FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 9, 2018 CONTACTS: SUE WALITSKY 202-224-4524/TIM ZINK 410-962-4436 Cardin Outlines Support for the Bipartisan Budget Agreement “I am pleased that the Senate will turn to immigration reform after this budget is passed and urge Congress to roll up its sleeves and finally get the job done, with or without help from the […]
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Posted inGovernor O'Malley's Announcements
Governor Larry Hogan Issues Executive Order on Juvenile Offenders Serving Life Sentences
For immediate release: February 9, 2018 Contact: Shareese Churchill shareese.churchill@maryland.gov 410-974-2316 Governor Larry Hogan Issues Executive Order on Juvenile Offenders Serving Life Sentences Order Codifies Administration Practice Ensuring Meaningful Opportunity for Release ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan today signed Executive Order 01.01.2018.06, which confirms and requires that the governor weigh certain factors when considering a decision regarding […]
Posted inLieutenant Rutherford's Announcements
Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford to Attend Regional Cabinet Meeting, Visit Baltimore County
For immediate release: February 9, 2018 Contact: Shareese Churchill shareese.churchill@maryland.gov 410-974-2316 Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford to Attend Regional Cabinet Meeting, Visit Baltimore County ANNAPOLIS, MD – Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford will participate in the Baltimore County Regional Cabinet Meeting in Essex on Monday, February 12, 2018. He will also tour Baltimore County to visit with local elected officials, tour […]
Posted inSenator Cardin's Announcements
Cardin Returns to Leadership Position on Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 9, 2018 CONTACTS: SUE WALITSKY 202-224-4524/TIM ZINK 410-962-4436 Cardin Returns to Leadership Position on Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) this week resumed his role as Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Senator Cardin previously held the position in 2015. He released […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Thomas L. Saunders, Historian, Activist
Thomas Lawrence Saunders, a historian and CEO of Renaissance Productions and Tours, died of cancer at the Howard County General Hospital on Jan. 11. He was 60. Saunders was a lifelong resident of Baltimore City and his work and passion to create living history here was well documented in local media. Thomas L. Saunders died […]
Posted inNational News
Leaders Say Trump Presidency is at Odds with MLK’s Legacy
ATLANTA (AP) — The first Martin Luther King Jr. holiday of Donald Trump’s presidency is taking place amid a racial firestorm of Trump’s own making. In the same week that he honored King by making a national park out of the ground where King was born and preached until his death, Trump denigrated practically the […]
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Love AME Church, located at Tall Oaks High School, 2112 Church Rd., is scheduled to hold a Back to School Summerfest on Aug. 26 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The event will include free food, live music, games and other fun activities. Free haircuts and hair braiding will also be provided. Pastor Krishnan Natesan will perform […]
Posted inINTERNATIONAL
Two of the Six Burundi Teens Missing from D.C. Tech Competition Found In Canada
Two members of a Burundi robotics team who went missing July 20 after an international competition in Washington, D.C. have been found safe in Canada, D.C. police told The Washington Post. The two teenagers, Audrey Mwamikazi, 17, and Don Ingabire, 16, went to Canada on their own and there was no evidence of foul play, […]
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Voting Rights in the Trump Era
As a Texas native, I have witnessed many dark days in the fight to ensure voting rights for all people. The 2013 Supreme Court decision, Shelby County v. Holder, overturned portions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in historically discriminatory states and allowed those states to implement changes to election laws without any checks and balances. Four years […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Mayor Pugh Aide Pleads Guilty
Gary L. Brown Jr., an aide to Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, pleaded guilty May 31 to two counts of violating election law during last year’s mayoral campaign. Gary L. Brown Jr. (Courtesy Photo) Brown, a member of the mayor’s communications office, deposited a total of $18,000 into the bank accounts of his mother, brother and […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Jazzn’ Families Fun Day
Enjoy a fun family weekend from June 3-4 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St., NW. The event will include live jazz music featuring the finest talent in the region including vibrant galleries, art-making activities, an instrument petting zoo, interactive storytelling, and a free film screening among other attractions. […]
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
‘Sweeter’: A Film Thesis on Black Motherhood
A precocious 6-year-old switching places with her mother for the day to discover the true meaning of working twice as hard for half as much is exactly what student filmmaker Emily Eaglin portrayed in her short film “Sweeter.” The 13-minute film was submitted in the Baltimore Student Film Showcase at the Maryland Film Festival. Still […]
