STEEP PENALTIES COULD BE IN STORE FOR REDUCED SNAP PAYMENT ERROR RATES: In recent years, Maryland has reduced the administrative errors it makes when sending food assistance dollars to low-income families — but that success might cost the state in a year. New federal data shows that Maryland slightly reduced what’s called the “payment error rate” from 13.64 in federal fiscal year 2024 to 13.08 in federal fiscal year 2025, according to an update this week. Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters.
- New data show Maryland now ranks ninth-highest in the nation for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payment errors, which could result in federal penalties that would cost state taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Brooke Conrad/Fox 45 News.
MD MEMBERS OF CONGRESS STRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS AS TRUMP STALLS BILL: U.S. lawmakers from Maryland vowed to continue focusing on affordable housing initiatives for state residents and beyond at a Capitol press conference Thursday, taking stabs at President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign a landmark bipartisan bill. Amelia Twyman/Maryland Matters.
SOME DELEGATES STILL LOCKED IN TIGHT PRIMARY CONTESTS: For most of the candidates running for Maryland’s General Assembly, the dust is now settling after Tuesday’s primary election. But a select few are still locked in tight races two days later. On Thursday, the state began its post-election counting of mail-in ballots. At the start of the day, nearly 208,000 ballots remained to be counted, and more ballots could still flow in. They’ll be counted so long as they were postmarked on or before Election Day. Christine Condon and William J. Ford/Maryland Matters.
PATOKA PICKS UP VOTES IN MAIL IN, NOT CONCEDING BALTIMORE COUNTY EXECUTIVE RACE: The vote totals in the race for the Democratic nomination for Baltimore County Executive tightened a bit Thursday. Julian Jones started the day with 7,944 more votes than Izzy Patoka with 35,000 mail-in ballots to count and more than 3,000 provisional ballots to consider. John Lee/WYPR FM.…