MARYLANDERS TAKE TO THE STREETS FOR NO KINGS RALLIES: From the cheering crowds along the Baltimore Running Festival route to the rainbow flags of the Annapolis Pride Parade and the rallies that filled Towson streets, Maryland became a stage for the nationwide “No Kings 2.0” protests on Saturday. Nori Leybengrub, Sara Ruberg, Kaitlin Newman, Antonio Planas, Lauren Markoe and Nina Giraldo/The Baltimore Banner.
- Several thousand demonstrators lined the streets of downtown Columbia Saturday as part of the “No Kings” rallies across the country protesting President Donald Trump and his actions. Republican politicians had sought to portray the demonstrators in advance as people who “hate America.” But dozens of the hundreds of homemade protest placards pushed back on those attacks with signs like the one that said, “We the People Love America.” Len Lazarick/MarylandReporter.com.
- Towson University students moved their “No Kings” rally off campus after a school official told them speakers’ names would be run through federal government databases and vetted for security reasons. Brenda Wintrode and Ellie Wolfe/The Baltimore Banner.
- In Queen Anne’s County, where 62% of voters went for President Donald Trump in last year’s election, some of those who showed up for the No Kings rally said they were pleasantly surprised by Saturday’s turnout. Several hundred people turned up, many waving hand-drawn signs by the roadside in Centreville’s small historic downtown, while others gathered in the courtyard, where a musician performed at a piano, and organizers opened the mic for testimonials. Christine Condon and Danielle Brown/Maryland Matters.
BAY RESTORATION HAMPERED BY SHORELINE THAT IS PRIVATELY OWNED: Virtually all of the bay’s shoreline is privately owned, which means many of these taxpayer-funded waterfront improvements go to properties that limit public access. These benefits pose a question fundamental to the Chesapeake’s future: Can Maryland balance what’s best for the bay with the public’s desire to enjoy it? It’s an acute tension in Anne Arundel County, where just one of its 533 miles of shore is open for public swimming. Alex Mann, Lee O. Sanderlin and Adam Willis/The Baltimore Banner.
STATE PUSHES HARD FOR ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES: Maryland is one of the states pushing hardest for electric school buses, with millions of state and federal funds distributed in recent years and hundreds of vehicles rolling out across a handful of school districts. Brooke Conrad/The Baltimore Sun.
BESSENT TELLS IMF TO SELL MO CO COUNTRY CLUB: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is urging the International Monetary Fund to sell an elite country club it owns in Montgomery County so the organization can “go back to their core mission.” Carson Swick/The Baltimore Sun.…