BCPS to remain open on Presidents’ Day ‘pending Board approval’

TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Public Schools plan to remain open this Presidents’ Day. BCPS announced on Friday that, pending approval by the Maryland State Board of Education, all schools and offices would remain open on Presidents’ Day. This year, Presidents’ Day falls on Monday, February 17th. BCPS said that schools would remain open that day to make up for the December […]

Rep. Elijah Cummings dies at 68, local leaders pay tribute

BALTIMORE, MD—U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Baltimore died of a long-standing illness early Thursday morning according to his office.  He was 68 years old. A spokesman for the key Democrat said that he passed away at Johns Hopkins Hospital at around 2:45 a.m. Cummings had recently been embroiled in a Twitter battle with President Donald Trump over the conditions within […]

Hogan, Olzsewski weigh in on Trump-Cummings Twitter war over Baltimore

NOTTINGHAM, MD – Governor Larry Hogan and Baltimore County Executive have chimed in on the ongoing Twitter war between President Donald Trump and Rep. Elijah Cummings. In response to Rep. Cummings’ incessant complaints about what Cummings perceives as unacceptable conditions at the US-Mexico border under the president, Trump fired back over the weekend. On Saturday, President Trump unleashed a tweet […]