Some news: I started my second week at The Baltimore Banner, where I’m excited to cover local politics for the summer! 📧Send story ideas, Baltimore food recs, etc: [email protected].

VP Harris rallies for abortion rights in Maryland on court ruling’s anniversary bit.ly/4cS3yNR

NEW: Maryland Governor Wes Moore tells me that the planned Red Line in Baltimore will be light rail 🚉 (not a rapid bus). Public announcement will be made tomorrow. More from me, Daniel Zawodny & Brenda Wintrode: thebaltimorebanner.com/community/tran…

Banner intern Saul Pink with the needed explainer for why there are open spigots all over the city thebaltimorebanner.com/community/clim…

Hey, why is all that water spilling from pipes around Baltimore? Saul Pink found out for The Baltimore Banner readers. tinyurl.com/yzfcmn9r

Is there a pipe spewing water in your neighborhood? Here’s why. thebaltimorebanner.com/community/clim…

How public financing and a little bit of Reddit helped oust a City Hall veteran thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…

Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain, one of Disneyland Paris’ most popular attractions, is filled with references to the Baltimore Gun Club. Here's why: bit.ly/3WEjBJP

Neighbors of the Key Bridge are ready for its demolition — and want it rebuilt ASAP bit.ly/3WLdrHO

The boat that sank in the Inner Harbor the other day was a Downtown Sailing Center boat carrying summer campers, reports Saul Pink; they were all OK thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…

We launched a newsletter at WTTW - Chicago PBS. It's called Daily Chicagoan. Sign up for dispatches on breaking news, investigations, arts and culture, science and nature, and more: interactive.wttw.com/newsletter You can peek at the first edition here wttw-wfmt.prospect2.com/index.php?acti…

Baltimore's unprecedented overdose epidemic is trickling down to its smallest and least suspecting victims. Four toddlers died of overdose in 2023, 15 since 2020. Most involve fentanyl. Adriana Navarro Saul Pink thebaltimorebanner.com/community/publ…

These South Baltimore residents live in a neighborhood with about 70 polluting sources, some facilities not even a mile away from their homes. Here’s how it has impacted their health (⁦⁦via The Baltimore Banner⁩ ) thebaltimorebanner.com/community/publ…