MARYLAND ER WAIT TIMES ARE THE WORST, BUT IMPROVING: A legislative report found last year that wait times in Maryland’s emergency rooms were the nation’s worst, and a new report said the state has exceeded the national average for more than two decades. At the worst-performing hospitals, patients can wait a full day to be admitted, state data shows. But there is good news. Meredith Cohn and Lillian Reed/The Baltimore Banner.
MOORE CONTINUES TO REFUSE TO TURN OVER DATA ON FOOD AID RECIPIENTS: Gov. Wes Moore’s office said he isn’t cowed by the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program administrative funding from states, including Maryland, that refuse to turn over data on food assistance recipients. Mennatalla Ibrahim/The Baltimore Sun.
LARGE BA CO DATA CENTER PLAN PULLS IN STATE REPS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS: Ahead of the formal submission of plans to build a 150-megawatt data center in Baltimore County state legislators and residents are examining the potential benefits and risks such a complex could bring to the area. On Wednesday a panel that included state Sen. Charles Sydnor and Dels. Sheila Ruth and Aletheia McCaskill, who represent portions of western Baltimore County, discussed the impacts the proposed data center could have on residents, their electricity bills and the environment, in an effort to learn more before plans are solidified. Natalie Jones/The Baltimore Sun.…