Plans to relocate the FBI’s headquarters to Greenbelt can move forward after a federal judge, siding with Prince George’s County and the state of Maryland, blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to move the agency to an existing building in Washington.
Republican lawmakers are suing the state’s elections board to stop a ballot question on congressional redistricting from appearing before Maryland voters in November.
The amendment temporarily resolves Maryland’s participation in the national redistricting tug-of-war between red and blue states that are hoping to influence control of Congress.
Redistricting has damaged relationships and consumed time and energy in Annapolis this year. Monday’s special session is a compromise to take a step forward.
Taylor Print & Visual Impressions, the company responsible for a Maryland mail ballot printing error that led to the reissue of about 447,000 ballots, assured state election officials that new safeguards and procedures have been implemented.
Freedom Caucus success can take different forms depending on which party is in charge, said Matthew Green, a politics professor at The Catholic University of America, who has studied the caucuses’ spread across the country.
LaPin’s grassroots challenge, waged on Baltimore’s front stoops and Instagram feeds, was no match for a 16-year veteran politician with a war chest and battle-worn relationships.
U.S. Rep. April McClain Delaney stopped businessman David Trone’s attempt to win back the seat he previously held representing parts of Montgomery County and Western Maryland.
Gov. Wes Moore’s comments on open primaries sparked excitement among reform advocates in Maryland, but his office later said he supports the state’s closed system, highlighting the debate over unaffiliated voters.