Mayor Brandon M. Scott will announce the removal of owner-occupied homes valued at up to $250,000 from the city's tax sale list following approval from the Board of Estimates during their Wednesday, May 10, 2023 meeting.
On May 9, 2023, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $824,000 in federal funding for the Maryland Department of Transportation to improve Maryland’s scenic roads.
On May 1, 2023, Governor Wes Moore and the Maryland Department of Commerce announced that six small, minority, and veteran-owned businesses have been approved for a total of nearly $2.7 million in financial assistance to support business growth in Maryland.
Governor Wes Moore on May 1, 2023 announced the appointment of Justin K. Robinson to serve on the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Accountability and Implementation Board.
The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Office of the Attorney General on May 3, 2023 released its interim and supplemental investigative reports of the November 29, 2022, fatal officer-involved shooting in Frederick County.
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) have introduced legislation to expand hospital-based violence intervention services and prevention programs for survivors of violent crimes.
On May 1, 2023, U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding Senator Ben Cardin's (D-MD) decision to not pursue another term in the United States Senate in 2024.
Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger last May 1, 2023 issued the following statement after Senator Ben Cardin announced he will not seek reelection in 2024.
This marks the first DTO takedown of State's Attorney Bates' administration and defendants face a total of 386 years in prison if convicted of all charges.
On April 27, 2023, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (both D-Md.) led a bipartisan group of more than 20 of their Congressional colleagues in writing to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in support of the University of Maryland-led Mid-Atlantic Semiconductor Collaborative (MASC) proposal to contribute to the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Microelectronic Commons Initiative.
By March 22, two organizations registered within Baltimore County had donated to the Black Lives Matter movement, according to the BLM Funding Database.
Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today voted against legislation that would recklessly condition the U.S. government’s full faith and credit on ideologically extreme concessions. H.R. 2811 passed the U.S. House of Representatives in a party-line vote but is expected to fail in the U.S. Senate and President Joe Biden has already issued a veto threat.