SENIORS EXPECT NOTIFICATION OF END TO MEDICARE SUPPLEMENTAL: Thousands of Maryland seniors expected to receive notice this month that their supplemental Medicare plans will no longer be available next year, sparking frustration, fear and confusion. Insurance carriers say that Maryland’s unique hospital system is costly for them to do business in, and several are reducing their coverage in the state or pulling out of counties entirely. Danielle Brown/Maryland Matters.
MARYLAND DEMS SEEK TO ‘CONTEST EVERY SEAT’ IN UPCOMING RACES: The Maryland Democratic Party is launching a campaign Monday to field credible candidates to give Republicans competition in traditionally conservative areas. Dubbed “Contest Every Seat,” the initiative aims to fill ballots across the state with Democratic candidates for the House of Delegates, state Senate, county councils and county commissions. Pamela Wood/The Baltimore Banner.
- The campaign is already underway. Democrats control just under two-thirds of the General Assembly. But even though they have long dominated more urban areas of the state, Maryland Republicans have maintained a strong foothold in rural regions, including the Eastern Shore and Western Maryland. Ben Mause/The Baltimore Sun.
MARYLAND LEADS 24-STATE CHALLENGE TO GUARD DEPLOYMENT IN ILLINOIS: Maryland is the lead state, joined by 24 other jurisdictions, on a legal brief filed Saturday that calls the Trump administration’s attempted deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois “unlawful, unconstitutional and undemocratic.” William Ford/Maryland Matters.
COLUMN: HEY HEGSETH: 3 WOMEN NAVAL GRADS ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE: Mikie Sherrill, Amy McGrath and Eileen Laubacher. All are running for political office. They’re doing it 50 years after the first women were admitted to Annapolis and at a time when President Donald Trump is denigrating the role of women in the military. Rick Hutzell/The Baltimore Banner.…