Jasmine Vaughn-Hall
@jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social
Neighborhood + community reporter @BaltimoreBanner | Instagram: http://bit.ly/3wfiMJz | Got tips? 443-608-8983 [email protected]
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NEW: Thousands of Baltimore students can’t get to school on time because of unreliable transit.
The city's school choice system complicates creating a yellow bus network for all.
A new plan proves it can be done.
w/ @lizbowie.bsky.social & @ajv.bsky.social
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The city's school choice system complicates creating a yellow bus network for all.
A new plan proves it can be done.
w/ @lizbowie.bsky.social & @ajv.bsky.social
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School buses for every Baltimore student seemed impossible — until now
School transportation company HopSkipDrive used AI and a Banner analysis to map how yellow buses, vans and cars could get Baltimore students to school safely and on time for less than 5% of the distri...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
NEW: Thousands of Baltimore students can’t get to school on time because of unreliable transit.
The city's school choice system complicates creating a yellow bus network for all.
A new plan proves it can be done.
w/ @lizbowie.bsky.social & @ajv.bsky.social
www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
The city's school choice system complicates creating a yellow bus network for all.
A new plan proves it can be done.
w/ @lizbowie.bsky.social & @ajv.bsky.social
www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
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On my first day back at work at @thebaltimorebanner.com I defended former First Lady Michelle Obama and her stance on the chances on having a female president and the societal fight some of us experienced to wear our hair the way it grows out of our heads. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Michelle Obama said what you’re not ready to hear
Michelle Obama sparked controversy last week over comments on female presidential candidates and Black women's hair. I, for one, think she was absolutely right.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
On my first day back at work at @thebaltimorebanner.com I defended former First Lady Michelle Obama and her stance on the chances on having a female president and the societal fight some of us experienced to wear our hair the way it grows out of our heads. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
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NEW: A Hagerstown mother and nail salon owner was set to be deported to Vietnam as soon as Monday, story via Sapna Bansil at @thebaltimorebanner.com
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Hagerstown mother and nail salon owner set for deportation to Vietnam
Melissa Tran’s six-month legal battle has highlighted the impacts of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign on longtime residents and their families.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
NEW: A Hagerstown mother and nail salon owner was set to be deported to Vietnam as soon as Monday, story via Sapna Bansil at @thebaltimorebanner.com
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Exclusive to the @thebaltimorebanner.com: Johns Hopkins has spent nearly double this year on federal lobbyists. The university has spent $1.3 million so far, with money going directly to an associate of Trump to lobby to the Executive Office of the President:
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Johns Hopkins University has spent nearly double on lobbyists since Trump took office
In the first nine months of this year, Johns Hopkins spent $1.3 million on lobbyists, compared to $750,000 during the same period last year, according to federal disclosure forms.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Exclusive to the @thebaltimorebanner.com: Johns Hopkins has spent nearly double this year on federal lobbyists. The university has spent $1.3 million so far, with money going directly to an associate of Trump to lobby to the Executive Office of the President:
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
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Baltimore County woman who faked being a nurse at over 40 Maryland facilities learns fate. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
Woman sentenced for impersonating nurses at more than 40 health care facilities
Thomasina Amponsah, 51, of Baltimore County, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to false statements in connection to health care matters and aggravated identity theft.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Baltimore County woman who faked being a nurse at over 40 Maryland facilities learns fate. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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North Baltimore residents won their fight against a locked treatment facility for youths, @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
North Baltimore residents won their fight against a youth detention center
Residents of the Woodbourne-McCabe neighborhood in North Baltimore objected to plans to redevelop the Maryland Youth Residence Center into a secure treatment facility.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
North Baltimore residents won their fight against a locked treatment facility for youths, @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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North Baltimore residents won their fight against a locked treatment facility for youths
North Baltimore residents won their fight against a youth detention center
Residents of the Woodbourne-McCabe neighborhood in North Baltimore objected to plans to redevelop the Maryland Youth Residence Center into a secure treatment facility.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
North Baltimore residents won their fight against a locked treatment facility for youths
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There’s a behind-the-scenes push to open some of that new space to a group not automatically served at Walter Reed. #veterans
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Walter Reed is expanding. More veterans could fill its new beds.
Not everything in Congress is paralyzed. There’s a quiet push to open space at Walter Reed National Medical Center and other DOD hospitals to veterans.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
There’s a behind-the-scenes push to open some of that new space to a group not automatically served at Walter Reed. #veterans
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Chances are one of these dolls will likely scare the hell out of you.
My latest story follows a nail tech’s new hobby just in time for Halloween. @thebaltimorebanner.com
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My latest story follows a nail tech’s new hobby just in time for Halloween. @thebaltimorebanner.com
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This nail tech’s creepy hobby is a nod to your nightmares
Lani Moore’s horror dolls wouldn’t play well with Barbie.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Chances are one of these dolls will likely scare the hell out of you.
My latest story follows a nail tech’s new hobby just in time for Halloween. @thebaltimorebanner.com
www.thebanner.com/culture/arts...
My latest story follows a nail tech’s new hobby just in time for Halloween. @thebaltimorebanner.com
www.thebanner.com/culture/arts...
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Had fun thinking out loud about the Baltimore harbor's huge, maybe historic? pistachio tide with Lindsay Smith Rogers at Johns Hopkins.
A year ago, Lindsay did a deep dive into Baltimore's progress toward a swimmable harbor. Things have felt different the last few weeks...
A year ago, Lindsay did a deep dive into Baltimore's progress toward a swimmable harbor. Things have felt different the last few weeks...
A year after our episode on the fight to make Baltimore’s harbor safe for swimming, the harbor is recovering from “the ecological equivalent of a heart attack”.
@thebaltimorebanner.com’s @adampwillis.bsky.social gives an update on the "pistachio tide".
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@thebaltimorebanner.com’s @adampwillis.bsky.social gives an update on the "pistachio tide".
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October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Had fun thinking out loud about the Baltimore harbor's huge, maybe historic? pistachio tide with Lindsay Smith Rogers at Johns Hopkins.
A year ago, Lindsay did a deep dive into Baltimore's progress toward a swimmable harbor. Things have felt different the last few weeks...
A year ago, Lindsay did a deep dive into Baltimore's progress toward a swimmable harbor. Things have felt different the last few weeks...
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Do you ever get so overwhelmed at work you need to take a walk to clear your head? It happens to kids, too, which is why they should go outside, play and learn naturally from the world around them. Click for the cute pictures, keep reading for the brain science www.thebanner.com/education/ea...
Preschool without a building could be in Maryland’s future
Maryland is one of just a handful of states piloting licenses for outdoor, nature-based child care programs.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Do you ever get so overwhelmed at work you need to take a walk to clear your head? It happens to kids, too, which is why they should go outside, play and learn naturally from the world around them. Click for the cute pictures, keep reading for the brain science www.thebanner.com/education/ea...
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The Baltimore Banner is hiring a sports reporter who will cover the Orioles with me (yay, come hang), along with some general assignment work.
DM or email me (Andy dot Kostka at thebanner dot com) if you have questions or interest: job-boards.greenhouse.io/thebaltimore...
DM or email me (Andy dot Kostka at thebanner dot com) if you have questions or interest: job-boards.greenhouse.io/thebaltimore...
Sports Reporter
Baltimore,MD
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October 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Baltimore Banner is hiring a sports reporter who will cover the Orioles with me (yay, come hang), along with some general assignment work.
DM or email me (Andy dot Kostka at thebanner dot com) if you have questions or interest: job-boards.greenhouse.io/thebaltimore...
DM or email me (Andy dot Kostka at thebanner dot com) if you have questions or interest: job-boards.greenhouse.io/thebaltimore...
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Baltimore illuminations spotlight pregnancy and infant loss, @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
Baltimore illuminations spotlight pregnancy and infant loss
Baltimore City landmarks will be awash in pink and blue to honor Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Baltimore illuminations spotlight pregnancy and infant loss, @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Baltimore illuminations spotlight pregnancy and infant loss
Baltimore illuminations spotlight pregnancy and infant loss
Baltimore City landmarks will be awash in pink and blue to honor Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Baltimore illuminations spotlight pregnancy and infant loss
Today, the colors pink and blue carry a different significance as families recognize Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
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Baltimore illuminations spotlight pregnancy and infant loss
Baltimore City landmarks will be awash in pink and blue to honor Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
www.thebanner.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Today, the colors pink and blue carry a different significance as families recognize Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
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The Ravens Boys & Girls Club at Hilton Recreation Center is open in Southwest Baltimore.
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Ravens help bring new life to long-closed Hilton Rec Center
The Hilton Recreation Center is on to its next chapter.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Ravens Boys & Girls Club at Hilton Recreation Center is open in Southwest Baltimore.
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15 years, 4 kids, a laundry list of full time jobs and hours of makeup classroom time later, 34 year old Antonio Pennix received his high school diploma.
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This Baltimore man earned a high school diploma while juggling work and family.
After 15 years away from the classroom, a Baltimore man on Friday achieved his goal, joining more than 50 graduates from the Excel Center, a free adult high school for Maryland students.
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September 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
15 years, 4 kids, a laundry list of full time jobs and hours of makeup classroom time later, 34 year old Antonio Pennix received his high school diploma.
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Baltimore's poorest residents are getting crushed under the weight of housing costs.
Nearly 40% of rental properties housed residents making less than $35,000 a year
By @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social & @sahanajayaraman.bsky.social
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Nearly 40% of rental properties housed residents making less than $35,000 a year
By @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social & @sahanajayaraman.bsky.social
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Rent is guzzling Baltimore paychecks. The poorest feel it the most.
Last year, 4 of 10 households renting in Baltimore spent 35% or more of their income on rent, according to a Baltimore Banner analysis of estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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September 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Baltimore's poorest residents are getting crushed under the weight of housing costs.
Nearly 40% of rental properties housed residents making less than $35,000 a year
By @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social & @sahanajayaraman.bsky.social
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Nearly 40% of rental properties housed residents making less than $35,000 a year
By @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social & @sahanajayaraman.bsky.social
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Working parents and/or guardians,
Do you use a meal prep service throughout the week? Which one do you swear by? Was it helpful or did you eventually opt out? I want to hear from you.
Let's chat. 443-608-8983, [email protected]
Do you use a meal prep service throughout the week? Which one do you swear by? Was it helpful or did you eventually opt out? I want to hear from you.
Let's chat. 443-608-8983, [email protected]
September 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Working parents and/or guardians,
Do you use a meal prep service throughout the week? Which one do you swear by? Was it helpful or did you eventually opt out? I want to hear from you.
Let's chat. 443-608-8983, [email protected]
Do you use a meal prep service throughout the week? Which one do you swear by? Was it helpful or did you eventually opt out? I want to hear from you.
Let's chat. 443-608-8983, [email protected]
Last week, we joined Sister Delphine as she made her final vow to officially serve alongside her fellow sisters at the Oblate Sisters of Providence.
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In Baltimore County, Oblate Sisters of Providence welcome a rare addition: A new nun
There were roughly 35,000 nuns in 2024 in the United States, compared to nearly 80,000 in 2000 and 102,000 in 1990.
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August 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Last week, we joined Sister Delphine as she made her final vow to officially serve alongside her fellow sisters at the Oblate Sisters of Providence.
@thebaltimorebanner.com
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By Tim Prudente: Odyssey of the crab: Inside the 1,100-mile network feeding Maryland’s frenzy. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
Odyssey of the crab: Inside the 1,000-mile network feeding Maryland’s frenzy
Within a generation, the Maryland crab business shifted from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay to the interstate.
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August 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
By Tim Prudente: Odyssey of the crab: Inside the 1,100-mile network feeding Maryland’s frenzy. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Five years ago, Morgan State University’s president had a big idea: He said the HBCU would earn Carnegie R1 status by 2030. Despite Trump cuts, the Baltimore university has already hit the numbers it needs to qualify, five years earlier than expected:
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Morgan State poised to reach elite research status despite Trump cuts
In 2020, Morgan State brought in just $17.2 million in research funding and graduated 71 doctoral students.
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August 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Five years ago, Morgan State University’s president had a big idea: He said the HBCU would earn Carnegie R1 status by 2030. Despite Trump cuts, the Baltimore university has already hit the numbers it needs to qualify, five years earlier than expected:
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President Trump -- once again -- criticized Baltimore.
And Baltimore and Maryland leaders -- once again -- rose to the city's defense.
@emilyopilo.bsky.social & @brendawintrode.bsky.social break down today's war of words:
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And Baltimore and Maryland leaders -- once again -- rose to the city's defense.
@emilyopilo.bsky.social & @brendawintrode.bsky.social break down today's war of words:
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Trump, again, calls out city. Baltimore says, ‘You’re wrong, hon.’
President Donald Trump included Baltimore on a short list of Democratic-led cities he cast as crime-ridden, on the same day he deployed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.
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August 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
President Trump -- once again -- criticized Baltimore.
And Baltimore and Maryland leaders -- once again -- rose to the city's defense.
@emilyopilo.bsky.social & @brendawintrode.bsky.social break down today's war of words:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
And Baltimore and Maryland leaders -- once again -- rose to the city's defense.
@emilyopilo.bsky.social & @brendawintrode.bsky.social break down today's war of words:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...