data editor @BaltimoreBanner. Alum @HowardEcon & @merrillcollege. @IBWellsSociety 🖤 greg.morton@thebaltimorebanner.com
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18 Feb 2025
NEW INVESTIGATION 🚍:
Baltimore City is the only district in the state that doesn't offer most students a yellow bus ride after elementary school.
When that policy collided with school choice, it turned getting to class on time into a nightmare.
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New: In 2014, the FBI recorded a Baltimore cop talking to an informant about drug dealing & money laundering. They kept it to themselves, and he went on to work in BPD's internal affairs - including on the Freddie Gray case thebanner.com/community/crim…
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The biggest win of Ryan Helsley’s season? His young daughter can hear. buff.ly/TLS7pFs
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Jun 12
Breaking: Kurt Schmoke just announced his retirement! Schmoke, who has served as president of the University of Baltimore for the last 12 years, will retire next June. Most people know Schmoke as the former mayor of Baltimore:
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SCOOP: Agora, the Mount Vernon-based publishing giant, is facing a new consumer protection lawsuit from the city of Baltimore. It’s not the first time the company’s business practices have faced legal scrutiny.
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Baltimore sues Agora, accusing Mount Vernon publishing giant of ‘selling snake oil’ buff.ly/O4GfckY
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Jun 5
RT @Ginny_Bixby: Why was Montgomery County Council member Laurie-Anne Sayles in Hawaii during budget deliberations?
I got the records:…
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Jun 4
Congratulations to the great @lizbowie for winning the Hechinger grand prize at #ewa2026!! This prize is the biggest in education journalism and she and @Invisibae won it for their investigation into Baltimore city’s public transportation crisis and its impact on students!
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I asked Maryland voters what they thought about the state’s mail ballot blunder. Their answers unsurprisingly split along party lines.
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May 26
Bowie State University raised nearly $130 million in recent years, including $75 million from MacKenzie Scott. It’s also conducting staff layoffs potentially laying off tenured faculty, 86% of whom voted no confidence in the president.
What’s going on?
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May 20
James Wood’s inside-the-park grand slam gave the Nationals a much-needed jolt in Tuesday’s win.
“It’s probably the biggest smile I’ve seen on his face since I’ve gotten to know him.”
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May 18
New: President Trump will NOT speak at the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation ceremony this Friday, breaking tradition. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will speak instead. The USNA made the announcement unusually late:
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More broadly across the entire forecast area, early season heat will be the concern, with afternoon high temperatures expected to reach the low to mid 90s for most. The message is to stay hydrated and don't overexert in outdoor work/activities. (2/2)
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May 18
"The states that improved reading scores — Louisiana, Maryland, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana — had one thing in common: They ordered schools to teach with a phonics-based approach known as the 'science of reading.'"
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May 16
Enjoying this fun weekend read from my colleague @lizbowie from a beach in Rio
As phone bans take hold, Baltimore private school boys have taken up hacky sack.
The kids are making sack instagrams.
The stores are selling out.
The teachers are playing. thebanner.com/education/k-12…
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May 15
San Antonio Public Central Library introduces the 'Read Like Wemby' selection of sci-fi books
LINK - buff.ly/gy4fiv9 #nba #porvida #sanantonio #gospursgo
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Maryland students made one of the fastest pandemic recoveries thebanner.com/education/k-12…
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Maryland admitted misclassifying dozens of deaths in police custody. A year later, little has changed. tinyurl.com/w347md8v (w/@alex_mann10) (via @BaltimoreBanner)
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May 13
My @Slate story on how snails helped block an ICE detention center in Maryland inspired this delightful blog post from snail expert Rob Dillon. He went looking for the rare snails I wrote about (and very gently poked fun at my amateur snail seeking): fwgna.blogspot.com/2026/05/t…
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