schools named for slaveowners
The Board of Education of Harford County unanimously voted Monday to rename William Paca/Old Post Road Elementary School and John Archer School after it was pointed out by residents and the NAACP that the existing names had ties to slavery.“Environments for student learning, extracurricular activities and other school-sponsored shall be designed by the school system as to be equitable, fair, safe, diverse and inclusive,” Superintendent Sean Bulson said in a report presented to the board.
Historically Black Beach In Annapolis Once In Danger Of Redevelopment To Become City Park
A section of beach along the Chesapeake Bay in Annapolis that was used by African Americans during segregation is getting new life. It will be turned into a city park. Elktonia Beach is nestled along the Chesapeake Bay in Annapolis. It was once part of a larger group of beaches use by African Americans during segregation. “It’s the last five acres of what was 180 acres for Carr’s and Sparrow’s Beach,” said Anthony Spencer of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture.
Poll finds Marylanders ready to move past pandemic measures
Marylanders’ attitudes toward the COVID-19 virus and response are changing as the pandemic enters a third calendar year. A poll released Tuesday by the Sarah T. Hughes Center for Politics at Goucher College comes as the state and nation emerge from the omicron variant of the virus. Mileah Kromer, a political science professor at the college and director of the poll, said the results signal a desire to return to a time that more closely resembles the time before the virus.