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Moore faces great expectations and the weight of history as he takes office
Gov.-elect Wes Moore (D) takes office Wednesday with the weight of history and the burden of high expectations on his broad shoulders. He also begins Day One of his four-year term as a bonafide national superstar, a rarity for a political newcomer — and a weight, perhaps, of a different kind. Hours before Moore was set to […] → Read More
POLITICS: Is there a (female) doctor in the House? Soon, Dems hope
When Dr. Nadia Hashimi was a seventh-grader in Ramsey, N.J., she and a friend convinced the local board of education to ban Styrofoam from school cafeterias. It taught her an early lesson in the art of persuasion. Today, Hashimi is still talking about science and trying to make a change — but she's doing it on a much larger political stage. Hashimi, a pediatrician and novelist, is seeking the… → Read More
POLITICS: Democratic AGs seek higher office by fighting Trump
With the Republicans fully in control of Washington, D.C., and holding a majority of governorships, the role of Democratic attorneys general has been elevated. Since President Trump took office a year ago, they have consistently been at the vanguard of their party's opposition to the president. → Read More
POLITICS: Moore's woes in Ala. an unexpected gift for climate hawks
Dozens of Democrats and their allies in the environmental movement came together outside the Capitol yesterday to blast President Trump for isolating the United States in the global fight against climate change. → Read More
ELECTIONS: Blue wave seen as a rebuke to Trump's climate views
Democrats and their allied groups — including environmentalists — were exultant last night, steadfast in their insistence that voters had delivered a major rebuke to President Trump and his agenda and giddily anticipating the 2018 midterms. → Read More
POLITICS: 5 things to watch on Election Day
It's Election Day tomorrow — but you might not know it if you don't live in Virginia or New Jersey or places with hard-fought local contests. → Read More
POLITICS: A carbon tax would raise cash, but GOP isn't going there
As Congress takes on the ambitious and arduous task of rewriting the U.S. tax code, it seems like prime time for advocates of a carbon tax to aggressively promote the idea. But they're not. → Read More
OFFSHORE WIND: Resort town gets high-priced help to take aim at turbines
Already targeted by an appropriations bill in Congress, two proposed wind energy projects off the coast of Maryland could face a sneak attack in the Free State's upcoming legislative session. → Read More