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🦃Worried about getting everything cooked tomorrow? If you're willing to wrangle your raw turkey a bit before it goes in ...
11/26/2025

🦃Worried about getting everything cooked tomorrow?

If you're willing to wrangle your raw turkey a bit before it goes in the oven, it will cook wicked fast.

Here's how to spatchcock your turkey:

Spatchcocking a turkey is not for the faint of heart, but the bird will cook insanely fast and remain juicy.

Very early on in the new Apple TV show “Pluribus,” Maryland-made doughnuts from Sandy Pony Donuts are featured. Of cours...
11/25/2025

Very early on in the new Apple TV show “Pluribus,” Maryland-made doughnuts from Sandy Pony Donuts are featured.

Of course we had to try them. 🍩

Ben Wang, who owns Sandy Pony Donuts with his wife, Brea, said the phone rings daily at one of their locations since the show debuted Nov. 7, with people mostly wanting to know if it’s a real store.

For something a little different … my first (and probably only) story as a food writer. 🦃
11/23/2025

For something a little different … my first (and probably only) story as a food writer. 🦃

Spatchcocking a turkey is not for the faint of heart, but the bird will cook insaley fast and remain juicy.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's redistricting commission has another online public hearing at 4 p.m. today. (Tuesday, Nov. 18)...
11/18/2025

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's redistricting commission has another online public hearing at 4 p.m. today. (Tuesday, Nov. 18)

Here's how the first one went last Friday:

Members of Gov. Wes Moore’s redistricting advisory commission sat stone-faced Friday as dozens of Marylanders weighed in for two hours.

Under Armour founder Kevin Plank lobbied the state government to buy his Sagamore Farm in Baltimore County to be the sta...
11/18/2025

Under Armour founder Kevin Plank lobbied the state government to buy his Sagamore Farm in Baltimore County to be the state's thoroughbred horse training center.

One problem: The state already bought a property for a thoroughbred center.

From Lee O. Sanderlin:

Emails detail a pitch to turn Sagamore Farm into a state-owned horse training facility.

The federal government shutdown is over, but it’s going to take some time for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Prog...
11/14/2025

The federal government shutdown is over, but it’s going to take some time for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to get back on track in Maryland.

The federal government shutdown is over, but it’s going to take some time for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to get back on track.

The effort to ban ICE cooperation agreements (known as 287(g)) in Maryland has gained Senate Presdient Bill Ferguson as ...
11/14/2025

The effort to ban ICE cooperation agreements (known as 287(g)) in Maryland has gained Senate Presdient Bill Ferguson as a supporter.

ICE is “not something we can aid and abet,” Ferguson told me. The Senate is where the ban fell short last session.

“This is not something we can aid and abet here in the state of Maryland,” Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson said.

Maryland's U.S. Senators -- Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, both Democrats -- voted against the deal to end the ...
11/10/2025

Maryland's U.S. Senators -- Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, both Democrats -- voted against the deal to end the government shutdown.

Recap from the Associated Press and my colleague Brenda Wintrode:

As the Senate held a rare Sunday session, the Republican leader said a potential deal was “coming together” on the government shutdown. But there was no guarantee it would end an impasse now stretching to 40 days.

Marylanders waiting to get SNAP benefits on their EBT cards will start to see the state-funded 50% portion starting Tues...
11/07/2025

Marylanders waiting to get SNAP benefits on their EBT cards will start to see the state-funded 50% portion starting Tuesday, Nov. 11.

The Trump administration is still fighting in court over whether and how much it will pay for SNAP in November.

Maryland Gov. Moore: “If there are two things that we have all come to know about President Trump, it’s that he hates judges and he loves chaos. I’m not going to spend my time waiting for the president to get it right. We’re going to move. We’re going to act.”

Marylanders who have been waiting for food assistance amid the government shutdown and legal fights will start to see state-funded benefits in their accounts starting Tuesday.

Maryland and Prince George's County officials contend it's illegal for President Trump to move the FBI to the Ronald Rea...
11/06/2025

Maryland and Prince George's County officials contend it's illegal for President Trump to move the FBI to the Ronald Reagan building in DC, instead of to Greenbelt.

They're suing, and they're confident they'll prevail.

The State of Maryland and Prince George’s County are suing President Donald Trump for interfering in the long-planned relocation of the FBI to Greenbelt.

Paul Pinsky is retiring as director of the Maryland Energy Administration, which he led for 3 years after decades in the...
11/05/2025

Paul Pinsky is retiring as director of the Maryland Energy Administration, which he led for 3 years after decades in the Maryland General Assembly.

“I’ve been fighting for social, economic and environmental justice for 39 years,” he told me.

After nearly 40 years of pushing for progressive change on environmental and educational policy, Maryland Energy Administration leader Paul Pinsky is retiring from public service.

We're expecting that Maryland officials will announce a lawsuit over the FBI headquarters project tomorrow. The federal ...
11/05/2025

We're expecting that Maryland officials will announce a lawsuit over the FBI headquarters project tomorrow. The federal government picked Greenbelt, but President Trump wants the Ronald Reagan building instead.

A press conference is scheduled in Prince George’s County on Thursday afternoon with officials including the attorney general, governor, county executive and state and federal lawmakers.

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