Maryland

Many Maryland school systems will be closed Friday morning due to the weather.

“We are spurring and leading change and a more just society in our work here in Annapolis every single day, as well as in our communities,” said Del. Jheanelle Wilkins of Prince George’s County, chair of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.

Coach John Harbaugh said after practice Thursday that Andrews’ status is “still up in the air.”

Gov. Wes Moore's first year, in photos

The spending plan sets up the state to deal with a shortfall both in the budget year beginning July 1 and for the increasing budget gaps expected in future years.

The entertainment calendar in Annapolis starts to pick up in the seven days through Jan. 24, with three new art exhibits, fresh theater productions, a first album release by an Annapolis singer-songwriter and a nostalgia tour from Three Dog Night.

Jakia Brown-Turner, Bri McDaniel and reserve Lavender Briggs all had 16 points for the Terrapins (11-6, 3-3 Big Ten).

The owner of a diving company in the Bahamas where a 10-year-old boy from Maryland was attacked by a shark this week said late Wednesday that an internal investigation is underway.

“Drafting this budget wasn’t easy. It was hard,” Moore said during a State House press conference. “We are operating under very tight constraints and very tight realities.”

"If I feel like I’m going to be helpful to the team, I’m going to go," Andrews said Wednesday.

“He keeps talking about his goal, his goal, his goal, and that’s the team’s goal as well,” center Tyler Linderbaum said.

Baltimore businessman David Smith told Sun staff he had not been a regular newspaper reader for decades.

Due to cold temperatures, leftover or melted snow on roads and sidewalks could turn to ice overnight.

Two siblings — ages 10 and 14 — died Tuesday afternoon in Cecil County, prompting a suspicious death investigation by the Maryland State Police.

Gov. Wes Moore helped raise more than $4 million combined for himself, Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller and the Maryland Democratic Party in the past 12 months, according to his team. Full campaign finance reports are due at midnight on Wednesday.

Candidates for the board positions are recommended to the governor’s office by the main political parties and vetted by the executive and legislative branches before the Senate decides whether to confirm them.

Maryland lawmakers are considering restrictions on the ability of some sexual offenders to earn time off their sentences.

Flowers, the Ravens’ leading receiver, missed the team’s regular-season finale and sat out practice last week with a calf injury.

Twenty state lawmakers have created the Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus, joining their voices to speak out against antisemitism and hate crimes, while also promoting Jewish culture and heritage.

The first-term Democratic governor said he hopes to see passage of the legislation aimed at tightening release opportunities for some incarcerated people convicted of sexual assault, like the man charged in the September killing of Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LePere.