Politics

Maryland’s U.S. Senate race has taken up a lot of political oxygen, but the 6th Congressional District race between Democrat April McClain Delaney and Republican Neil Parrott may be the most competitive race in the state. The sprawling district has been represented by Democratic Rep. David Trone since 2018, but he left the seat open when he decided to run for the U.S. Senate. Trone lost the Democratic nomination for the Senate to Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, who is now running against Republican candidate, former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan.

Marylanders are keeping a close eye on the race for U.S. Senate, a race that’s proven to be contentious from the start, and with just over two weeks to go until election day – that continues to be the case. Former Maryland Governor and Republican candidate Larry Hogan not holding back in an exclusive interview with WMDT News Anchor Rob Petree where he slammed his Democratic opponent on the issue of illegal immigration.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott signed legislation that strengthens landlord accountability on Monday. Scott said slum landlords will not be tolerated. The legislation is aimed at holding landlords accountable. “We all believe in the opportunity for folks to own property and rent, but we have to do that properly,” Scott said. “That means they have to provide up-to-standard living for our residents in the city.”

As calls to remove the secretary of Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services grow, Gov. Wes Moore went to the Eastern Shore Monday for a hospital groundbreaking. Moore declined to answer directly whether his Department of Juvenile Services secretary’s job is in jeopardy. “I’m making sure that I will work with anybody,” Moore said. “That kind of leaves it open, doesn’t it? I think people need to know that I take this seriously.”

Days after police charged a Howard High School student with first-degree murder, Maryland lawmakers on Monday requested that state education officials improve information sharing between schools. The 17-year-old suspect, who has been charged as an adult for allegedly killing 26-year-old Kendrick McLellan, whom police found shot to death in a car in Columbia on Oct. 12, had a loaded gun in his backpack when officers arrested him at school on Oct. 15.

As local election boards work around the clock to recruit and train workers before early voting starts this week, some Maryland counties are facing pressure to hire more Republican election judges. Elections officials across the state told Capital News Service they are still working through the challenge of hiring an equal number of Republican and Democratic election judges, who administer the vote and then count ballots.

At Downtown Baltimore Child Care, 3-year-old Jaylen Robinson emphatically pronounces the letter “O” four times, waving a black-and-white alphabet tile in the air and placing it to spell the word “octopus.” His classmate Layla, also 3, marches down the stairs from the dramatic play area in a bright red fire hat. Normally, the center charges $1,800 a month, but Jaylen attends for free through a state-funded prekindergarten expansion grant and a separate, state-funded child care scholarship, in addition to a teacher’s discount that his mom earns for working at the school.