Anne Arundel council approves watered-down transportation bill https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/anne-arundel-developer-infrastructure-transportation-bill-passed-FO3LJUT5HFAWJGA6H6JITPTCGE/
State-preferred Bay Bridge replacement would nearly double capacity over the Chesapeake https://www.thebanner.com/community/transportation/bay-bridge-traffic-rebuild-chesapeake-BADGRE4CBRAL3P7PJTPB43D324/
The #Trump Administration Ramps Up Its War On Coal Miners
A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and address Appalachia’s ongoing black lung crisis—has been under continued assault. Now, it looks like it’s off the table.
Joseline Peña-Melnyk is elected Maryland House speaker https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/pena-melnyk-maryland-house-speaker-election-MO5PIHF6GZE77HHGQC6SPR6GNU/
Baltimore County Council approves biggest ever tax credit for port project https://www.thebanner.com/economy/tradepoint-atlantic-sparrows-point-container-terminal-IOGCUG6QPREMNEUK63JUHTIJEU/
Baltimore County librarians urge council to save their jobs https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/librarians-board-council-baltimore-county-MSNJUOTDKRB5RDJIWUBXPKBBQM/
“Maryland transportation officials will recommend Alternative C, a two-span, eight-lane configuration, as the preferred option for the future of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge when the Maryland Transportation Authority Board meets Thursday”
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Forty degree temperature difference from where I’ve been but there’s no place like home. A beautiful day on the eastern shore of #maryland
How DC’s Best Restaurants Are Celebrating Christmas https://washingtonian.com/2025/12/16/how-dcs-best-restaurants-are-celebrating-christmas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-dcs-best-restaurants-are-celebrating-christmas
What’s at Stake with Trump’s CoC Funding Cuts
President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed significant revisions to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care grant program, which provides billions in funding for services and housing each year. In 2024, the program provided roughly $3.6 billion in funding to service and housing providers. The Trump administration has proposed allocating $3.9 billion for the program in 2025, but has also proposed a series of significant changes to how the money can be spent.
Under HUD’s latest Notice of Funding Opportunity, the agency said it will cap CoC expenditures on permanent supportive housing at 30%, down from its current cap of 90%. HUD also said it will prioritize applications from religious organizations, which it said were discriminated against under the Biden administration, and will prioritize work-and-treatment-first programs over Housing First programs.
https://invisiblepeople.tv/whats-at-stake-with-trumps-coc-funding-cuts/
When I was in the third grade (8 or 9 years old), our teacher, by herself, walked the whole class about a mile to the public library. We had to cross a freeway on-ramp and off-ramp on the way there (and back) and somehow we didn't have the PTA up in arms. We all got our first library card. I've been a card-carrying library user ever since.
I love going to the movies. Which is why I hate the Warner Brothers deal.
An Intimate, Candlelit December Wedding at Chez Billy Sud https://washingtonian.com/2025/12/16/an-intimate-candlelit-december-wedding-at-chez-billy-sud/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-intimate-candlelit-december-wedding-at-chez-billy-sud
Not even the Orange One's goons can fudge the data badly enough.
We're losing jobs and the unemployment rate is going up.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/16/jobs-report-october-november
I just ran Aurora Linux for the first time-- I didn't install it. I just wanted to be sure the thumb drive would work if Santa brings me a laptop.
The default background is kind of eye-popping. I'd have trouble describing it thoroughly. It's a cartoon woodland scene of a sunset (or sunrise) and it's got lots of high contrast color. I may need to change that before anything else.
Describe your #music taste in 8 bands/artists:
Sleep Token
Bilmuri
Thrice
Jimmy Eat World
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Spiritbox
Polyphia
Tyler Childers
Recent Hampden fires called electrical accidents https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/hampden-fires-electrical-falkenhans-hardware-castle-LE6PSSBISVCGTN2RBOSUVNTCAI/
The Ravens’ newest rehab tool is a $160,000 chamber: ‘I wish I could have it in my house’ https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-ammortal-chamber-rehab-injuries-TWLW3SKVHFBTPNPZ7GHW7YG5RI/
OMG! Why did I agree to do this?!?!