Lee Sanderlin

Baltimore

Writin’ about Baltimore politics @BaltimoreBanner | Used to work at @baltimoresun, @clarionledger and others! | email me: [email protected]

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Key Bridge families get $1.2M donation after funding controversy

2 days ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Lee Sanderlin

The Baltimore Community Foundation donated $1.2 million to help the families of the six workers who died in the Key Bridge disaster, Mayor Brandon Scott said Tuesday afternoon. The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs has been coordinating direct cash assistance to the victims’ families, but that money was supposed to run out in December.
Gov. Moore’s Asia trip helped by baseball talk and a slight football gaffe

6 days ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Lee Sanderlin

SEOUL — Unless you’ve been living under a rock these last three years, it’s well established that Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is obsessed with sports. The governor just spent a week in Japan and South Korea where he met with business executives, investors, regional governors and even the acting president of South Korea in hopes of securing investment in Maryland. But it was his sports fandom that served as a common touchstone throughout the trip.
Moore’s Asia trip helped by baseball talk and a slight football gaffe

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Lee Sanderlin

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As Moore sells Maryland to Asia, Trump’s tariffs cast shadow

1 week ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Lee Sanderlin

TOKYO — 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. “It’s really difficult that just in the days that we have been here in Japan, we’ve probably heard three different announcements,” the governor said, adding that a lack of consistent trade policy made international relations and deal making difficult.
As Wes Moore sells Maryland to Asia, Trump’s tariffs cast shadow

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Lee Sanderlin

Nvidia To Build $500 Billion AI Infrastructure In US In the Next Four YearsNvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) announced Monday that it is teaming up with its manufacturing partners to bring the production of its AI supercomputers to …
Gov. Wes Moore kicks off Asia trade trip with Maglev train ride: 'This is the future'

1 week ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Lee Sanderlin

TOKYO — The miles passed like seconds as the train rocketed through the Japanese countryside, whirring by the cherry blossoms. The roughly 27-mile ride, about the distance from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to Washington, took 9 minutes. When the SCMAGLEV reached 90 on the speedometer — Saturday morning’s demonstration topped out at 311 mph, though railway officials assured everyone it could go even faster — it literally levitated, like a vehicle out of Star Wars.
A red stalwart in blue Maryland: Are these Chuck Jenkins’ last days?

1 week ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Lee Sanderlin

He may be the best-known man in Frederick County. Chuck Jenkins,nearing the end of his fifth four-year term, has been in office longer than any othersheriff in county history. As an elected Republican in a placethat gets rapidly more liberal each election, though, Jenkins, nearly 70, is also something of an endangered species. Sitting in his super-sizedFord ExpeditionSUV outside a localAmerican Legion post on a recentTuesday, Jenkins tried to explain his long-running appeal.
Foundation CEO on Key Bridge fund backlash: ‘Issue now has my full attention.’

2 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Lee Sanderlin |Cody Boteler

After two days of intense public blowback, the Baltimore Community Foundation CEO said she plans “to get things back on track” by working with City Hall to find ways to support the families of the six men who died in the Key Bridge collapse.
A Key Bridge relief fund raised $16M, but none for victims’ families

2 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Lee Sanderlin

Two days after the Key Bridge fell, its twisted wreckage still draped across the cargo ship Dali, the Baltimore Community Foundation launched a major fundraising campaign to, among other causes, help the survivors and families of the six construction workers who died in the collapse. Named after a turn of phrase from Gov. Wes Moore, the Maryland Tough, Baltimore Strong Key Bridge Fund drew wide support.
Brandon Scott’s $4.6B Baltimore spending plan could be scrambled by Trump cuts

3 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Emily Opilo |Lee Sanderlin

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s proposed $4.6 billion budget accounts for millions less in state and federal dollars next year, but the plan could still change substantially depending on the whims of President Donald Trump, officials said this week.