Politics

Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller made a special appearance at the Crisfield Crab and Clam Bake. The Lieutenant Governor met with local politicians and officials from local universities, like the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Salisbury University. She said events like this help bolster the state of Maryland, and personally connect with people who are most effected by issues, such as flooding.

Democratic Senate Candidate and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks is responding to recent reports that she had been improperly claiming tax credits for two homes that she owned. She told reporters Monday night that she was unaware of two tax credits, first reported by CNN, until a few days ago. One tax credit was for a townhome in Upper Marlboro that she began renting after moving out into another home in 2008. She received a homestead tax exemption for that house, which is only meant for primary residences.

The state of Maryland on Tuesday joined a chorus of victims’ families, businesses and others who say they were harmed in Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse to ask a federal judge not to cap the liability of the ship’s owner and operator, arguing that those responsible should fully pay for the disaster’s catastrophic damage.

In January 2022, Baltimore County spent $2 million to buy a 12-acre property near Towson’s Loch Raven neighborhood to serve as park space and as a headquarters for the Department of Recreation and Parks. The 1301 Cheverly Road property, which had served as a Baptist church and as a preschool in the past, has sat vacant for more than two years.

Baltimore County paid $2.25 million to two political supporters of County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. for a marshy slice of waterfront property to be turned into a park less than a mile from his Millers Island home, raising questions about transparency even among the County councilmen who approved it. Though the council unanimously voted in June to purchase the 8.5-acre parcel on Cuckold Point Road in Edgemere, at least three councilmen noted that the deal did not follow typical protocol.

As Maryland questions whether reproductive rights should appear in the state constitution, advocates for and against the referendum work to sway voters. The referendum will appear as Question 1 on the 2024 ballot asking voters to decide whether a right to reproductive freedom should be constitutionally guaranteed in the state of Maryland.

Democratic Senate nominee Angela Alsobrooks insisted Monday that she was unaware she received improper property tax credits on two homes and pledged to pay whatever back taxes she owes as soon as possible. Her statements came one day after the revelation, first reported by CNN, that Alsobrooks, the Prince George’s County executive, improperly took a homestead tax credit on a Prince George’s County home where she no longer lived.

Forums will be held soon for candidates running for the Frederick County Board of Education and Maryland’s 6th Congressional District seat. The Frederick County alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Inc. is scheduled to host a forum for the board candidates on Wednesday. This event is in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Frederick County and the First Missionary Baptist Church of Frederick.