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Michael E. Malone
Michael E. Malone (born November 14, 1967) is an American politician. He is a Republican who previously served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing district 33 ( Anne Arundel County) from March 2015 to October 2021. Malone resigned from the House of Delegates on October 1, 2021 after being appointed to serve as an associate judge for the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court by Governor Larry Hogan. Early life Michael E. Malone was born in Steubenville, Ohio on November 14, 1967. He has been a resident of Anne Arundel County since his father, who attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, was stationed at Fort Meade. At a young age, he became an Eagle Scout by completing a project to raise funds for the Arc of Anne Arundel County. He attended West Virginia University, earning an B.S. degree in accounting in 1988 and a M.S. in industrial and labor relations in 1989. He also attended the University of Baltimore School of Law, earning a J.D. in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Hogan
Lawrence Joseph Hogan Jr. (born May 25, 1956) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 62nd governor of Maryland since 2015. A moderate member of the Republican Party, he was secretary of appointments under Maryland governor Bob Ehrlich from 2003 to 2007. Hogan chaired the National Governors Association from 2019 to 2020. Hogan ran unsuccessful campaigns for Maryland's 5th congressional district in 1981 and 1992, the latter of which was incumbent Steny Hoyer's closest race. Hogan founded the Change Maryland organization in 2011, which he used to promote his 2014 gubernatorial campaign. Hogan became governor in 2015 and was reelected in 2018. Early life, family, and education Hogan was born in 1956 in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Landover, Maryland, attending Saint Ambrose Catholic School and DeMatha Catholic High School. He moved to Florida with his mother after his parents divorced in 1972 and graduated from Father Lopez Catholic High School in 1974. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts Of America)
Eagle Scout is the highest Ranks in Scouts BSA, achievement or rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Since its inception in 1911, only four percent of Scouts have earned this rank after a lengthy review process. The Eagle Scout rank has been earned by over 2.5 million youth. Requirements include earning at least 21 merit badge (Boy Scouts of America), merit badges. The Eagle Scout must demonstrate Scout Spirit, an ideal attitude based upon the Scout Oath and Law, service, and leadership. This includes an extensive service project that the Scout plans, organizes, leads, and manages. Eagle Scouts are presented with a medal and a badge that visibly recognizes the accomplishments of the Scout. Additional recognition can be earned through Eagle Palms, awarded for completing additional tenure, leadership, and merit badge requirements. Those who have earned the rank of Eagle Scout also become eligible, although are not required, to join the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Bagnall
Heather Alice Bagnall Tudball (born January 17, 1974) is an American politician from the Democratic Party and is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 33. Early life and career Bagnall was born in Washington, D.C. She attended Wagner College and Towson University, where she received a B.S. in theatre performances. After college she worked for Disney as part of its cruise line entertainment. In 2011, Bagnall founded Tasty Monster Productions with her partner Luke Tudball. In the legislature In 2018, Bagnall ran for the Maryland House of Delegates to represent District 33. She defeated incumbent Tony McConkey. Bagnall was sworn in as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates on January 9, 2019, and is a member of the Health and Government Operations Committee, the Health Occupations & Long-Term Care Subcommittee, as well as the Public Health & Minority Health Disparities Health equity arises from access to the social determinants of healt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony McConkey
Tony McConkey (born November 21, 1963) is a former elected official in the Maryland House of Delegates. He was first elected in 2002, taking the seat of former Delegate Janet Greenip, who ran for a State Senate seat. He served in District 33, which is located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He lost a bid for re-election in 2018 to Democratic challenger Heather Bagnall. Early years/education Born in Cheverly, Maryland, he graduated in 1986 from the University of Maryland, College Park with a joint B.A. (government & politics) and B.S. (business management) degree. He attended the University of Maryland School of Law, graduating with a J.D. in 1990. Career As a member of the Republican Party in the Maryland House of Delegates, he served as Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Committee. McConkey fought in March 2007 to allow for an elected school board in Anne Arundel County. However, a bill was passed that allowed the Governor to select the members from a list. McConk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Saab
Sid A. Saab (born February 20, 1971) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing district 33 ( Anne Arundel County). Early life Said Amal Saab was born in Lebanon on February 20, 1971, and migrated to the United States in 1990. In the legislature Saab was elected to the House of Delegates in the 2014 General Assembly elections, succeeding delegate Robert A. Costa and becoming the first member of the Maryland General Assembly to have been born in Lebanon. In January 2020, Saab worked with delegate Bonnie Cullison to introduce a bill that would require hospitals or nursing facilities in the state to begin ensuring personnel wear an identification tag when providing patient care. The bill would pass the House of Delegates and Senate by votes of 136-0 and 45-0, respectively, and would be signed by Governor Larry Hogan. In April 2020, Saab joined delegates Brian Crisholm, Susan Krebs, Matthew Morgan, Teresa Reilly, Kath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Baltimore Sun
''The Baltimore Sun'' is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries. Founded in 1837, it is currently owned by Tribune Publishing. The ''Baltimore Sun's'' parent company, '' Tribune Publishing'', was acquired by Alden Global Capital, which operates its media properties through Digital First Media, in May 2021. History ''The Sun'' was founded on May 17, 1837, by printer/editor/publisher/owner Arunah Shepherdson Abell (often listed as "A. S. Abell") and two associates, William Moseley Swain, and Azariah H. Simmons, recently from Philadelphia, where they had started and published the '' Public Ledger'' the year before. Abell was born in Rhode Island, became a journalist with the ''Providence Patriot'' and later worked with newspapers in New York City and Boston.Van Doren, Charles and Robert McKendry, ed., ''Webster's American Biographies''. (Springfiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carroll County Times
The ''Carroll County Times'' was founded on October 6, 1911, as ''The Times''. Owner and publisher George Mather, whose father owned the once-prominent Mather's Department Store in Westminster, Maryland, sold ''The Times'' in 1947. ''The Times'' expanded and became the ''Carroll County Times'' in 1956. The ''Carroll County Times'' changed hands several times over the next twenty years. It was a twice weekly paper when purchased by Landmark Community Newspapers, a subsidiary of Landmark Communications, in 1974. The paper began publishing five days a week in 1980. Not long after, in 1987, the ''Times'' began publishing seven days a week and added home delivery. In addition to the ''Carroll County Times'', Landmark Community Newspapers of Maryland produces a number of niche publications including ''The Community Times'', ''The Advocate'' of Westminster and Finksburg, ''The Advocate'' of Eldersburg and Sykesville, ''Carroll Families'', ''Carroll Seniors'', ''Purchasing Power'', and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitution Of Maryland
The current Constitution of the State of Maryland, which was ratified by the people of the state on September 18, 1867, forms the basic law for the U.S. state of Maryland. It replaced the short-lived Maryland Constitution of 1864 and is the fourth constitution under which the state has been governed. It was amended in 2012. At approximately 47,000 words (including annotations), the Maryland Constitution is much longer than the average length of a state constitution in the United States, which is about 26,000 words (the United States Constitution is about 8,700 words long). Background, drafting, and ratification The state's 1864 constitution was written during the Civil War, while the Unionists temporarily controlled Maryland. Approved by a bare majority (50.31%) of the state's eligible voters, including Maryland men who were serving in the Union army outside the state, it temporarily disfranchised the approximately 25,000 men in Maryland who had fought for the Confederacy or in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 United States Elections
The 2020 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Democratic presidential nominee, former vice president Joe Biden, defeated incumbent Republican president Donald Trump in the presidential election. Despite losing seats in the House of Representatives, Democrats retained control of the House and gained control of the Senate. As a result, the Democrats successfully obtained a government trifecta, the first time since the elections in 2008 that the party gained unified control of Congress and the presidency. With Trump losing his bid for re-election, he became the first defeated incumbent president to have overseen his party lose the presidency and control of both the House and the Senate since Herbert Hoover in 1932. This was the first time since 1980 that either chamber of Congress flipped partisan control in a presidential year, and the first time Democrats did so since 1948. Biden became his party's nominee after defeating numerous challengers in the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–2019 United States Federal Government Shutdown
The United States federal government shutdown from midnight EST on December 22, 2018, until January 25, 2019 (35 days) was the longest U.S. government shutdown in history and the second and final federal government shutdown involving furloughs during the presidency of Donald Trump. It occurred when the 116th United States Congress and President Donald Trump could not agree on an appropriations bill to fund the operations of the federal government for the 2019 fiscal year, or a temporary continuing resolution that would extend the deadline for passing a bill. The Antideficiency Act prohibits federal departments or agencies from conducting non-essential operations without appropriations legislation in place. As a result, nine executive departments with around 800,000 employees had to shut down partially or in full, affecting about one-fourth of government activities and causing employees to be furloughed or required to work without being paid. The Congressional Budget Office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland Matters
States Newsroom is a U.S. tax-exempt organization that serves as an umbrella organization for state-focused news outlets with progressive editorial outlooks. Launched in 2019, it began as a sponsored project of the Hopewell Fund, a left-leaning nonprofit that does not disclose its donors. It grew out of NC Policy Watch, a progressive think tank in North Carolina founded by Chris Fitzsimon. Fitzsimon is States Newsroom's director and publisher. States Newsroom had anticipated revenue of more than $27 million by the end of 2021. It grew from five affiliates upon its 2019 launch to 19 affiliates in 2020. States Newsroom planned to have more than 80 reporters on staff by the end of 2020. In July 2020, all the publications associated with States Newsroom were included in a resource created by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism purporting to show "hyperpartisan sites... masquerading as local news", but they were removed from the list after States Newsroom's national editor noted tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJZ-TV
WJZ-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, and maintains studios and offices on Television Hill in the Woodberry section of Baltimore, adjacent to the transmission tower it shares with several other Baltimore broadcast outlets. History Early history The station first signed on the air on November 1, 1948, as WAAM, becoming the third television station in Baltimore behind WBAL-TV (channel 11) and WMAR-TV (channel 2), all within just over a year. The station was originally owned by Radio-Television of Baltimore Inc., whose principals were Baltimore businessmen and brothers, Ben and Herman Cohen. Channel 13 was originally an ABC affiliate, the network's fifth outlet to be located on the East Coast. It carried a secondary affiliation with the DuMont Television Network until its closure in 1956. Both affiliations moved from WMA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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