DESPITE SERIOUS CASES, B’MORE OVERDOSES CONTINUE DECLINE: The mass casualty event in Penn North that saw at least 25 people hospitalized on Thursday underscored the persistence of Baltimore’s overdose crisis, despite a recent drop citywide. Mathew Schumer/The Baltimore Sun.
- A suspected “bad batch” of street drugs swept through West Baltimore on Thursday morning, leaving men and women slumped and unconscious in the streets and sending rescue crews scrambling to search the back alleys and vacant homes for more victims. Alissa Zhu, Darreonna Davis, Clara Longo de Freitas, Aline Behar Kado and Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner.
GOVERNOR OFFERS STATE WORKERS $20K PLUS $300 PER YEAR OF SERVICE TO QUIT: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s administration is offering state workers a lump sum of $20,000, plus $300 for each year they’ve worked, as an incentive to resign. Pamela Wood/The Baltimore Banner.
GARCIA COULD BE DEPORTED TO MEXICO OR SOUTH SUDAN: The Trump administration hasn’t decided where it would deport Kilmar Abrego-Garcia if he is freed from a Tennessee jail, but a U.S. immigration official said Thursday that Mexico and South Sudan could be willing to accept the El Salvador native. Ben Finley and Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press/The Baltimore Banner.
- A top U.S. immigration official testifying in federal court Thursday did not give details of the Trump administration’s plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia if he is released from pre-trial detention next week in Tennessee. Ariana Figueroa/Maryland Matters.
GRIM FUTURE FOR FOOD BENEFITS WITH SNAP CUTS: It won’t happen immediately but advocates and state officials are predicting that changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the budget reconciliation bill signed last week will deliver “a devastating blow” to many of the 680,000 Marylanders who get SNAP benefits. Sam Gauntt/Maryland Matters.
MD MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SPEAK ABOUT INSIDER TRADING: Maryland lawmakers’ decisions about proposed stock trading restrictions are personal because many are invested in the market. Jeff Barker/The Baltimore Sun.…