ANALYST WARNS OF “DAUNTING” STATE BUDGET SITUATION
David Romans, the Maryland General Assembly’s top budget analyst, has cautioned lawmakers against draining the state’s cash reserves to offset a nearly $1.5 billion deficit that has emerged for the coming fiscal year. One potential option for covering more than half the shortfall would be to pull $815 million from the state’s $2.3 billion rainy…
JUDGE DENIES DEATH ROW INMATE’S REQUEST FOR A NEW TRIAL
There will be no new trial for death row inmate Paul Kendrick, who was convicted of killing Sgt. Mark Baseman at SCI-Somerset. Kendrick sought a new trial, making claims of insufficient evidence and juror misconduct. Kendrick accused one of the jurors of discussing the trial outside of court. He also alleged he was forced to…
WOMAN ACCUSED OF VIOLATING PROTECTIVE ORDER
Cumberland resident Alexandra Wolfe is being held without bond for allegedly violating a protective order. She was found in the 100-block of Pennsylvania Avenue, but officers learned she was banned from being at that address. She was taken to the Allegany County Detention Center and received a hearing by a District Court Commissioner.
TUCKER COUNTY RECEIVES FOOD AID
A private foundation gift of 50-thousand dollars is expected to help ease food insecurity issues in Tucker County. The Augusta Family Foundation announced the donation Tuesday, which will be split between the Tucker County Family Resource Network and the Blackwater Ministerial Association. April Miller, executive director of the Tucker County Family Resource Network, says the…
FIRST ACCELERANT-DETECTING K-9 ASSIGNED TO WESTERN MARYLAND IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS
Western Maryland is welcoming its first Accelerant Detection K9 in more than 20 years. K9 “Quinn” is a black Labrador Retriever that was initially trained through the Puppies Behind Bars program, which provides service dogs for law enforcement and first responders. Quinn’s assignment in Western Maryland will reduce response times for fire investigations that previously…
MC CLAIN DELANEY, HARRIS REACT TO PASSAGE OF FUNDING BILL AND END OF
SHUTDOWN Maryland First District Republican and House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris says passage of the government funding bill to end the Democrat-led shutdown is a win for conservatives and the American people. He says it ends the Schumer Shutdown, stops a bloated year-end omnibus dead in its tracks, keeps spending flat, protects President Trump’s…
MARYLAND G.O.P. PUSHES BACK ON MID-CYCLE REDISTRICTING
Maryland Republicans are moving to block Governor Wes Moore’s push for mid-cycle redistricting. GOP leaders announced plans to introduce the Fair Districts for Maryland Act at a news conference in Annapolis. The bill would limit redistricting to once a decade after the Census and create a bipartisan commission with independent voters at the table. It…
POTOMAC RIVER GETS “B” ON WATER QUALITY REPORT CARD
A group that grades the water quality of the Potomac River is giving the waterway a B. The Potomac Conservancy says the river has come a long way since earning a D for water quality in 2011. But the group noted yesterday that the river has earned a B each of the last five years,…
BODY OF MISSING MINER RECOVERED
The search for a missing miner trapped in a West Virginia coal mine is over. Last Saturday, a mining crew was in the Rolling Thunder Mine near Drennen when it flooded. On Thursday morning, water levels inside the mine dropped enough to allow for a rescue crew to enter the mine, leading to crews finding…
WEST VIRGINIA STUDENT ENROLLMENT DECLINING
West Virginia State School Superintendent Michele Blatt says West Virginia schools have lost two-point-five percent of their students in just the past year. The state’s student enrollment now stands at 234,957 students. That’s down more than six-thousand students in the previous year, and nearly 251-thousand students back in 2021 and 2022. The ongoing loss of…
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