Groups associated with sugar growers and refiners have spent tens of thousands of dollars for hundreds of U.S. House staff to tour muddy sugar cane fields in Louisiana and Florida and sugar beet factories in Minnesota, according to an analysis of House travel disclosure data from 2012 through 2023 compiled by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland.
Eagle Harbor activists hope federal aid will help boost environmental restoration
James Crudup has vivid memories of traveling to Seagull Beach in Charles County, Maryland, during his teenage years. “I remember that water being just as clear as if we were in Florida…that’s the way it was back then,” Crudup said.…
Trone leads fundraising in U.S. Senate race in Maryland, but trails in individual donations
Trone has outspent Alsobrooks by more than eight times, disbursing $9.7 million so far in the race, according to the FEC reports.
Vogel leads in fundraising, spending in Maryland’s US House 6th District race
Vogel has raised $252,813, putting him above his fellow Democrats — and also above all Republicans running for the seat.
Lawmakers, advocates tout Chesapeake Bay education and funding bill in hearing
The bill would reauthorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Chesapeake Bay office for the first time since 2006.
COVID-19 numbers in Maryland and region surge amid decline in preventive measures
Kate McPhaul, an associate research professor in the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health, said the prevalence of testing is lower now than earlier in the pandemic.
Maryland lawmakers push to designate the Chesapeake Bay as a national recreation area
Lawmakers are calling for the park service to play a larger and more administerial role, especially as they strive to tell previously-untold stories about the watershed’s inhabitants.