Politics

Key members of Congress announced an agreement Monday on a $105 billion bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration for five years ahead of a May 10 deadline. The 1,000-page bill would raise hiring targets for air traffic control and would codify in law a rule the Biden administration introduced this month requiring airlines to offer refunds for canceled or significantly delayed flights, among other consumer-focused provisions.

Baltimore Sheriff Sam Cogen endorsed Sheila Dixon for mayor, saying the administration of Mayor Brandon Scott has been “dysfunctional” and difficult to work with. Cogen’s endorsement means the city’s two elected law enforcement officials are backing Dixon, following Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates’ endorsement earlier this month.

A pro-Palestinian protest ended peacefully at the Johns Hopkins University early Tuesday morning, as organizers packed up their encampment apparently to avoid police intervention. “This is not the end,” an organizer said as students and others took down their tents and put away the supplies overnight. Organizers said they would be back in the morning.

The top 10 highest earning lobbyists in the state earned slightly more as a group in the last year but saw their share of compensation decrease as the size of the state’s lobbying corps surpassed pre-pandemic levels. The 701 lobbyists who registered with the Maryland State Ethics Commission for the most recent year that runs Nov. 1, 2022 to Oct. 31, 2023 is more than the total registered before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

If Paris Gray had his way, the Edmondson Village Shopping Center would be overhauled with a new grocery store, coffee shop and health care center — and maybe even something less glamorous, like a UPS store. To him, the outdated shopping complex, acquired by a Chicago-based developer last year after a more than two-year slog, presents the most transformative opportunity for his West Baltimore district.

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Dist. 8) is set to announce his endorsement of April McClain Delaney (D) for the Democratic nomination in the race for Maryland’s Congressional District 6 at a press conference on Saturday in Frederick, according to a news release from the McClain Delaney campaign. Raskin’s pending announcement marks one of the highest profile endorsements for McClain Delaney, a former top official of the U.S. Commerce Department, who is a frontrunner along with state Del. Joe Vogel (D-Dist. 17) in a crowded field of Democratic candidates vying for the 6th District seat in the May 14 primary election. Six Republicans are also running.

When City Council President Nick Mosby filed a campaign finance report ahead of a midnight deadline April 9, his disclosure had obvious errors the campaign left unaddressed. An amended version intended to resolve those issues, submitted by the Mosby campaign nine days later, might have raised even more questions.