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Harford schools wants unvaccinated band members to wear masks to march in parades. A delegate says that’s discriminatory.
May 24, 2021 -

Harford County Public Schools’ ruling that marching band members who are not fully vaccinated must mask up during Independence Day parades is drawing opposition from a state delegate. Making unvaccinated people, particularly children, wear masks in certain situations is akin to treating them “like they’re some kind of leper,” according to Del. Lauren Arikan, who has called for the resignation of the county’s school superintendent and health officer over a recent recommendation.

Read More: The Aegis
Months after Jan. 6, many PACs still shun pro-Trump election objectors, including Maryland’s Andy Harris
May 21, 2021 -

Months after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, many deep-pocketed corporations say they are continuing to withhold campaign donations to 147 Republican lawmakers — including Maryland’s Andy Harris — who refused to certify last year’s presidential election results. Big political players such as Exelon Corp., Comcast Corp., and Eli Lilly and Co., which collectively donated $15,000 to Harris during the 2019-20 election cycle, told The Baltimore Sun they aren’t ready to lift the indefinite funding pauses imposed after the Jan. 6 Capitol occupation by a mob loyal to former President Donald Trump.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
State’s attorney launches community-focused carjacking task force in Prince George’s
May 21, 2021 -

The Prince George’s County state’s attorney’s office has launched a carjacking task force that will work with local lawmakers, school personnel and community organizations on prevention and public awareness of the rising crime — especially among the region’s young people. Carjacking crimes have spiked over the past year and a half locally and nationally, as the pandemic brought economic hardship upon many Americans and virtual learning left children and teenagers with more free time.

Read More: Washington Post
Maryland’s longtime medical examiner wouldn’t call George Floyd’s death a homicide. It has triggered a reckoning.
May 20, 2021 -

As the trial approached for Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, the pathologist Dr. Emily Duncanson wondered who would testify in defense of the ex-cop. The world had watched cellphone video of Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd’s neck. What doctor wouldn’t call that homicide?

Read More: Baltimore Sun
Policeman watching the St Patrick's parade
A Woodlawn man’s erratic behavior worried neighbors for years. Could something have been done before he killed 3 people?
May 17, 2021 -

Everton Brown believed that drones were following him. He thought the FBI was breaking into his house to feed his dog and worried the authorities were tampering with his computer. That’s according to records kept by Baltimore County police, whom Brown called more than 100 times over the past 24 years. Neighbors, too, called police to the Woodlawn neighborhood. They say Brown harassed them and yelled from his porch through a bullhorn.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
Maryland lawmaker seeks investigation of state’s purchase of COVID tests from South Korean company
May 17, 2021 -

A Maryland lawmaker is asking for an investigation of a flawed, multimillion-dollar state purchase of coronavirus test kits from a South Korean company, saying there is a “strong indication our state’s procurement laws and regulations were violated.” Gov. Larry Hogan’s splashy $9 million purchase of 500,000 tests from LabGenomics in April 2020 came early in the pandemic, when tests were hard to come by, and he touted the deal as an example of creative thinking and hard work during an emergency.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
The Bench Has Grown, So Why Aren’t More Women Running for High Office in Md.?
May 14, 2021 -

At first glance, the picture for women seeking high office in Maryland looks grim: There are no Democratic women running for governor in 2022. The state’s congressional delegation, once dominated by trailblazing Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D), has been all-male since Mikulski and former Rep. Donna Edwards (D) left office at the end of 2016. And women traditionally have been even more under-represented in Maryland’s top executive posts than in Congress.

Read More: Maryland Matters
Lawmaker Who Nudged Ferguson Toward the Gavel Reflects on His ‘Servant Heart’
May 13, 2021 -

In October 2019, when Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. informed his state Senate colleagues that he would relinquish the gavel he had held for more than three decades, the discussions about who would replace him moved from respectful whispers to an all-out campaign. If there was a frontrunner, it was probably Sen. Guy Guzzone (D-Howard), chairman of the Budget and Taxation Committee. But others were making a play for the Senate presidency as well, including Nancy J. King (D-Montgomery), Douglas J.J. Peters (D-Prince George’s) and Paul G. Pinsky (D-Prince George’s).

Read More: Maryland Matters
Baltimore Tech Entrepreneur Joining Democratic Race for Governor
May 11, 2021 -

Michael Rosenbaum, a Baltimore tech entrepreneur who has been active in the city’s civic and philanthropic scene for the past two decades, is entering the Democratic race for governor. Rosenbaum is releasing a 2 1/2-minute announcement video Tuesday outlining the rationale behind his candidacy. In an interview Monday, Rosenbaum said of all the candidates, he is best equipped to prepare Maryland for the post-pandemic recovery.

Read More: Maryland Matters
What the Johnny O and Trone Decisions Tell Us — And What They Don’t
May 11, 2021 -

The back-to-back announcements last week by Baltimore County Executive John A. Olszewski Jr. and U.S. Rep. David J. Trone that they’ll seek re-election in 2022 rather than run for governor clarifies the Democratic primary picture to a degree but also leaves several questions unanswered. In their own races, Trone and Olszewski will be favorites for re-election — even though Trone’s 6th District could look significantly different after redistricting. With his unlimited ability to self-fund, however, he may be able to withstand any political storm.c

Read More: Maryland Matters

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