Several new laws went into effect in Maryland yesterday. (WYPR)
More than 72,000 homes and businesses in Anne Arundel County were without power Thursday afternoon. An equipment failure (a blown transformer) was to blame and all customers had power restored before 11:00pm. (WTOP)
A day after reports of Pimlico Race Course saying they were planning to close its off-track-betting (OTB) venue citing “financial challenges”, owners are now reconsidering that decision. (Baltimore Banner)
According to a memo from the Baltimore Mayor’s Office, there appears to be a staffing problem associated with the new citywide youth curfew. (WBFF)
Del. Lesley J. Lopez (D-Montgomery) entered the race for the open 6th District congressional seat Thursday. She is the fourth Democrat so far to enter the race to replace U.S. Rep. David Trone (D), who is running for U.S. Senate. (Maryland Matters)
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) on Thursday backed Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks (D) for Senate. (Washington Post)
A Maryland hate crimes task force whose funding was set to expire next year became a permanent group Thursday. The Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention is comprised of state agencies, nonprofit organizations and community leaders. (Maryland Matters)
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced the completion of shoreline construction at Hurst Creek along the Choptank River in Dorchester County. (WBOC)
A week after the Carroll County Commissioners approved the fiscal budget for 2024 and promising to make it available for the public to see, the documents are still not available online for review. (Carroll County Observer)
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks is adopting a stopgap measure as a deadline looms for county leaders to agree on her $5.4 billion budget for the year that begins July 1. That plan relied on projected revenue that fell short this month. (Washington Post)
Nearly a full city block of Baltimore’s Remington neighborhood will be redeveloped as the setting for apartments, offices and retail space, under a plan unveiled Thursday. (Baltimore Fishbowl)
A plan to resume enforcement of two dozen low-level, nonviolent offenses such as drug possession and trespassing was unveiled Thursday, reversing the city’s hands-off policy of the past three years. (Baltimore Banner)
Delegates of the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church voted Thursday to approve the disaffiliation of 23 congregations over questions around how the denomination should handle LGBTQ+ issues. (Baltimore Sun)
Teenagers are using water guns that look like real guns to play what is known as the “Assassin Game.” Police across the nation, including in Baltimore County. (WJZ)
A teenager will be held without bond, a judge ruled Thursday, for his alleged role in an armed attack on a Prince George’s County school bus on May 1. (WTOP)
Wicomico County Executive Julie Giordano is responding to calls that the county is not doing enough to ban explicit materials in the classroom after a petition was started by a concerned parent group Delmarva Parent Teacher Coalition to remove certain books. (WMDT)
Boxing champ Gervonta “Tank” Davis was taken into custody on Thursday, less than a month after he was ordered to serve three months of home detention for a hit-and-run crash. Davis pled guilty last year to being involved in a hit-and-run crash in 2020 that injured four people, including a pregnant woman. (Baltimore Banner)
A travel day Thursday for the Orioles. They begin a six-game interleague road trip tonight in San Franscisco. (MLB)
Tilghman Island is in transition as the watermen there are finding it increasingly difficult to make a living. (MPT)
