Governor Wes Moore this afternoon declared a State of Emergency to strengthen the state’s coordinated response to historic flood damage in Western Maryland. The governor announced the State of Emergency declaration during his visit to Allegany County to survey the major damage incurred as the result of Tuesday’s statewide storm activity.
Governor Wes Moore and McDonald’s announced a plan to hire nearly 4,000 employees across 330 Maryland restaurants this summer, highlighting the company’s Archways to Opportunity education program, which has helped over 1,000 Marylanders advance their careers through tuition assistance and skills training.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and 17 other attorneys general filed an amicus brief supporting a legal challenge to two Trump-era executive orders that restrict federal funding for programs promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced an independent audit of Maryland’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, finding that more than half of reviewed cases had differing determinations of manner of death, including several from Montgomery County that were reclassified as homicides.
The father of 5-year-old Gibson Rivera Theimer, who was severely injured in a lawn mower accident on Saturday, May 10, in Olney, has provided an update on his condition. He shared that Gibson’s injuries are far more extensive than initially reported, affecting his entire right leg from upper buttock to foot. While Gibson is now out of immediate danger, he faces multiple surgeries, a long rehabilitation process, and will ultimately require a prosthetic. Over $40,000 has been donated so far to a GoFundMe campaign supporting his recovery. (more…)
Today, Governor Wes Moore, Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller, Treasurer Dereck Davis, Comptroller Brooke Lierman, House Speaker Adrienne Jones, and Senate President Bill Ferguson released the following statement on Moody’s Credit Rating. Moody’s downgraded Maryland’s bond rating from AAA to Aa1 for the first time since 1973, a move that could increase borrowing costs despite recent state budget reforms and deficit reductions.
The Maryland Department of Health released a fact sheet outlining how proposed federal Medicaid cuts—including work requirements, reduced provider funding, and limits on care—could significantly impact over 1.5 million Marylanders who rely on the program. (more…)
A Maryland man was sentenced to five years of supervised probation after being convicted of willfully filing a false Maryland tax return by failing to report $347,000 he stole from a church insurance payout.
A Maryland man is $500, 000 richer after purchasing a winning lottery scratch-off ticket from The Village Pump in College Park. Full story below courtesy MD Lottery:
SixFour3, a premier fastpitch softball training brand, has signed a franchise agreement to open its first Maryland location, with plans underway to establish the facility in either Montgomery or Howard County. The announcement follows the recent opening of SixFour3 Richmond in Virginia. (more…)
The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 18 hours for the flooding rainfall event that occurred across the DMV on Tuesday May 13, 2025 into Wednesday May 14th, per the National Weather Service: