The 2019 Annapolis Session Winners and Losers
Winners: Maggie McIntosh The Speaker-in-waiting from Baltimore City who chairs the powerful House Appropriations Committee had a relatively quiet and drama-free budget session. McIntosh is…
Senate President Miller’s top aide says boss’ ‘little 30-year-old Jew’ remark is an ‘inside joke’
Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr.’s Chief of Staff Jake Weissmann is dismissing a questionable remark uttered by his longtime boss as an”inside…
Kent County Republican Central Committee Facebook page draws claims of racism
Some Marylanders are raising concerns that the Kent County Republican Central Committee’s Facebook page contains overtly racist content, stemming from a series of posts aimed…
Trone backs federal $15 minimum wage despite paying Total Wine employees less
Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) may not be the progressive media darling of the congressional freshman class like Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx, Queens) or Rep. Rashida…
Is the Lisanti Saga indicative of the Annapolis culture?
For a rookie journalist/political reporter/podcaster/blogger or whatever title people ascribe to me (it changes daily) covering his first Annapolis session, I am, unfortunately, limited in…
Md. Democratic Party official says 2A activists are ‘terrorists in the making,’ deletes social media post
A Maryland Democratic Party official and former state Senate candidate has now deleted a controversial social media post that has sparked some to call for…
Washington County officials mum on chief operating officer’s employment status
Several Washington County government employees say they have not seen the county’s chief operating officer at work for nearly a month despite repeated confirmations from…
Foxwell takes on Bruce Poole: ‘He is commenting on a subject that he fundamentally doesn’t understand.’
In a continuation of last week’s near-daily barrage against the so-called “Annapolis Machine’s” efforts to peel away Comptroller Peter Franchot’s regulatory oversight of alcohol, Franchot’s…
Booze Battle: Franchot, Kramer get personal over legislation that would strip comptroller’s office of regulatory authority
Jousting matches may be a thing of the past for a state that adopted the medieval game as its official state sport in 1962. But…
Pinsky aide unloaded on Franchot’s chief of staff
A legislative aide to Maryland state Sen. Paul G. Pinsky (D-Prince George’s) is evidently not shy about expressing his disdain for Len Foxwell, Comptroller Peter Franchot’s chief of staff….
