Maryland Matters

1 day ago | marylandmatters.org | William Ford

It could have been called a productive day in the office for the board overseeing the implementation of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. But the Accountability and Implementation Board still doesn’t have an office. After three years of mostly remote work, the board in March approved a 10-year lease on a 3,012-square-foot office on West Street in Annapolis, with hopes of moving the first 10 staffers in this fall.

2 days ago | marylandmatters.org | Christine Condon |William Ford

Kelly O. Hayes, the acting U.S. Attorney for Maryland, is acting no more. Hayes was sworn in Tuesday as the next U.S. attorney for the state, replacing former U.S. Attorney Erek Barron, who left in February. Hayes was chosen for interim post by Attorney General Pam Bondi, but someone nominated by the attorney general can only hold the post in a interim capacity for 120 days. After that, falls to the judges of the district to appoint a successor.

2 days ago | marylandmatters.org | William Ford

House lawmakers grappled Wednesday to find a path forward on a report that dozens of police-custody deaths previously ruled accidental or of unknown causes by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner have been reclassified as homicides. The report, the result of a four-year review of 1,300 cases between 2003 and 2019, was presented to the House Judiciary Committee by Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) and Towson University psychology professor Jeff Kukucka, who led the audit.

5 days ago | marylandmatters.org | William Ford

Andrew Friedson officially announced plans Sunday to seek the Democratic nomination for Montgomery County executive, becoming the fifth Democrat to get in the race for the June 2026 primary. Friedson, who unofficially said he would run more than a week ago, addressed several hundred people who turned out on a hot Sunday evening in Cabin John Regional Park.

1 week ago | marylandmatters.org | William Ford

Hours after being sworn in as Prince George’s County Executive on Wednesday, Aisha Braveboy announced that George Nader will be the county’s next police chief. Nader, who has worked as the assistant chief for the Metro Transit Police Department since 2016, worked previously in Prince George’s for 20 years that began in 1996 that included the rank of deputy chief. “I am a man of faith. I do believe that the Lord puts our path in front of us. It’s up to us to take that path.