RIFT OVER UTILITY RATES, ENERGY GENERATION GROWS AMONG STATE LEADERS: A conflict is growing between Gov. Wes Moore and the Maryland General Assembly over the best ways to generate energy and lower utility bills for state residents.“It didn’t go far enough,” Moore said in mid-June of a comprehensive package of energy bills sponsored by legislative leadership. Hannah Gaskill/The Baltimore Sun.
NO FBI HQ FOR PG; IT’s TAKING OVER USAID BUILDING INSTEAD: The Trump administration announced plans Tuesday to move the FBI headquarters from the crumbling J. Edgar Hoover Building to the sprawling Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center three blocks west in D.C., reversing decades of planning to relocate the agency to either the Maryland or Virginia suburbs and leaving some regional leaders infuriated. The move was characterized as an efficient way to avoid “billions” in constructing a new campus in Prince George’s County. Meagan Flynn, Erin Cox, Perry Stein and Laura Vozzella/The Washington Post.
- After years of work, Maryland officials had celebrated in 2023 when the federal government’s General Services Administration picked a site in Greenbelt in Prince George’s County as the future home of the FBI. The prospect of moving thousands of agents and employees to the suburb was seen as a boost to the local economy. Pamela Wood/The Baltimore Banner.
HEALTH DEPT TO LIFT FREEZE ON SOME NEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS: The Maryland Department of Health said Monday it will lift its freeze on new behavioral health provider enrollments for certain rural and underserved jurisdictions, but keep the ban in effect for other areas. Effective July 1, the department will allow new enrollments for psychiatric rehabilitation programs, partial hospital programs and intensive outpatient programs in 14 counties. Scott Maucione/WYPR-FM.
CARROLL FARMER ADDS NAME TO LIST OF GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES: A Carroll County farmer has planted the seeds for his gubernatorial campaign, adding to a growing list of candidates vying for the position. Kurt Wedekind, owner of Wedekind Farms in Westminster, said he never planned on being a politician until he noticed his friends and family members being pushed out of Maryland due to high taxes. Katherine Wilson/The Baltimore Sun.…