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The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company In-The-Ruins | PHOTOS
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (136+ words) The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company In-The-Ruins production of “The Tale of Cymbeline” Sunday, at Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park, in Historic Ellicott City. “Forbidden love, mistaken identities, banishment, and a… Analysis: Wes Moore’s Bronze Star was a political rescue mission Health…...
Chesapeake Legal Alliance: Water quality standards and the Chesapeake Bay
2+ week, 6+ day ago (126+ words) Jackie Goodrum, an attorney with the Chesapeake Legal Alliance, talked with the Chesapeake Bay Journal to explain the basics of water quality standards. New invasive predator is becoming a growing presence in Florida Everglades Orioles’ Jackson Holliday injured during win…...
Spanberger vetoes bill that would have allowed retail marijuana sales in Virginia
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (149+ words) Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has vetoed a bill that would have allowed for the retail sale of recreational marijuana. “I share the General Assembly’s goal of establishing a safe, legal, and well-regulated cannabis retail m… More than half of Baltimore…...
Chesapeake softball holds off Arundel, 5-4, in 3A state quarterfinal
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (123+ words) Chesapeake softball stifles a late rally by Arundel to advance to the Class 3A state semifinals with a 5-4 win. Laurel Park horse death Friday sparks renewed criticism before Preakness Taneytown shop owner claims he had no choice but force after years…...
Democrats ask the Supreme Court to halt a Virginia ruling blocking new congressional districts
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (334+ words) The move came after the Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a constitutional amendment that voters narrowly passed just last month. The 4-3 state court decision found that the Democratic-controlled legislature improperly began the process of placing the amendment on…...
Utah Sen. Mike Lee calls attempted Virginia gerrymander ‘naked power grab’
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (40+ words) Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote in a social media post last week that “the Virginia Supreme Court: Reversing Abigail Spanberger’s naked power grab.” The high court ruled that the General Assembly’s redistricting push violated the state c…...
Virginia redistricting referendum is in limbo as legal challenges proceed
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (55+ words) If approved by the courts, Virginia’s new congressional district map would put blue urban centers in northern Virginia with red rural areas far away to create 10 blue-leaning districts and leave only one Republican district in place. The current map has…...
Chesapeake softball forfeits 2 games after ‘inappropriate actions’ toward Black player
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (113+ words) Chesapeake softball forfeited its two most recent games after an incident in which some players “engaged in inappropriate actions.”... Key Bridge contract canceled: Moore’s ‘fastest-moving’ claim tested Elon Musk’s SpaceX posts jobs, files permit applications in Westminster Carroll Fire and…...
Virginia Supreme Court considers whether to block voter-approved US House map favoring Democrats
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (461+ words) By GARY D. ROBERTSON and DAVID A. LIEB The Virginia court proceedings mark the latest twist in a national redistricting battle between Republicans and Democrats seeking an advantage in a November election that will determine whether Republicans maintain their narrow majority in…...
Norfolk Southern’s profit fell 27% as it didn’t collect big insurance payments for Ohio derailment
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (210+ words) By JOSH FUNK, AP Transportation Writer Norfolk Southern railroad’s first-quarter profit fell 27% because it didn’t collect big insurance payments related to the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment and its planned merger with Union Pacific added to its costs. Without those unusual…...