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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #6

Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in…

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By: Samuel Wonacott

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Foo Fighters Cancel All Dates Following Drummer’s Death

Foo Fighters have canceled all upcoming concert dates following the death of the band’s drummer, Taylor Hawkins. The rockers had been scheduled to play at the Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday as well as spring dates at the Beale Street Music Festival; the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage…

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Stock trader resentenced to 5 years for deadly bunker fire

A wealthy stock trader has been resentenced to five years in prison for his role in the fiery death of a man who was helping him secretly dig tunnels for a nuclear bunker under a home in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D

The Independent UK

Maryland lawmaker Will Smith gets confused for actor who slapped Chris Rock, receives harsh tweets

The Maryland senator accrued more than 100 new followers after the Oscars ceremony, many of whom likely didn’t realise he wasn’t the King Richard actor

The Independent UK

Muscle Maker's Pokemoto Inks Five New Franchise Agreements For Rhode Island

Muscle Maker Inc (NASDAQ:GRIL) has signed five new Pokemoto franchise agreements for Rhode Island. The additional agreements will bring the total Pokemoto eateries count to six in Rhode Island. The Pokemoto real estate and development teams will work in tandem with the local franchise partners to develop the market. "When these units are…

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Maryland moves to take charge of troubled Baltimore wastewater treatment plant amid worries of possible ‘catastrophic failures’

BALTIMORE — Maryland’s Secretary of the Environment Ben Grumbles has directed the state to take charge of operations at Baltimore City’s troubled Back River Wastewater Treatment plant in Dundalk — the largest such facility in the state.

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Judge Tosses Maryland's Highly Gerrymandered Congressional Map

Advanced statistics and redistricting reformers combined to kill one of the country's worst gerrymanders.

Reason

Summit Shows Progress, and Work Yet to Be Done, Around Diverse Hiring in Football

The National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches met this past week in New York to continue to brainstorm ways to tackle the issue of systemic racism in all levels of football.

Sports Illustrated

Judge declares Maryland’s new congressional map unconstitutional, seeks a do-over

BALTIMORE — A Maryland judge on Friday rejected a General Assembly-approved map of the state’s congressional districts that had been challenged by Republicans.

Tribune News Service

Man gives almost 100 abandoned chihuahuas a forever home after rescuing them

Bobby Humphreys, 49, from Maryland, US, began rescuing unwanted chihuahuas and converted his home into a doggy sanctuary - though he says he 'never intended' to have 95 pets

Daily Mirror

Maryland judge throws out Democrat-leaning congressional map - Roll Call

The judge called the map an 'extreme partisan gerrymander.' Of the eight current districts, Rep. Andy Harris is the sole Republican.

Roll Call

Maryland prepares for new era under Kevin Willard, greeted by pressure to live up to past triumphs

BALTIMORE — For one afternoon at the end of February, past met present, and all felt well in the realm of University of Maryland men’s basketball.

Tribune News Service

Gov. Hogan to send dollars, state troopers to help Baltimore police target violent crime

BALTIMORE — The state of Maryland plans to send millions to beef up a Baltimore Police Department warrant task force, pay for additional federal prosecutors to focus on gun crime in the city and send state troopers to take over traffic patrols on Interstate 83, Gov. Larry Hogan announced on…

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Gov. Hogan to send dollars, state troopers to help Baltimore Police target violent crime

The state of Maryland plans to send millions to beef up a Baltimore Police Department warrant task force, pay for additional federal prosecutors to focus on gun crime in the city and send state troopers to take over traffic patrols on Interstate 83, Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Thursday.

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Democrats seek SEC action on foreign influence in elections

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission should adopt regulations to identify foreign-owned companies that spend corporate funds to influence elections, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin and more than a dozen other House Democrats say in a letter they plan to send Thursday.

The Conversation

Would gas tax breaks make a big difference when prices are skyrocketing? We asked 4 experts

With gasoline prices trending over US$4 per gallon nationwide, politicians are feeling the heat. In response, Maryland and Georgia have temporarily waived their state gasoline taxes to reduce the burden on consumers. Other states are considering similar actions, and some members of Congress have called for suspending the federal gas…

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Attorneys for Republicans press judge to scrap ‘unconstitutional’ map of Maryland legislative districts

Attorneys for a group of Republican delegates pressed a judge Wednesday to reject a Maryland General Assembly-approved map of state legislative districts that they say would illegally favor Democrats in elections.

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Pseudonymity in Challenge to Denial of Religious Exemption from Military Vaccine Mandate?

I blogged yesterday about Chief Judge Beryl Howell (D.D.C.) saying "no" to this, but the issue is coming back with the same plaintiff to the District of Maryland (U.S. Army ROTC ECP Cadet Doe v. Biden, No. 1:22-cv-00691-RDB). Plaintiff's lawyer tells me that he had tried to recall his D.D.C.…

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #6

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Jerome Featherstone Jr. Fights On For Family Glory

MMA contestant works to build his career and add to his late father's legacy of giving back to the community.

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Redistricting remains in action

By: Samuel Wonacott

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‘I say the serenity prayer’: Maryland redistricting court cases keep candidates, election officials in limbo

BALTIMORE — On a February weekend, state Sen. Mary Washington left her Northeast Baltimore rowhouse, got into her car and headed north on York Road toward the city-county line.

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Maryland hires Seton Hall’s Kevin Willard as next men’s basketball coach

The University of Maryland has announced Monday that Kevin Willard will be its next men’s basketball coach.

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‘Audible,’ a short documentary on a Maryland School for the Deaf football player, competes for Oscar

BALTIMORE — For two months in the fall of 2019, Amaree McKenstry-Hall was followed by cameras. That’s because he — and the rest of his high school football team — are the subjects of “Audible,” a film competing Sunday in the Best Documentary (Short Subject) category of this year’s Oscars.

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