Watch the U.S. Senate debate between Larry Hogan and Angela Alsobrooks
The only scheduled debate in Maryland’s nationally-watched U.S. Senate race aired Thursday night.
U.S. Senate candidates Angela Alsobrooks, left, and Larry Hogan, right, shake hands following the taping of a debate at the Maryland Public Television studios in Owings Mills on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.
U.S. Senate debate included 5 topics you haven’t seen discussed in campaign ads
Maryland’s U.S. Senate candidates Angela Alsobrooks and Larry Hogan didn’t tread much new ground in their debate Thursday, but we did learn a few things.
U.S. Senate candidates Angela Alsobrooks, left, and Larry Hogan, right, shake hands following the taping of a debate at the Maryland Public Television studios in Owings Mills on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.
Hogan’s past affordable housing votes questioned as conflict of interest
While he was governor, Hogan voted five times to approve subsidies for affordable housing developers that his firm may have worked with in the past.
U.S. Senate candidate Larry Hogan is facing questions about votes he took as governor to approve subsidies for affordable housing developers that may have had a relationship with his real estate company, which is headquartered in Annapolis.
Tradepoint abandons dredging plan for Hart-Miller Island, taking $40M with it
The Sparrows Point logistics hub and community leaders were considering an agreement to trade $40 million for a dredging site on the little island that houses a state park, but plans fell through after forceful community pushback.
An aerial view of Coke Point, the proposed site of the Sparrows Point Container Terminal.
U.S. Senate race: Hogan, Alsobrooks sharpen attacks in televised debate
Both candidates used the debate as a chance to promote their records while arguing the other is the poor choice for Marylanders in a hyper-partisan political environment.
U.S. Senate candidates Angela Alsobrooks, left, and Larry Hogan, right, debate at the Maryland Public Television studios in Owings Mills on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.
Maryland law closes a loophole in abortion care, attorney general says
Maryland is trying to eliminate an obscure rule that stopped Medicaid from paying for certain patients’ abortions.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has weighed in on the Abortion Care Access Act of 2022.
Harborplace redevelopment ballot measure will count, Maryland’s Supreme Court rules
Thursday’s ruling means voters will cast ballots on a charter amendment which would allow MCB Real Estate, a private company, to redevelop the site of the existing Harborplace pavilions.
Votes on “Question F” to allow redevelopment at Harborplace will count, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott seated as alternate juror in murder trial
At 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, Scott walked into Courtroom 636 in the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse with two members of his security detail trailing him. His time as an alternate juror, though, quickly came to an end.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott was seated this week as an alternate juror in Baltimore Circuit Court in a murder trial. But his jury service quickly came to an end.
Kamala Harris is working around the mainstream media and it’s brilliant
Kamala Harris' recent media strategy of talk shows and podcasts spanning from Howard Stern to "Call Her Daddy" is enraging the usual suspects and engaging the people she needs.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - SEPTEMBER 17: Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris answers questions during a moderated conversation with members of the National Association of Black Journalists hosted by WHYY September 17, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Harris returns to Philadelphia where she debated Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, one week ago.  (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Alsobrooks, Hogan to face off in — possibly only — U.S. Senate debate Thursday
The candidates will record a 60-minute debate at Maryland Public Television in the afternoon that will be broadcast later in the evening.
In Maryland's U.S. Senate race, Democrat Angela Alsobrooks, left, and Republican Larry Hogan, right, will face off in a televised debate on Thursday.
Anne Arundel Democrats call for Chuck Yocum to drop out of school board race
Charles “Chuck” Yocum is running against Erica McFarland in District 3, which includes Pasadena and Gibson Island.
Charles “Chuck” Yocum was charged 30 years ago with child sexual abuse and removed from his teaching position at Northeast High School over those and other accusations. He’s running for a position on Anne Arundel County’s school board.
Anne Arundel gun law survives final legal challenge after U.S. Supreme Court decision
The court deferred to a decision made by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in January. That decision stated that the county law was in-bounds and required the shop owners to continue handing out pamphlets.
It’s the end of the line for challenges to an Anne Arundel County law requiring gun shops to hand out educational pamphlets with firearms and ammunition.
‘Increased business’: Drug companies’ Baltimore sales reps testify at opioid trial
Big pharmacies like Drug City ordered large quantities of opioids, he agreed, but they also bought large quantities of other drugs, such as blood pressure medication.
Silver metal letters on a stone column read McKesson corporate headquarters. An American flag hangs in the upper left corner.
A vicious attack, a viral video and a community asking what went wrong
The incident has triggered the latest discussion of the state’s youth legal system, a seemingly perpetual cycle of frustration and finger pointing.
South Madeira Street sits near Butchers Hill and just outside Patterson Park in Baltimore.
Orioles owner David Rubenstein discusses his book on the presidents, and why he never ran
The Baltimore Banner asked him a hypothetical: Given his passion for the presidency, does Rubenstein wish he made a run at the White House?
Baltimore Orioles owner David Rubenstein tours an exhibit in Fort McHenry on September 14th, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
Annapolis mayor’s race heats up with second entrant
Jared Littman and Rhonda Pindell Charles, both democrats, will face off in the mayor race for the 2025 election.
Ward 3 Alderwoman Rhonda Pindell-Charles and Jared Littman are the two Democrats in the mayoral race in Annapolis.
In one Maryland House race, a raging debate over what it means to be local
The candidates are vying to succeed Rep. David Trone in a district where Democrats narrowly outnumber Republicans.
Democrat April McClain Delaney, left, and Republican Neil Parrott.
He was accused of child sexual abuse 30 years ago. Now he’s running for school board.
Anne Arundel County candidate Chuck Yocum never returned to his teaching job at Northeast High School.
Though Charles “Chuck” Yocum, 61, of Pasadena, was found not guilty of the charges 30 years ago, Anne Arundel County Public Schools officials had enough concerns that he never returned the classroom.
Confidential 2023 memo outlines how Baltimore could cut ties with BOPA
The detailed plan would redirect all money the city gives the nonprofit to a wing of the mayor’s office and other organizations to put on BOPA’s signature events.
Artscape, BOPA’s marquee event, could be farmed out to another organization, according to a plan put forward by senior City Hall officials last year.
Baltimore City Council votes to ban gas-powered leaf blowers. Here’s when it starts.
Baltimore’s City Council voted on Monday to ban gas-powered leaf blowers in the city.
Baltimore is poised to ban noisy, polluting gas-powered leaf blowers, with offenders subject to fines.
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