Lee Sanderlin
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and state Senate President Bill Ferguson have staked out opposite positions on redistricting.
It’s testing their working relationship. And it’s getting personal.
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and state Senate President Bill Ferguson have staked out opposite positions on redistricting.
It’s testing their working relationship. And it’s getting personal.
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Can Moore, Ferguson keep a working relationship under redistricting pressure
Behind the scenes things are becoming tense as the two Democratic leaders continue to disagree whether Maryland should redraw its congressional maps to more heavily favor Democrats.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:50 PM
❄️ Snow Day Read ❄️
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and state Senate President Bill Ferguson have staked out opposite positions on redistricting.
It’s testing their working relationship. And it’s getting personal.
w/ @leeosanderlin.bsky.social:
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and state Senate President Bill Ferguson have staked out opposite positions on redistricting.
It’s testing their working relationship. And it’s getting personal.
w/ @leeosanderlin.bsky.social:
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
The story of how Maryland bought a horse farm it won’t use involves a former Florida Congressman, a “prominent veterinarian,” self-dealing, a high-powered attorney, Gov. Wes Moore, a state authority that no longer exists and some trout.
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How Maryland bought a $4.5M horse farm it’s not going to use
The purchase of a horse farm, Shamrock Farm, involves a partner at Venable, the Pittsburgh Steelers, a Florida Republican, Gov. Wes Moore and a state authority that no longer exists.
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January 22, 2026 at 12:31 PM
The story of how Maryland bought a horse farm it won’t use involves a former Florida Congressman, a “prominent veterinarian,” self-dealing, a high-powered attorney, Gov. Wes Moore, a state authority that no longer exists and some trout.
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NEW | Maryland plans to buy Laurel Park from The Stronach Group and convert it into a horse racing training center.
This marks a pivot from building the center at Shamrock Farm, which the state paid $4.5 million for last year.
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This marks a pivot from building the center at Shamrock Farm, which the state paid $4.5 million for last year.
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Maryland plans to purchase Laurel Park in horse training center switcheroo
The state previously paid $4.5 million for Shamrock Farm in Carroll County
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January 21, 2026 at 2:01 AM
NEW | Maryland plans to buy Laurel Park from The Stronach Group and convert it into a horse racing training center.
This marks a pivot from building the center at Shamrock Farm, which the state paid $4.5 million for last year.
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This marks a pivot from building the center at Shamrock Farm, which the state paid $4.5 million for last year.
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New: Exelon and Constellation are in an arms race in Maryland’s capital. With their deep pockets and small army of lobbyists, they’re in a fight to bend energy policy to their liking and to ratepayers are caught in the middle. W/ @adampwillis.bsky.social
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How Exelon and Constellation influence Annapolis
Exelon and Constellation are among the state’s top campaign donors — the second and third biggest, according to campaign finance records.
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January 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
New: Exelon and Constellation are in an arms race in Maryland’s capital. With their deep pockets and small army of lobbyists, they’re in a fight to bend energy policy to their liking and to ratepayers are caught in the middle. W/ @adampwillis.bsky.social
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NEW: Chuck Jenkins, arguably Maryland's most powerful sheriff, said today he wants to keep working with ICE — regardless of national protests and even if Maryland lawmakers outlaw cooperation agreements (called 287g program) in the state. More in @thebaltimorebanner.com:
Maryland sheriff wants to keep working with ICE, even if state lawmakers ban it
Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins plans to keep working with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, even in light of the killing of an American citizen by an ICE agent.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:26 PM
NEW: Chuck Jenkins, arguably Maryland's most powerful sheriff, said today he wants to keep working with ICE — regardless of national protests and even if Maryland lawmakers outlaw cooperation agreements (called 287g program) in the state. More in @thebaltimorebanner.com:
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By @leeosanderlin.bsky.social: Crime is down, so why isn’t Ivan Bates happy? (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
Crime is down, so why isn’t Ivan Bates happy?
Baltimore City has achieved a stunning turnaround in violent crime despite a rift between State’s Attorney Ivan Bates and Mayor Brandon Scott.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:41 PM
By @leeosanderlin.bsky.social: Crime is down, so why isn’t Ivan Bates happy? (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Baltimore is on track to finish 2025 with its fewest homicides in about 50 years. Before Two-thirds of city residents were even born.
Baltimore homicides have further and faster than anywhere in the nation since 2018.
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Baltimore is on track to finish 2025 with its fewest homicides in about 50 years. Before Two-thirds of city residents were even born.
Baltimore homicides have further and faster than anywhere in the nation since 2018.
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Analysis: Baltimore homicides declined furthest, fastest in the country, could reach a 48-year low
Baltimore is on track to end 2025 with its lowest homicide total in 48 years, with fewer than 150 killings expected, marking a significant decline since 2022.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
NEW:
Baltimore is on track to finish 2025 with its fewest homicides in about 50 years. Before Two-thirds of city residents were even born.
Baltimore homicides have further and faster than anywhere in the nation since 2018.
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Baltimore is on track to finish 2025 with its fewest homicides in about 50 years. Before Two-thirds of city residents were even born.
Baltimore homicides have further and faster than anywhere in the nation since 2018.
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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After years of covering 300+ homicides, I tried to take stock of what it means for Baltimore to finally see fewer than 150 victims this year. But people kept getting killed.
2 things are true: we’ve seen historic declines, and still too many ppl are dying www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
2 things are true: we’ve seen historic declines, and still too many ppl are dying www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
December 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
After years of covering 300+ homicides, I tried to take stock of what it means for Baltimore to finally see fewer than 150 victims this year. But people kept getting killed.
2 things are true: we’ve seen historic declines, and still too many ppl are dying www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
2 things are true: we’ve seen historic declines, and still too many ppl are dying www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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SCOOP from @emilyopilo.bsky.social & @leeosanderlin.bsky.social: Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates said he is “terminating” his coordination with the mayor’s public safety office, which oversees the city’s flagship anti-violence initiative www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Bates to cut ties with mayor’s public safety office, citing ‘cloak of secrecy’
Ivan Bates outlined numerous complaints about the office, according to a seven-page letter sent to Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott Tuesday.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
SCOOP from @emilyopilo.bsky.social & @leeosanderlin.bsky.social: Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates said he is “terminating” his coordination with the mayor’s public safety office, which oversees the city’s flagship anti-violence initiative www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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new from @emilyopilo.bsky.social and @leeosanderlin.bsky.social tonight in @thebaltimorebanner.com ——
Bates to cut ties with mayor’s public safety office, citing ‘cloak of secrecy’
Ivan Bates outlined numerous complaints about the office, according to a seven-page letter sent to Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott Tuesday.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
new from @emilyopilo.bsky.social and @leeosanderlin.bsky.social tonight in @thebaltimorebanner.com ——
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Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates to cut ties with mayor’s public safety office, citing ‘cloak of secrecy', @emilyopilo.bsky.social and @leeosanderlin.bsky.social. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
Bates to cut ties with mayor’s public safety office, citing ‘cloak of secrecy’
Ivan Bates outlined numerous complaints about the office, according to a seven-page letter sent to Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott Tuesday.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates to cut ties with mayor’s public safety office, citing ‘cloak of secrecy', @emilyopilo.bsky.social and @leeosanderlin.bsky.social. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
Scoop: Reps for Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank have been lobbying Gov. Wes Moore’s office in an effort to persuade Maryland to buy Plank’s horse farm, email show.
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Kevin Plank wants Maryland to buy his horse farm
Emails detail a pitch to turn Sagamore Farm into a state-owned horse training facility.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Scoop: Reps for Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank have been lobbying Gov. Wes Moore’s office in an effort to persuade Maryland to buy Plank’s horse farm, email show.
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Why is this influential member of the Baltimore Jewish community on prosecutors’ stay-away list for at least one of the defendants in the Dalya Attar extortion case? W/ @leeosanderlin.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
What does the founder of Tov Pizza have to do with Dalya Attar’s case?
A member of the Baltimore City Democratic State Central Committee for the 41st District, Ronald Rosenbluth, 62, is a fixture in political and Jewish civic circles.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Why is this influential member of the Baltimore Jewish community on prosecutors’ stay-away list for at least one of the defendants in the Dalya Attar extortion case? W/ @leeosanderlin.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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A mom of three who relies on SNAP to feed her family. A 90-year-old whose SNAP benefits supplement her meager pension. Food lines that stretch around blocks. And a whole lot of worry, across Maryland, about what happens next.
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Maryland’s neediest residents ‘stretching food’ as SNAP benefits remain uncertain
Maryland families who depend on SNAP benefits are unsure what November will bring as they potentially face a month without food aid.
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November 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A mom of three who relies on SNAP to feed her family. A 90-year-old whose SNAP benefits supplement her meager pension. Food lines that stretch around blocks. And a whole lot of worry, across Maryland, about what happens next.
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
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A mom of three who relies on SNAP to feed her family. A 90-year-old whose SNAP benefits supplement her meager pension. Food lines that stretch around blocks. And a whole lot of worry, across Maryland, about what happens next.
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Maryland’s neediest residents ‘stretching food’ as SNAP benefits remain uncertain
Maryland families who depend on SNAP benefits are unsure what November will bring as they potentially face a month without food aid.
www.thebanner.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A mom of three who relies on SNAP to feed her family. A 90-year-old whose SNAP benefits supplement her meager pension. Food lines that stretch around blocks. And a whole lot of worry, across Maryland, about what happens next.
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
A lot of things happened yesterday in Maryland politics. Here’s another: Gov. Moore said he was “confident” in his human services secretary despite a string of missteps
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Moore ‘confident’ in human services head despite missteps
Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday that he was confident in Maryland Human Services Secretary Rafael López, despite the many challenges the embattled state agency has faced.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A lot of things happened yesterday in Maryland politics. Here’s another: Gov. Moore said he was “confident” in his human services secretary despite a string of missteps
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Last week, @mdhumanservices.bsky.social Sec. Rafael López issued a policy prohibiting social services agencies from placing children in state care in unlicensed settings.
Four days later, the agency broke the rule.
@leeosanderlin.bsky.social, Jessica Calefati
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Four days later, the agency broke the rule.
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Maryland already violated its newest foster care directive
Last Wednesday, Oct. 22, Human Services Secretary Rafael Lopez issued a policy directing social services providers to “immediately stop facilitating stays in unlicensed settings.”
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October 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Last week, @mdhumanservices.bsky.social Sec. Rafael López issued a policy prohibiting social services agencies from placing children in state care in unlicensed settings.
Four days later, the agency broke the rule.
@leeosanderlin.bsky.social, Jessica Calefati
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Four days later, the agency broke the rule.
@leeosanderlin.bsky.social, Jessica Calefati
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New: Four days after the Maryland Dept. of Human Services secretary issued a new policy prohibiting foster children from staying overnight in unlicensed facilities like office buildings, a child spent the night in an office. W/ Jessica Calefati
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Maryland already violated its newest foster care directive
Last Wednesday, Oct. 22, Human Services Secretary Rafael Lopez issued a policy directing social services providers to “immediately stop facilitating stays in unlicensed settings.”
www.thebanner.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
New: Four days after the Maryland Dept. of Human Services secretary issued a new policy prohibiting foster children from staying overnight in unlicensed facilities like office buildings, a child spent the night in an office. W/ Jessica Calefati
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👀 Should Joe Biden have helped Marilyn Mosby? Wes Moore seems to think so, @leeosanderlin.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
Should Joe Biden have helped Marilyn Mosby? Wes Moore seems to think so.
Gov. Wes Moore’s comment on Marilyn Mosby came during an appearance on ‘The Breakfast Club’ Tuesday.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
👀 Should Joe Biden have helped Marilyn Mosby? Wes Moore seems to think so, @leeosanderlin.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
Should Joe Biden have helped Marilyn Mosby? Wes Moore seems to think so.
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Should Joe Biden have helped Marilyn Mosby? Wes Moore seems to think so.
Gov. Wes Moore’s comment on Marilyn Mosby came during an appearance on ‘The Breakfast Club’ Tuesday.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Should Joe Biden have helped Marilyn Mosby? Wes Moore seems to think so.
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Millions of taxpayer dollars go toward restoring Chesapeake Bay beaches to their natural marshy state and cleaning the water. Signs on those shorelines also read: "RESIDENTS ONLY." Important story by @alexmann.bsky.social @leeosanderlin.bsky.social @adampwillis.bsky.social @thebaltimorebanner.com:
The hidden cost of saving the Chesapeake Bay: millions for private waterfronts
Virtually all of the Chesapeake Bay’s shoreline is privately owned, which means taxpayer-funded waterfront improvements go to properties with limited public access.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Millions of taxpayer dollars go toward restoring Chesapeake Bay beaches to their natural marshy state and cleaning the water. Signs on those shorelines also read: "RESIDENTS ONLY." Important story by @alexmann.bsky.social @leeosanderlin.bsky.social @adampwillis.bsky.social @thebaltimorebanner.com:
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Alex Mann, @leeosanderlin.bsky.social and @adampwillis.bsky.social get at a central environmental tension in Anne Arundel County: A desire to protect the Chesapeake Bay and its shoreline meets the reality that almost all shoreline in the county is privately-owned. Read in @thebaltimorebanner.com —
The hidden cost of saving the Chesapeake Bay: millions for private waterfronts
Virtually all of the Chesapeake Bay’s shoreline is privately owned, which means taxpayer-funded waterfront improvements go to properties with limited public access.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Alex Mann, @leeosanderlin.bsky.social and @adampwillis.bsky.social get at a central environmental tension in Anne Arundel County: A desire to protect the Chesapeake Bay and its shoreline meets the reality that almost all shoreline in the county is privately-owned. Read in @thebaltimorebanner.com —
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Just one in 533 miles of Anne Arundel County shoreline is open to the public while taxpayers fund millions for private waterfronts.
Can Maryland balance what’s best for the Chesapeake Bay with the public’s right to enjoy it? w/ @leeosanderlin.bsky.social &Alex Mann
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Can Maryland balance what’s best for the Chesapeake Bay with the public’s right to enjoy it? w/ @leeosanderlin.bsky.social &Alex Mann
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The hidden cost of saving the Chesapeake Bay: millions for private waterfronts
Virtually all of the Chesapeake Bay’s shoreline is privately owned, which means taxpayer-funded waterfront improvements go to properties with limited public access.
www.thebanner.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Just one in 533 miles of Anne Arundel County shoreline is open to the public while taxpayers fund millions for private waterfronts.
Can Maryland balance what’s best for the Chesapeake Bay with the public’s right to enjoy it? w/ @leeosanderlin.bsky.social &Alex Mann
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Can Maryland balance what’s best for the Chesapeake Bay with the public’s right to enjoy it? w/ @leeosanderlin.bsky.social &Alex Mann
www.thebanner.com/community/cl...
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📊 The Maryland poll numbers everyone wants to see 📊
Maryland Governor 2026
🔵 Wes Moore (D): 45%
🔴 Larry Hogan (R): 37%
🟡 Undecided: 14%
928 registered voters, MOE +/- 3.2
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Maryland Governor 2026
🔵 Wes Moore (D): 45%
🔴 Larry Hogan (R): 37%
🟡 Undecided: 14%
928 registered voters, MOE +/- 3.2
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Moore outpaces Hogan in Maryland’s favorite hypothetical horse race
We have numbers for the governor matchup between Wes Moore and Larry Hogan everyone keeps speculating about.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
📊 The Maryland poll numbers everyone wants to see 📊
Maryland Governor 2026
🔵 Wes Moore (D): 45%
🔴 Larry Hogan (R): 37%
🟡 Undecided: 14%
928 registered voters, MOE +/- 3.2
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Maryland Governor 2026
🔵 Wes Moore (D): 45%
🔴 Larry Hogan (R): 37%
🟡 Undecided: 14%
928 registered voters, MOE +/- 3.2
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Mom says state agency knew foster teen was ‘high risk’ before placing her in hotel, @leeosanderlin.bsky.social and Jessica Calefati report. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
State knew foster teen living in hotel was 'high risk,' mom says
For years advocates had warned the practice of housing vulnerable children in hotels and hospitals could have tragic consequences.
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October 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Mom says state agency knew foster teen was ‘high risk’ before placing her in hotel, @leeosanderlin.bsky.social and Jessica Calefati report. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)