Politics

President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Baltimore on Tuesday, October 29. The 46th President of the United States plans to discuss how his Investing in America agenda is helping to rebuild infrastructure, tackle the climate change crisis, and create good-paying union jobs, according to officials. The details regarding the location and time of his visit have not yet been announced.

Maryland’s governor is getting involved after the state school board mandated how students’ criminal history is shared. Gov. Wes Moore this week ordered the Department of Juvenile Services to lead an interagency review of how information about Maryland public school students who have been charged with or convicted of violent crimes is shared, according to a Friday news release.

On a brisk Saturday morning in October, amid the historic sites and small businesses of Gettysburg, Penn., 40 people were gathered in a small office space. All were from Maryland, but these weren’t tourists seeking Civil War tales or you-pick apple orchards. They were politically active voters who wanted to help tilt the election in perhaps the most important swing state of all, where polls show a toss-up in the presidential race.

Maryland Rep. Andy Harris said during a Republican dinner that North Carolina legislators should consider awarding electoral votes to Donald Trump before the election because the state otherwise risks disenfranchising Trump voters affected by damage from Hurricane Helene. According to a video posted on X by a Trump supporter, Harris said in a question-and-answer session at a Talbot County dinner that the hurricane damage disproportionately affects Trump voters in 25 North Carolina counties.

Come Friday, Marylanders between the ages of 10 and 12 can face consequences in court for some firearms offenses and aggravated animal cruelty. At the same time, if children on electronic monitoring violate the terms of their detention, the Department of Juvenile Services will be required to alert their lawyer and the local prosecutor’s office. And children younger than 13 will automatically be subject to Children in Need of Supervision petitions if accused of car theft. Such petitions refer children to juvenile courts for guidance, treatment or rehabilitation based on their behavior.

If history is any indicator, the fate of six members on the Baltimore City Council might as well be written in stone. Voters filling out ballots this year are being asked whether to cut the City Council from 14 districts down to eight, eliminating nearly half of jobs on the legislative panel. Baltimore voters tend to approve ballot questions almost automatically — only one in the last 25 years has failed.

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to lay out her campaign’s closing argument by returning to the site near the White House where Donald Trump helped incite a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 — hoping it will crystalize for voters the fight between defending democracy and sowing political chaos. Her campaign says Harris will give a speech at the Ellipse on Tuesday — one week before Election Day — and will urge the nation to “turn the page” toward a new era and away from Trump.

April McClain Delaney, the Democrat seeking to replace U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-6th) in Congress, has dropped an additional $1 million of her own money into the campaign over the last three weeks, new campaign finance records show. Delaney, who is battling former state Del. Neil C. Parrott (R) in a race that could help determine control of the House of Representatives, has now loaned her campaign $3.1 million and has spent more than $4.1 million so far.

Maryland Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks spent 124% more on radio advertising than opponent Larry Hogan between March and October of this year, according to a Capital News Service analysis of data from the Federal Communications Commission. While both candidates have employed radio ads to broadcast their message to Marylanders as they compete for the Maryland Senate seat following the retirement of democratic senator Ben Cardin, Alsobrooks has spent considerably more.