NewsrampSep 8, 2025
Maryland Senate Minority Leader Stephen Hershey forms exploratory committee for 2026 gubernatorial race, seeking 'balance' in state leadership #MDPolitics #Election2026
Erica PalmisanoApr 12, 2024
"People are certainly entitled to their own opinions, and especially to any very real fears of crime that they may have based on their own experiences. But no one is entitled to their own facts regarding crime data and crime trends."
Moore should veto HB814, not criminalize kids #MDGA24 #MDPolitics #USpolitics
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/04/09/gov-moore-veto-marylands-juvenile-justice-reform-bill-guest-commentary/
Gov. Moore, veto Maryland’s juvenile justice reform bill | GUEST COMMENTARY

It is not too late for the governor to veto this bill and instead take executive action on the creation of two positive solutions.

Baltimore Sun
Misuse CaseJan 24, 2024

Extremely local politics thing but Rep. David Trone being an absolute jackass has gotten a lot of publicity for the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition.

Please God don’t let this man buy his way to Cardin’s Senate seat.

#mdpolitics

Amanda Chaya Engel (she/her)Mar 2, 2023

The Youth Equity & Safety Act would change where teens start in the judicial system for 33 criminal charges. Here are the stories of two teens who were directly impacted by the way the law currently stands: https://www.wmar2news.com/infocus/a-tale-of-two-teens

#LocalNews #News #Journalism #mdpolitics #mdga23 #WMAR2News #Maryland #Baltimore

A Tale of Two Teens

Right now, there's legislation in both the House and Senate to start all kids under 18 in the juvenile court.

WMAR 2 News Baltimore
Amanda Chaya Engel (she/her)Feb 21, 2023

#Abortion Access bill heard in #Maryland House committee today: #WMAR2News: https://www.wmar2news.com/infocus/abortion-bill-finds-heated-and-controversial-opposition-in-house-committee

#MDGA23 #mdpolitics

Abortion bill finds heated and controversial opposition in House Committee

If passed, the bill would put the question to the voters of whether to amend the state's constitution. That question would appear on the 2024 ballot in Maryland.

WMAR 2 News Baltimore
Amanda Chaya Engel (she/her)Feb 9, 2023

As top #Maryland lawmakers work to protect abortion access in Maryland, we spoke with
Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux at FiveThirtyEight about where Maryland is compared to other states:
#WMAR2News
https://wmar2news.com/infocus/nationwide-legal-landscape-for-abortion-in-flux-as-md-lawmakers-seek-to-protect-rights

#mdpolitics #mdga23 #abortion #reproductiverights #FiveThirtyEight #News #LocalNews #Journalism

Nationwide legal landscape for abortion in flux as MD lawmakers seek to protect rights

Most states across the country have begun their regular legislative session of 2023. The first since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade when ruling in the Dobbs decision last June.

WMAR 2 News Baltimore
Ronit Aviva DancisJan 30, 2023

Happy Infrastructure Monday in Maryland.

#mdpolitics

https://apnews.com/article/biden-baltimore-rail-tunnel-project-191caf5db5cbd4facceb4f3369f0c72f

'Amtrak Joe' Biden hails plans for big East Coast tunnel fix

BALTIMORE (AP) — Greeted by the cheerful blare of a train horn, President Joe Biden stood Monday before a decrepit rail tunnel that he estimated he's been through 1,000 times — fearing for decades it might collapse .

Associated Press
Ronit Aviva DancisJan 24, 2023

Marylands new Sec of Transportation commuted by MARC train between Baltimore and DC when he began working at DC area Metro.

Now he’s leading the agency in charge of expanding that system.

#MDpolitics #transit
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RT @JWPascale
.@MDGovMoore is officially introducing his new transportation secretary Paul Wiedefeld at the Maryland Statehouse.

Wiedefeld is the former General Manager of WMATA. He also previously served as head of BWI an…
https://twitter.com/JWPascale/status/1617977718460776449

Jordan Pascale🎙️ on Twitter

“.@MDGovMoore is officially introducing his new transportation secretary Paul Wiedefeld at the Maryland Statehouse. Wiedefeld is the former General Manager of WMATA. He also previously served as head of BWI and the Maryland Transit Administration.”

Twitter
Ronit Aviva DancisJan 20, 2023

Transit is jobs policy. Transit is economic development. Transit is equity.

#MDpolitics
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RT @BenjaminGroff
This is maybe the fifth time I've heard Governor Moore repeat the mantra: "You can't have economic mobility without physical mobility." This time at today's FY24 budget press conference in part announcing an additional $500 million set aside to fund transportation priorities.
https://twitter.com/BenjaminGroff/status/1616499740836757506

Ben Groff on Twitter

“This is maybe the fifth time I've heard Governor Moore repeat the mantra: "You can't have economic mobility without physical mobility." This time at today's FY24 budget press conference in part announcing an additional $500 million set aside to fund transportation priorities.”

Twitter
Black IntellectJan 20, 2023

Gov. Wes Moore frees $69M to fund direct investments in key policies

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/wes-moore-executive-order-69-million-dollars-funding/

#uspolitics
#mdpolitics
#BlackPolitics

Gov. Wes Moore frees $69M to fund direct investments in key policies

The actions mark a "fundamental shift" in how the governor's office is going to approach the budget and the office's relationship with the General Assembly, Moore said.

CBS Baltimore