Executive Branch

Boxing Obama in

2013-05-24 00:00:00

Greater than the risk of being accused of criminality in the three scandals now gripping the Obama administration is the peril that the president's substantive agenda is being hopelessly knocked off track. The liberal Illinois senator who entered the...

The most qualified Harford school chief candidate works a mere two blocks away [Commentary]

2013-05-24 04:57:00

Call me befuddled if you wish, but I still don't get the Harford County Board of Education's decision to name an interim superintendent for up to year while the board takes its time to find a permanent replacement for Robert Tomback. On Monday night,...

Top O'Malley aide Guillory to leave governor's office

2013-05-20 16:04:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley's communications director and long-time aide Raquel Guillory will leave the governor's office at the end of the month for another job in state goverment. Guillory, who worked for O'Malley when he was mayor and in the State House, is...

Gill sworn in as natural resources chief

2013-05-21 11:39:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley swore in Joseph P. Gill as Secretary of Natural Resources Tuesday, replacing John R. Griffin at the top of the 1,200-employee agency. Griffin has been named to replace Matt Gallagher as the governor's chief of staff as of June 1....

Rawlings-Blake press secretary moves to Fire Department

2013-05-22 10:21:00

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's press secretary is leaving the mayor's office to become the spokesman for the city's fire department. Ian Brennan, who also served as a spokesman for former Mayor Sheila Dixon, will replace Kevin Cartwright, who...

Fix city jail by tearing up officers' 'bill of rights'

2013-05-21 04:00:00

I have followed national news reports of 13 correctional officer involved in partnership activities with inmates as well as four female correctional officers getting pregnant by inmates ("Alleged gang leader in poor jail conditions, his lawyer says,"...

Election season starts early [Editorial]

2013-05-20 08:51:00

Maryland's primary may be 13 months away, but ready or not, the 2014 election campaign cycle is about to hit full stride. If it seems early, it is. With the primary now in June instead of September, new legislative districts, and an existing law that...

The cost of BGE reliability

2013-05-20 12:03:25

Baltimore Gas & Electric certainly isn't likely to win any popularity contests. It secured a rate increase from the Public Service Commission in February — its second in the last three years — and turned around and filed a request for...

$1 billion for new city schools: From non-starter to law

2013-05-16 18:26:00

Baltimore schools chief Andr�s Alonso went to Annapolis last year seeking approval for a bold $2 billion plan to replace many of the city system's crumbling buildings. The idea didn't even make it out of committee. Prospects still looked bleak in...

Brown to handle Preakness award honors

2013-05-16 14:54:00

When the owner of the winning horse in the 2013 Preakness Stakes mounts the podium to strains of "Maryland, My Maryland" to accept the Woodlawn Vase Saturday,� Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown�will make�the presentation. Gov. Martin O'Malley's office said...

Oxbow wins 2013 Preakness, beating Derby winner Orb

2013-05-18 17:36:00

No Triple Crown winner this year, no first-female-jockey-to-win, no sunshine? No problem, said those who flocked to Pimlico Race Course on Saturday and waited out a midafternoon downpour to watch Oxbow leave behind Kentucky Derby winner Orb to capture the...

The newest thing in Maryland horse racing: optimism

2013-05-16 11:27:00

The Kentucky Derby winner and oddsmakers' favorite for the Preakness Stakes isn't exactly a Maryland horse, but he's close — Orb is partially owned by a Baltimore County businessman, and his sire spent some time in Harford County. Attendance at...

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee addresses the media at the scene of a bridge collapse into the Skagit River on Interstate 5 near Mount Vernon, Washington.

2013-05-24 00:00:00

Gov. Tom Corbett

2013-05-23 14:34:00

U.S. President Barack Obama listens to an audience member interrupting his speech on the administration's counterterrorism policy at the National Defense University at Ft. McNair in Washington, May 23, 2013.

2013-05-23 00:00:00