by Danielle J. Brown, William J. Ford and Christine Condon, Maryland Matters March 24, 2026 The House and Senate churned through hundreds of bills in double and triple floor sessions Monday, but that doesn’t mean there was not serious debate, as the fate of pending legislation continued to get clearer. Senators gave final approval to […]
Read More...The Maryland congressional delegation is raising a variety of concerns about the administration’s military campaign in the Middle East. By STELLA GARNER Capital News Service (WASHINGTON) — Congress is conflicted on how to respond to the Trump administration’s ongoing military campaign in Iran, with lawmakers split largely along party lines on whether President Donald Trump’s […]
Read More...by William J. Ford, Maryland Matters February 2, 2026 https://marylandmatters.org/2026/02/02/house-brushes-aside-gop-amendments-advances-immigration-enforcement-restriction/ The House gave preliminary approval in a brief Monday night session to a bill that would prohibit cooperative agreements between local police and federal immigration agencies, rejecting a series of Republican amendments that had stretched over two days. By advancing House Bill 444 in just […]
Read More...St. Mary Anne’s Episcopal Church in North East will again host is annual “Family Train Day” on Saturday, January 10, at St. Mary Anne’s Parish Center, 315 S. Main Street in North East. The event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., is free, and features a number of working model or toy […]
Read More...More than a few people are deeply disturbed by the inclusion of a float dedicated to Confederate “Heritage” and the distribution of Confederate flags to children in North East’s annual Christmas parade. Editorially, there’s little Cecil TV can add to this story except to say that the Confederacy was a failed effort to preserve the […]
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by Jacob Fischler, Maryland Matters December 3, 2025 The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats that have not provided data on fraud in the program, Secretary Brooke Rollins told President Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. USDA sought data from states earlier […]
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by Jonathan Shorman, Maryland Matters November 26, 2025 The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illegal immigration. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security seeks access to an obscure computer network used by […]
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Capitol News Service 11/13/25 By Aline Behar Kado, Haley Parsley and Raphael Romero Ruiz A handful of sheriffs are enforcing immigration policies so aggressively that they’ve put Maryland ahead of most red states in transferring migrants to ICE custody. It’s part of a local-federal partnership known as 287(g) Sheriffs in Maryland are assisting President Donald Trump’s administration in […]
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by Christine Condon, Maryland Matters November 5, 2025 Constellation Energy began making its case Tuesday that it should be the go-to company if Maryland expands power generation within its borders. The company said Tuesday that it had submitted proposals, under the state’s new permitting fast-track process, for two natural gas power plant concepts and for […]
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On Saturday, hundreds of people assembled in North East to express their feelings about President Trump’s attacks on health care, minorities and the rule of law. This outpouring of sentiment was a small part of the nationwide No Kings protest that took place in large and small towns in all 50 states. Local participants assembled […]
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