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Wes Moore

Paul Monteiro listens to Gov. Wes Moore announce him as his pick to serve as the first secretary of the Department of Service and Civic Innovation at a press conference in the Maryland State House on Monday, April 3. Moore issued an executive order creating the cabinet-level department on his first full day in office in January.
Moore loses another cabinet secretary as service chief Paul Monteiro exits
The state’s first secretary of service and civic innovation is leaving his post, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced Monday.
Shaina A. Hernandez, Deputy Chief of Staff to Gov. Wes Moore, has been named as CEO of Baltimore Public Markets.
Gov. Wes Moore’s deputy chief of staff will lead Baltimore Public Markets
Shaina A. Hernandez will become CEO and president of the Baltimore Public Markets Corporation.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, left, and Prince George's County Aisha Braveboy, right, tour the Bowie Food Pantry on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.
Moore won’t use state funds to replace federal food aid during shutdown
One in nine Marylanders puts food on the table with the help of SNAP, but with benefits soon running out as a federal government shutdown drags on, Gov. Wes Moore is not planning to tap state money to keep the program running.
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.
National Democrats push a new poll showing Marylanders support redistricting
Maryland has not yet entered the national redistricting fray, but a poll commissioned by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee could put pressure on leaders to try to eke out one more Democratic member of Congress.
U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks at a rally outside of the Department of Health and Human Services on February 19, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Raskin calls for Maryland to fight back against GOP redistricting
U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland called on his state to fight back against GOP-led redistricting efforts across the country.
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 10: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (L), accompanied by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, speaks after Rollins signs three new SNAP food choice waivers for the states of Idaho, Utah, and Arkansas in her office at the United States Department of Agriculture Whitten Building on June 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. The wavers will limit what the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can select as eligible foods, targeting unhealthy food.
680,000 Marylanders could lose food assistance next week, officials warn
Maryland’s state government has $3.5 billion in “fully liquid cash” available for emergency needs, but the governor has not indicated whether he would use the money for SNAP.
Ocean City’s beach on a chilly weekday ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
Trump’s war on offshore wind could bankrupt US Wind, Baltimore company says
The developer behind Maryland’s only permitted offshore wind farm says the Trump administration’s effort to block its project poses an “existential threat” to its business.
NAP and EBT Accepted here sign. SNAP and Food Stamps provide nutrition benefits to supplement the budgets of disadvantaged families.
Maryland finally moving to more secure benefits cards after delays and disputes
Lawmakers mandated that the state issue cards with chip technology to Marylanders who receive food assistance and cash assistance, but the implementation has been stalled amid legal challenges.
Gov. Wes Moore arrives for the Baltimore Orioles’ home opener in March. In May, Moore met with Japan’s ambassador to the U.S. in Orioles owner David Rubenstein’s Camden Yards suite.
Moore continued ‘sports diplomacy’ with Japan in Rubenstein’s suite
Gov. Wes Moore met this year with Japan’s ambassador to the U.S. It marked a collaboration between Moore and Rubenstein and a continuation of Moore’s penchant for using sports as a connector.
A passenger waits to board a northbound MARC train at the Odenton station.
Furloughed federal workers can ride MARC and commuter buses for free, Moore says
The Maryland Transit Administration is offering free rides on MARC trains and commuter buses during the federal government shutdown.
Moore outpaces Hogan in Maryland’s favorite hypothetical horse race
We have numbers for the governor matchup between Wes Moore and Larry Hogan everyone keeps speculating about.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and moderator David Rubenstein in conversation during Impact Maryland 2025 on Tuesday.
Impact Maryland 2025: Moore, other leaders discuss challenges in the state — and opportunities
The Banner’s third annual thought leadership conference, taking place at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, tackles how Maryland can respond to threats from federal spending cuts, the future of college research and the impact of the arts.
The Banner polled Maryland registered voters to ask them their opinions regarding Gov. Wes Moore, President Donald Trump, and issues including housing, schools, crime, immigration and transportation.
Read the results of The Baltimore Banner’s statewide poll
The poll contacted 928 registered Maryland voters between Oct. 7-10. It has a margin of error of 3.2 percentage points.
A new poll from The Banner and OpinionWorks measures Gov. Wes Moore’s approval at 54%.
Banner poll: 54% approval for Moore, but voters can’t identify his accomplishments
While a majority of Marylanders approve of the job Gov. Wes Moore is doing, they struggle to identify his achievements and offer only soft support, according to a new statewide poll from The Banner.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in conversation with moderator David Rubenstein at Impact Maryland on Tuesday.
Gov. Wes Moore talks federal ‘assault’ on Maryland
“The assault that we’ve now had on the state of Maryland has been aggressive, has been intentional, it’s been petty, it’s been partisan and it’s been punishing,” Gov. Wes Moore said during a conversation with David Rubenstein at Impact Maryland.
Maryland failed to document many deaths from suspected child abuse or neglect
Maryland’s Department of Human Services repeatedly violated a policy mandating detailed reports on child deaths tied to suspected abuse or neglect. The Baltimore Banner uncovered the problem after requesting records for all such cases over five years and finding many reports didn’t exist.
Maryland Housing Secretary Jake Day discusses an executive order on housing policy during an event in Columbia last month.
Eyeing Andy Harris, a top Democrat waits on redistricting decision
As state leaders debate whether to redraw the electoral map, Jake Day waits.
Gov. Wes Moore at the Warfield Air National Guard Base during the deactivation ceremony for the A-10C Thunderbolt.
No, Gov. Moore, the military is not going to come to our rescue. It’s up to us.
What Moore said feels like almost as dangerous a fantasy — that the military might save the republic from becoming a military dictatorship by disobeying a presidential order.
Birds fly past the Maryland State House dome in Annapolis, Md. on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
Moore picks longtime Dem strategist to head budget office
Weissmann was chief of staff for two Democratic Senate presidents: current President Bill Ferguson and the late, longtime President Thomas V. Mike Miller, from Prince George’s County.
The housing hustle igniting a foreclosure crisis in Baltimore
The foreclosures could send neighborhoods spiraling and make Baltimore America’s next great housing crisis.
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