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Trump White House rescinds order freezing federal grants after widespread confusion
The Monday evening order from the White House Office of Management and Budget sparked uncertainty over a crucial financial lifeline.
President Donald Trump looks on during a news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington.
Want to park illegally in Baltimore? You probably won’t get a ticket
In 2024, transportation officers wrote almost one-third fewer parking tickets than what they wrote two years prior, according to enforcement data.
Cars parked along Wildwood Parkway during a street cleaning window in West Baltimore.
Power grid operator reaches deal with Pennsylvania governor in utility bill dispute
The settlement, announced by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office Tuesday, comes less than a month after he filed a complaint before federal utility regulators calling on PJM Interconnection to impose a lower price cap on its next energy auction.
A transmission tower that is part of PJM Interconnection’s multistate system supports power lines that run high above farmland in Parkton.
Maryland lawmakers will weigh legalizing internet gambling. How would it work?
Estimates are the state would bring in $225 million in the first full year,
Maryland lawmakers will again consider whether to legalize online gambling, such as poker, blackjack and roulette.
Restaurants fear losing workers amid Trump immigration crackdown
Trump, who campaigned on linking immigrants to criminality, has not specifically addressed how his immigration policies will affect the restaurant industry.
Popular Venezuelan restaurant Alma Cocina Latina in Station North employs immigrants of many backgrounds on several different visas. Many are Venezuelan and the food is authentically made.
What we know about Trump’s federal spending freeze and its impact on Marylanders
What we know about President Donald Trump’s temporary pause on federal spending and its impact on Marylanders.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he prepares to depart the White House aboard Marine One on January 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. The president is traveling to North Carolina, California, Nevada and Florida over the weekend.
Gov. Moore has a plan to recruit more Maryland teachers. Is it enough?
Gov. Wes Moore has proposed new ways to get Maryland schools 15,000 more educators. But some educators aren’t convinced the new plan would work.
Maryland legislation calls for teachers to have more time for out-of-classroom work. The governor is proposing those plans be put on hold.
Letter: Trump’s pardons are his absolution
A reader says that President Donald Trump’s pardons for the Jan. 6 rioters is not retribution, but an attempt to absolve himself of guilt.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: A pro-Trump mob confronts U.S. Capitol police after the group stormed the building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results.
Baltimore County Democrats back Del. Carl Jackson for open Maryland Senate seat
The central committee for Baltimore County Democrats has affirmed a recommendation that Gov. Wes Moore appoint Del. Carl Jackson to an open state Senate seat.
Del. Carl Jackson
Confusion, anger as Maryland officials, nonprofits grapple with funding freeze
State officials and nonprofit leaders reported they were locked out of federal systems used to draw down federal funds for Medicaid reimbursements and financing basic needs for low-earning Marylanders.
A Trump administration order Monday night ordered a pause on federal grants and loans.
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration spending freeze
The order from U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan came minutes before the funding freeze was scheduled to go into effect.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.
Baltimore ‘in the process’ of challenging federal funding freeze in court
The joint statement endorsed by Mayor Brandon Scott and city officials said they are pursuing legal action in an effort to prevent cuts to funding Baltimore uses.
City officials said they are pursuing legal action in an effort to prevent cuts to funding that the city uses for transportation, housing and other services.
Maryland among states shut out of Medicaid system, health secretary says
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on social media that the Trump administration is aware of the issue and that no payments had been affected.
Maryland Health Secretary Laura Herrera Scott speaks about a state grant program that will send $120 million worth of grants to organizations that provide mental and behavioral health services for kids so they can partner with schools to bring treatment and other support into schools. The program was the focus of a press conference in Annapolis on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023.
Who is Karoline Leavitt? Youngest White House press secretary makes her debut in briefing room
At age 27, the New Hampshire native is the youngest person ever to be named White House press secretary.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds her first news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. At 27-years-old, Leavitt is the youngest White House press secretary in U.S. history. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Maryland could make it a crime to use AI to create harmful impersonations
After a former employee at Pikesville High School was accused of using AI to impersonate the school’s principal, lawmakers are considering a bill to target the practice.
US places dozens of senior aid officials on leave, citing possible resistance to Trump orders
At least 56 senior officials in the top U.S. aid and development agency have been placed on leave amid an investigation into an alleged effort to thwart President Donald Trump’s orders.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.  Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.
Two delegates vie for appointment to open Maryland Senate seat
Two state delegates, Carl Jackson and Harry Bhandari, are seeking to fill Kathy Klausmeier’s old seat in the Maryland Senate.
Dels. Harry Bhandari, left, and Carl Jackson are vying for a vacant Maryland Senate seat.
Moore’s changes to education spending could hurt students in poverty the most
Gov. Wes Moore is proposing to rewrite major portions of Maryland’s landmark education law, cutting nearly one-fifth of the new funding the state promised schools by 2029.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has proposed redirecting $110 million per year away from the state’s landmark education reform plan.
Melons, mushrooms and negligent drivers — Maryland lawmakers have other ideas
Among 1,200 bits of legislation introduced in the General Assembly this session, cantaloupe reform is one of a certain kind of bill. They aim to fix problems you probably didn’t know existed.
Maryland's state lawmakers go back to work on Wednesday, January 8, 2024 for the 447th session of the Maryland General Assembly. This is the first of 90 days of lawmaking and budget balancing.
Judge throws out Annapolis and Anne Arundel lawsuits against Big Oil
Annapolis and Anne Arundel argued that fossil fuel giants knew their businesses were driving the damaging consequences of climate change.
Anne Arundel Circuit Court Judge Steven Platt dismissed a lawsuit by the city of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County over climate change. Annapolis regularly experiences flooding during heavy rains.
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