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Councilman Marks: Richlyn Manor pumping station in final stage of design, permitting

PERRY HALL, MD—Councilman David Marks on Friday announced that the Baltimore County Department of Public Works and Transportation is in the final stages of design and permitting for the new Richlyn Manor pumping station. The project will be advertised in early July of 2024, with actual construction taking place from December of 2024 to July of 2027. The Richlyn Manor …


Around Maryland, Politics

Governor Moore visits MDOT, honors long-serving employees

BALTIMORE, MD—Governor Wes Moore visited the Maryland Department of Transportation headquarters in Hanover this week to discuss the state’s transportation safety efforts. The trip included a tour of various MDOT facilities and a meeting with the agency’s Minority Business Enterprise program to discuss the steps that are being taken to diversify Maryland’s contracting opportunities for small, minority-, women-, and veteran-owned …


Sinkhole on King Avenue prompts emergency repairs

ROSEDALE, MD—Emergency repairs will soon be made along King Avenue, according to Councilman David Marks. Crews will perform the work on King Avenue at the I-95 bridge beginning on Monday. The repairs are necessary due to the formation of a sinkhole. “As we understand, traffic will be maintained with a flagging operation,” said Councilman Marks. “We will pass along any …

Baltimore’s Light Rail to get $213M makeover

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) will receive $213 million in federal grant money that will be used to replace all 52 aging Light Rail cars in its fleet, the agency said this week. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration’s Rail Vehicle Replacement program, which is part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. …

Governor Moore announces EmPOWER Maryland plan to increase energy efficiency in more than 60,000 households

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore this week announced that the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development will increase the number of households served by its EmPOWER Maryland energy efficiency program over the next three years. The approved plan is in response to new statewide household electric savings goals for limited-income households, established by the passage of HB169 during the 2023 …

Water main break reported near Overlea area

OVERLEA, MD—A water main break in Baltimore County is affecting many local residents. The break was reported on Monday along Lillian Holt Drive near Kenwood Avenue (21206). Initial reports indicated that several homes are without water or experiencing low water pressure and some properties have been damaged by the break. The Department of Public Works has not yet provided an …

Governor Moore unveils Maryland’s State Plan, first in nearly ten years

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore has unveiled the Moore-Miller Administration’s State Plan—Maryland’s first in nearly ten years. During an all-State employee town hall, the governor presented the administration’s priorities, strategic objectives, and data-driven key performance indicators. “Our State Plan is about more than big aspirational targets. We’ve laid out specific, actionable, realistic, and measurable goals and built our priorities by listening …

NOW YOU KNOW: The Governor’s Dangerous Housing Agenda

The following is an editorial piece from Delegates Kathy Szeliga and Ryan Nawrocki. Did you know that Governor Wes Moore has announced that one of his legislative priorities this year is to expand low-income housing across Maryland? Moore has said that he wants to create 96,000 low-income housing units. One of his bills, The Housing Expansion and Affordability Act (SB484/HB538), …