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    Get ready for more TV ads: Pro-Hogan super PAC has $16M in the bank
    The campaigns of Angela Alsobrooks and Larry Hogan and super PACs have combined to raise almost $50 million to spend on Maryland’s nationally watched Senate race.
    Angela Alsobrooks on Aug. 15, 2023; Gov. Larry Hogan on July 7, 2022.
    Sen. Cheryl Kagan visited every 911 center in Maryland. Here’s what she learned.
    State Sen. Cheryl Kagan spoke with The Baltimore Banner about her tour of every 911 call center in Maryland and the surprising things she learned along the way.
    State Sen. Cheryl Kagan this week wrapped up a multi-year tour of the state's 911 call centers. Her final stop was in Calvert County where she met with 911 specialists and trainee specialists.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    JPMorgan Chase helped revive Detroit. Now they’re betting big on Baltimore.
    Those familiar with the bank’s work said JPMorgan Chase can help Baltimore fill its empty storefronts, reduce its vacant housing surplus and bring more good-paying jobs to city residents — all crucial to its financial sustainability.
    People enjoy downtown Detroit, Mich. on Sept. 19, 2024.
    Budget cuts threaten federal grant to replace aging Baltimore light rail cars
    The Maryland Transit Administration was awarded a $213 million federal grant to replace the aging cars for its light rail line. A top transit official warns that the state could lose the grant
    Orioles fans walk off the light rail at Camden Station ahead of the game on opening day, March 28, 2024.
    With October’s arrival, new laws take effect in Maryland
    One law, which alters regulatory requirements for the marketing and sale of electricity and gas, has already been challenged in court.
    October is here, which means there are hundreds of new laws taking effect across Maryland.
    US Senate candidates Hogan, Alsobrooks navigate complex Middle East policy
    The scale of violence in the Middle East presents a complex policy challenge for the two candidates who hope to be Maryland’s next U.S. senator.
    Although both are experienced elected officials neither Angela Alsobrooks nor Larry Hogan has needed to delve deeply into international policy.
    Meet the outside groups bombarding you with ads about Maryland’s Senate race
    Larry Hogan and Angela Alsobrooks decry the advertising blitz, even as they benefit.
    Outside groups have spent more than $18 million in Maryland’s Senate race as of Friday afternoon, 85% of it attacking candidates.
    Former President Obama endorses Alsobrooks in Maryland’s US Senate race
    U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks is getting a boost from one of the biggest names in Democratic politics: former President Barack Obama.
    Former President Barack Obama speaks at the West Point Association of Graduates
    Annapolis leaders went to Sweden to learn about climate change. I went to IKEA.
    Walk under the U.S., Maryland, and Swedish flags and into the mammoth blue-and-yellow IKEA building in College Park, and the first of many brightly colored, chipper displays makes clear that saving the planet is at stake with every purchase.
    The entrance of the IKEA store in College Park, Maryland on Oct. 2 is filled  with information on the Swedish furniture giants sustainability goals.
    How Baltimore’s legal wins over ballot questions were turned against Harborplace
    Baltimore’s City Hall may have fumbled a chance to put its highest priority issue before voters.
    Maryland State Police to pay $2.75M to settle hiring discrimination case
    The agency will also rework testing requirements following a two-year investigation by the federal government into hiring practices.
    The Maryland State Police logo emblazoned on a lectern in front a police vehicle from a separate agency before a press conference, pictured outside the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barracks on 11/10/22.
    Gov. Moore shares ‘Oh my God’ Biden moment, describes missteps in Orioles lease talks
    Speaking at The Baltimore Banner’s iMPACT Maryland event, Moore said he didn’t do the best job explaining what it meant for the state and the baseball team to sign a memorandum of understanding — news that was flashed on the ballpark video board in the middle of a game.
    Maryland Governor Wes Moore speaks during his discussion with Dean Baquet at IMPACT Maryland held at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, Maryland, October 1st, 2024.
    California took several actions for reparations. Could Maryland be next?
    Despite veto of a California bill, state officials and advocates in favor of reparations say it's obtainable in Maryland.
    Pastor Robert Turner of Empowerment Temple begins his monthly walk from Baltimore to the White House to raise awareness for reparations on October 9, 2023.
    Marylanders don’t have a ‘right to die.’ Those who live with pain want options.
    Diane Kraus, after watching legislation stall for years in Maryland, found hope when the Delaware General Assembly passed legislation that would allow those with terminal illnesses to choose death with dignity. But then the governor vetoed the legislation.
    Diane Kraus poses for a portrait on the balcony of her Baltimore home on Aug. 22, 2024.
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