Bryan P. Sears
Government Reporter at Maryland Matters
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5 days ago |
yahoo.com | Bryan P. Sears
A protester stands outside the Library of Congress on Friday in support of Carla Hayden, the librarian of Congress who was abruptly fired Thursday night. (Photo by Jess Daninhirsch/Capital News Service)Maryland Democrats reacted swiftly, and angrily, Friday to news that President Donald Trump had fired the librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, a former director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore who drew raves for her work there.
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1 week ago |
southernmarylandchronicle.com | Bryan P. Sears |David Higgins
State officials said they will move forward with plans to raze a storied but deteriorating Baltimore horse track following the running of the Preakness Stakes later this month. The Board of Public Works Wednesday is scheduled to vote on two requests related to the state’s thoroughbred racing plans. Included in the requests are plans to purchase a Carroll County parcel for a new training facility and another that will raze Pimlico Race Course as part of a modernization effort.
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1 week ago |
marylandmatters.org | Bryan P. Sears
The Board of Public Works gave the green light Wednesday to “a once-in-a-generation opportunity” to reinvigorate horse racing in Maryland, even as one member questioned if this would be the last chance for the industry. The three-member board approved contracts for the demolition and rebuild of Pimlico Race Course and the purchase of a Carroll County farm that will become a horse training center.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Bryan P. Sears
The three-member Board of Public Works approved contracts that some say will lead a generational opportunity to reinvigorate Pimlico Race Course and the surrounding Park Heights community. (File photo by Bryan P. Sears/Maryland Matters.)The Board of Public Works gave the green light Wednesday to “a once-in-a-generation opportunity” to reinvigorate horse racing in Maryland, even as one member questioned if this would be the last chance for the industry.
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1 week ago |
marylandmatters.org | Bryan P. Sears
A search is underway for a new secretary for the Maryland Department of Veterans and Military Families to replace Anthony C. “Tony” Woods, who is leaving May 11 to take a job with a private sector technology startup. Woods was one of Gov. Wes Moore’s earliest Cabinet appointments.
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The 2025 Md General Assembly session. They came, they passed, who won, who lost, who tried? Here’s the Maryland Matters “winners and losers” look back. https://t.co/RC74zm5kEI
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House of Delegates gives preliminary approval to legislation that lowers the caps on damages related to claims of institutional sexual abuse in public and private settings. The house still needs to give final approval and send to the Senate. Session ends at midnight 4/7.