The Green Party candidate running for a Baltimore City Council seat clinched one decisive victory recently ― 85% of the vote for a union endorsement.The Metro Baltimore Council AFL-CIO, the largest labor union council in Maryland, announced the endorsement of Franca Muller Paz for the 12th District City Council seat this week. It is the first time the council has endorsed a third-party challenger.Democratic incumbent Councilman Robert Stokes Sr., who won the party’s nomination with 40% of the vote in a close primary earlier this year.Muller Paz has racked up several endorsements, including...…The Green Party candidate running for a Baltimore City Council seat clinched one decisive victory recently ― 85% of the vote for a union endorsement.The Metro Baltimore Council AFL-CIO, the largest labor union council in Maryland, announced the endorsement of Franca Muller Paz for the 12th District City Council seat this week. It is the first time the council has endorsed a third-party challenger.Democratic incumbent Councilman Robert Stokes Sr., who won the party’s nomination with 40% of the vote in a close primary earlier this year.Muller Paz has racked up several endorsements, including...WW…

Maryland Commerce Secretary Kelly M. Schulz announced Wednesday that she’s running for governor in 2022.Schulz, 52, is the first declared Republican candidate in the race. Earlier on Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford (R) announced in the gubernatorial election.“This past year has been incredibly difficult for all of us. But the perseverance I have seen from Marylanders has been nothing less than awe-inspiring. It’s this resilience, strength, and never-give-up mentality that inspired me to run for governor,” Schulz said in an released around noon.In the video, she promised to help...…Maryland Commerce Secretary Kelly M. Schulz announced Wednesday that she’s running for governor in 2022.Schulz, 52, is the first declared Republican candidate in the race. Earlier on Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford (R) announced in the gubernatorial election.“This past year has been incredibly difficult for all of us. But the perseverance I have seen from Marylanders has been nothing less than awe-inspiring. It’s this resilience, strength, and never-give-up mentality that inspired me to run for governor,” Schulz said in an released around noon.In the video, she promised to help...WW…

The House of Delegates will continue debate later this week on a bill that would change the way some Maryland counties elect their commissioners.Debate grew heated on the House floor Tuesday, as lawmakers considered for five counties where district-based commissioners are elected by county-wide votes.Supporters of the change say the current systems in five counties ― Calvert, Charles, Garrett, Queen Anne’s and St. Mary’s ― disenfranchise people of color by diluting the votes from their neighborhoods.Republican lawmakers from some of the counties opposed the measure, , on the floor and...…The House of Delegates will continue debate later this week on a bill that would change the way some Maryland counties elect their commissioners.Debate grew heated on the House floor Tuesday, as lawmakers considered for five counties where district-based commissioners are elected by county-wide votes.Supporters of the change say the current systems in five counties ― Calvert, Charles, Garrett, Queen Anne’s and St. Mary’s ― disenfranchise people of color by diluting the votes from their neighborhoods.Republican lawmakers from some of the counties opposed the measure, , on the floor and...WW…

In the hours after it was officially introduced, lawmakers in the General Assembly said Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s proposed budget represented a promising, bipartisan framework to guide the recovery of Maryland and Marylanders after the COVID-19 pandemic.It was an unusual budget rollout, with the budget bills introduced at pro forma floor sessions with barely a handful of lawmakers in attendance as a precaution during the pandemic, and the constitutionally mandated state budget presentation coinciding with the U.S. presidential inauguration. Legislative reaction was subdued, compared to...…In the hours after it was officially introduced, lawmakers in the General Assembly said Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s proposed budget represented a promising, bipartisan framework to guide the recovery of Maryland and Marylanders after the COVID-19 pandemic.It was an unusual budget rollout, with the budget bills introduced at pro forma floor sessions with barely a handful of lawmakers in attendance as a precaution during the pandemic, and the constitutionally mandated state budget presentation coinciding with the U.S. presidential inauguration. Legislative reaction was subdued, compared to...WW…