Morning Roundup

Seven Democratic House members from Maryland voted for the debt ceiling bill (Fiscal Responsibility Act) yesterday with the lone Republican voting no. (Clerk.House.gov)

The federal government’s debt ceiling deadline could put more low-income Marylanders in further jeopardy when it comes to supplemental food income such as SNAP benefits. (WYPR)

Employees at a Starbucks in Ellicott City have filed with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize. (Baltimore Business Journal)

Police in Baltimore County say a suspicious device found while federal agents raided a Middle River home Wednesday morning was not an explosive. (WBAL 1090)

Baltimore City Council held a marathon session Wednesday evening resulting in a pledge to reinstate weekly recycling pick-up by early 2024 so long as it can get a total of 20 new crews and 30 garbage trucks in place. City leaders have until June 26 to approve a final budget. (Baltimore Banner)

Baltimore City recorded 19 homicides and 45 non-fatal shootings in May. (WMAR)

Gov. Wes Moore visited Wheaton in Montgomery County yesterday to get a first-hand look at pedestrian and traffic safety concerns in the area. According to the county, between 2015 and 2022, five pedestrians were killed in the area of Georgia Avenue and Veirs Mill Road in Wheaton. During that same period, almost 30 pedestrians were seriously injured in crashes. (WTOP)

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on constraining the types of wetlands protected under the federal Clean Water Act is facing outcry from environmental groups but the impact on Maryland will be blunted by the existence of state laws protecting wetlands that are newly excluded from federal oversight. (Baltimore Sun)

A new initiative will provide community-based organizations in Baltimore City access to funding for COVID-19 services in underserved communities, with grants to be awarded of up to $25,000. (WBFF)

The University of Maryland School of Medicine announced Wednesday the opening of an addiction research center. (Baltimore Banner)

Charges related to a family incident involving a freshman delegate who is alleged to have threatened a relative have been downgraded. Del. Jeffrie E. Long Jr. (D-Calvert and Prince George’s) now faces second-degree assault and fourth-degree burglary charges stemming from an April 4 incident. (Maryland Matters)

A judge sentenced Prince George’s County officer Cpl. Darryl Wormuth to 45 days in jail for the assault of a teen three years ago when he struck the handcuffed 17-year-old in the throat and yanked him downward. The judge asserted that the White officer’s motives were revealed by racially charged private text messages that the judge said showed a bias against young Black men. (Washington Post)

Frederick County Sheriff Charles “Chuck” Jenkins addresses a federal grand jury indictment on gun charges. Jenkinks denied having “any financial incentive or fraudulent intent” when he helped a gun dealer obtain machine guns to rent out to the public. (WJZ)

A 21-year-old inmate at the Jessup Correctional Institution has been charged with attempted murder in a January attack in which another prisoner was stabbed more than two dozen times. (Baltimore Sun)

Numerous Baltimore City schools are still without air conditioning. (WBAL)

The Maryland Department of Transportation is taking significant steps to support the state’s ambitious goal of planting five million trees by 2031. (Southern Maryland Chronicle)

The town of Easton elects its first female mayor. (WBOC)

A Prince George’s County landscaping business has been severely disrupted this week after burglars stole nearly all the power equipment. (WTOP)

Hundreds of thousands of Maryland vehicles are unknowingly a mobile advertisement for a Filipino casino after a license plate URL recently began redirecting to the gambling hall. (Gizmodo)

The owners of Pimlico Race Course notified employees Saturday that they are shutting down the track’s off-track betting (OTB) facility by June 30. (Maryland Matters)

A day after Maryland football‘s second primetime game of the season was announced, there was more scheduling news. Maryland announced game times and some TV information for half of its 2023 schedule on Wednesday. (247sports)

At Camden Yards yesterday the Orioles’ bullpen gave up the lead and the Cleveland Guardians left town with a 12-8 victory and a series win. (Camden Chat)