Posted on 4/19/21
General Assembly 2021: Winners and Losers
During the 90 days the General Assembly was in session, we ran out of ways to say what an unusual, challenging and hard session it was. . . .
Posted on 2/27/20
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Loses Funding for Education Programs
The nonprofit Chesapeake Bay Foundation has seen state funding for its outdoor education programming dry up.According to a statement from the foundation, this means a loss . . .
Posted on 10/9/18
Tributes Roll in for Sen. Joe Tydings
Former U.S. Sen. Joseph D. Tydings (D) died Monday of cancer in a Washington, D.C., hospital. He was 90 years old. Tydings, the adopted son of . . .
Posted on 10/9/18
Tributes Roll in for Sen. Joe Tydings
Former U.S. Sen. Joseph D. Tydings (D) died Monday of cancer in a Washington, D.C., hospital. He was 90 years old.Tydings, the adopted son of former . . .
Posted on 10/4/18
Races for Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General
As soon as Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan (R) was elected in 2014, Democrats sought to cast his victory as an anomaly and assumed he, like the . . .
Posted on 5/17/18
Gloves Come Off in Prince George's County Over Super PAC Mailer
A piece of campaign literature from a union-backed super PAC has upended the race for Prince George’s County executive, with supporters of frontrunner Angela D. Alsobrooks . . .
Posted on 5/11/18
Analysis: Kamenetz's Death Scrambles Political Landscape in Incalculable Ways
Maryland’s stunned political class was busy Thursday publicly mourning the sudden death of Baltimore County Executive Kevin B. Kamenetz (D), who died overnight from a heart . . .
Posted on 5/4/18
The Bob Ehrlich-Parris Glendening Mutual Admiration Society
Maryland’s leaders — its governors and congressional delegation — routinely put partisanship and ego aside to pursue the state’s interests in Washington, D.C., two former governors . . .
Posted on 3/26/18
Frank Defilippo: This Generation’s Political Awakening
Shifting a column from one web site to another is the same as sloshing 10 gallons of alphabet soup and trying to not spill a single . . .
Posted on 10/23/17
State Fund Needs To Shake The Tin Cup
Maryland’s Fair Campaign Finance Fund (FCFF) has lived a long and tumultuous life since its creation in the 1970s, and members of the legislature, along with . . .
Posted on 9/5/17
Guest Commentary: For Marylanders With Disabilities, Help Is On The Way
For more than two decades, disability rights advocates have pushed for tax-preferred savings accounts to allow individuals with disabilities to save money without jeopardizing state and . . .
