Cynthia Prairie

3 days ago | marylandreporter.com | Cynthia Prairie

MOORE’s SUPPORT OF MAGLEV ANGERS THOSE IN ITS PATH: When Gov. Wes Moore was in Japan expressing amazement at magnetic-levitation train technology, residents in the path of the proposed high-speed train back home were less than impressed. “I thought it was a slap in the face,” said Susan McCutchen, a resident of Bladensburg in Prince George’s County who has spent the better part of eight years fighting a maglev train proposed to zip between Washington and Baltimore. Pamela Wood/The Baltimore Banner.

1 week ago | marylandreporter.com | Cynthia Prairie

VAN HOLLEN BLOCKED FROM MEETING WITH ABREGO GARCIA IN EL SALVADOR: Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, on Wednesday tried and failed to secure a meeting in El Salvador with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant and Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration and remains imprisoned in his native country. Robert Jimison/The New York Times.

1 week ago | citybiz.co | William Harris |Cynthia Prairie

TRUMP TARIFFS CAST SHADOW OVER GOV. MOORE’s TRADE MISSION: Gov. Wes Moore spent his last four days promoting Maryland’s burgeoning quantum computing industry to Japanese investors only to have President Trump’s ever-changing tariff policies cast a shadow over an otherwise upbeat trip. Lee O. Sanderlin/The Baltimore Banner.

1 week ago | marylandreporter.com | Cynthia Prairie

TRUMP TARIFFS CAST SHADOW OVER GOV. MOORE’s TRADE VISIT: Gov. Wes Moore spent his last four days promoting Maryland’s burgeoning quantum computing industry to Japanese investors only to have President Trump’s ever-changing tariff policies cast a shadow over an otherwise upbeat trip. Lee O. Sanderlin/The Baltimore Banner.

1 week ago | citybiz.co | William Harris |Cynthia Prairie

MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES RELIEVED AS NO STATE FUNDS ARE CUT: Maryland mental health advocates and providers are relieved coming out of this year’s legislative session, where state lawmakers decided against a drastic cut in funding to the state’s year-old, big-money program aimed at improving the mental health of its young people. Sasha Allen of Capital News Service/Maryland Reporter. MOORE’s SALES PITCH TO JAPANESE ATTRACTS ATTENTION: Taku Nonaka and Gov. Wes Moore shared a symbiotic moment Monday.