Anne Arundel council passes bill to allow funding for public campaign financing buff.ly/4T5pOZY

"You’re both the landlord and the regulator, all at the same time." Maryland has made some $20M from a landfill it regulates inside the beloved Gunpowder Falls State Park. via Sapna Bansil The Baltimore Banner thebanner.com/community/loca…

A 31-year-old man was arrested for attempted rape on the Johns Hopkins University campus, school and law enforcement officials announced today. The man arrested has an extensive criminal history and has served time before. With Sara Ruberg: thebanner.com/community/loca…

You've seen pictures of the East Wing of the White House being demolished. The Silver Spring company doing the work, ACECO, has been hit with online scorn and bad reviews. They took down their website and aren't answering the phone, Jack Hogan reports: thebanner.com/economy/growth…

“'You’re doing a great job, I have to tell you,' Mr. Trump declared of Mr. Vought. Then Senate Republicans gave a round of applause to the man eager to render them irrelevant." nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/…

👀Should Joe Biden have helped Marilyn Mosby? Wes Moore seems to think so, Lee Sanderlin reports: tinyurl.com/3ra6v2hy (via The Baltimore Banner)

On a bureaucratic tangle that threatens to cutoff supply of a majority of crabmeat to the U.S. thebanner.com/economy/maryla…

How a Maryland prisoner died an ‘excruciating’ death from dehydration buff.ly/V5btglo

Had fun thinking out loud about the Baltimore harbor's huge pistachio tide with Lindsay Smith Rogers at Johns Hopkins A year ago, Lindsay did a deep dive into Baltimore's progress toward a swimmable harbor. Things have felt different the last few weeks... podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/967-an-update-…

Our conversation built off of this story at the end of the weeks-long pistachio tide thebanner.com/community/clim…

Seven colleges in Maryland are now using direct admissions programs. That means students are receiving acceptances without actually applying to the schools. One Maryland university sent out 450,000 direct admit offers last year (!!!!!). Read my latest: thebanner.com/education/high…

Baltimore County school gun detection system mistook a bag of chips for a weapon, reports 𝐾𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑡ℎ thebanner.com/education/k-12…

More than 10% of Marylanders keep food on their table with the help of SNAP. That assistance is due to run out on Nov. 1, a consequence of the federal shutdown. Gov. Wes Moore hasn’t said whether or how the state will step in to help. thebanner.com/politics-power…

The company that made Baltimore's water taxis has transitioned to ... wartime drone boats. Fascinating business story from The Baltimore Banner thebanner.com/economy/baltim…

Baltimore County Councilman calls for review of school’s AI gun-detection system buff.ly/0gn0m2k

It's starting to occur to state lawmakers that utility customers aren't super keen on paying for all these data centers that are straining the grid, Via Bria thee Journalist The Baltimore Banner thebanner.com/economy/pjm-ma…

"The irreversible gravity of killing, coupled with the lack of a substantive legal justification, is bringing into sharper view a structural weakness of law as a check on the American presidency." nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/…

Man charged with arson in 3 Keswick Road fires that terrified Hampden neighbors buff.ly/io5LYkW

Baltimore judge lifts temporary pause on child sex abuse lawsuits: tinyurl.com/ywfwnn52 (via The Baltimore Banner)

New: A union election will be overturned and rerun as a result of social media posts from Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming that interfered with the process, a judicial panel for the union ruled this week, Emily Opilo reports thebanner.com/politics-power…