Bryan P. Sears @bpsears Twitter profile

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Bryan P. Sears

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9 years

Women hand out water, Frosted mini wheats to police guarding W Balt near the burned out CVS #baltimoreriots http://t.co/XnQatpcFwa

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Then again #TWDFinale #TheWalkingDead

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Missing from the CNN interview with @GovLarryHogan was any question from @DanaBashCNN about why the governor needed to use secure, self-deleting message apps if the conversations were “casual.”

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A personal news update: I’m on the floor of the House of Delegates this morning for the election of the state treasurer in my new capacity as a reporter for ⁦ @marylandmatters ⁩. I’m so excited to be part of the team.

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. @GovWesMoore to announce “major transit project” during a 3 pm press conference tomorrow in W. Baltimore. Advocates and some officials expect it will be related to a long-awaited effort to revive the Red Line.

Advocates, elected officials anxiously eye Red Line resurrection - Maryland Matters

Gov. Wes Moore is poised to make a transportation announcement in Baltimore that has some advocates watching in anticipation of a sign of life for the long dormant Red Line project.

www.marylandmatters.org

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. @iamwesmoore withdraws 48 recess appointments made by @GovLarryHogan including Torrey Snow, a local radio personality, two members of the Univ. System of Md board of regents, two PSC members and an appointment to the Commission on Judicial disabilities.

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2 years

I can’t say for sure but this may be where bills go do die in the Md. Senate.

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1 year

Fun fact to know and tell: @GovWesMoore is apparently ambidextrous. At his first bill signing, he signed bills with both his right and left hand.

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2 years

Proud dad moment: Not bad for a kid who started life in the NICU. Today AJ took his first steps after asking his brother to hold his juice box. :)

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9 years

So, am I the only one worried about Ron’s sudden interest in Rick teaching him to shoot? #TWD #TheWalkingDead

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12 years

Michonne went all Fruit Ninja on those walkers #thewalkingdaughter

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3 years

Lawyers Mall is reopened and the Justice Thurgood Marshall statute is no longer wrapped in a protective covering. The new benches with key court cases is a nice touch.

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2 years

For a governor who chides the Md General Assembly frequently about business done in “back rooms” the use of an app that deletes conversations by public officials is the ultimate digital speakeasy of back rooms.

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1 year

A tiny bit of history at this morning's Brd of Public Works. Today marks the first time the three-member panel was chaired by a woman of color, @arunamiller

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1 year

The chairman of the senate judicial proceedings committee chastises second amendment advocates who are wearing a Star of David symbol with a gun inside it calling it “disgusting” and and tells others they can take it off or leave

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4 years

A moment of levity following the 2015 riot in Baltimore. ⁦ @KeifferMitchell ⁩ encourages ⁦ @GovLarryHogan ⁩ to buy a snowball from a sidewalk stand. Mitchell recommends “sky blue.” The Governor asked what flavor that was. “Blue,” Mitchell dead-panned. #tbt #mdpolitics

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9 years

Speaking of good news from #BaltimoreRiots : a photo I took this a.m. of 2 women handing out water, food to police http://t.co/1kRGmThdc5

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2 years

1 year ago these little hooligans were born. They were nearly 7 weeks premature. Today they’re happy, healthy, and on track with their full term peers. They sleep through the night, love tater tots, swings and their dog. We’re very blessed. Happy Birthday, Sam and AJ.

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8 years

No offense, producers, but we waited all summer for this. Dragging it out is intentional and kind of irritating #thewalkingdead

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10 months

President Joe Biden taps Maryland Democratic former Gov. Martin O’Malley to head the Social Security Administration. O’Malley’s appointment is contingent on Senate confirmation.

President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate Martin O’Malley to be Commissioner of the Social...

Today, President Biden announced his intent to nominate former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Statement from President Biden: Governor...

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9 years

Hello, my name is #KirbyDelauter . you used my name unauthorized. Prepare to be sued. #teambethany http://t.co/gct6UnTOEo

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10 years

Pro tip: If you caught jack bauer, it’s because he let you. #24LAD

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4 years

The good thing about this COVID-19 issue, if that can even be said, is that we learned that all the excuses for why the Md General Assembly can’t livestream voting sessions and video from the floor aren’t really valid anymore. #MDpolitics #transparency

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2 years

And the public is left only with the governor’s characterization of these messages and an implied “trust me”

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2 months

. @GovWesMoore has ordered the Maryland flag lowered to half-staff effective immediately to honor those who died in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The order remains in place until further notice.

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1 year

Some history worth noting at the state Board of Public Works. Today marks the first time since 2002 that women have held two of the three seats on the panel. The meeting was chaired by Lt. Gov. @arunamiller who was joined by Comptroller @BrookeELierman and Treas. @Davis4MD

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2 years

The administration prides itself on transparency but transparency comes before reporters call. Prior to the Washington post report, there was no public discussion I’m aware of by governor about an intent to use secure messaging apps.

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11 months

The five-member @md_sbe votes unanimously to name Jared DeMarinis as the new state elections director effective Sept. 1. DeMarinis is an 18-year veteran of the agency and the director of candidacy and campaign finance.

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2 months

The hardest part was not texting my wife to let her know before the news or social media got to her. The hardest part was texting a colleague to stay away from the state house and giving him my wife’s cell phone number just in case.

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4 months

A snowy Friday morning in Annapolis.

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2 years

My friend ⁦ @Bruce_DePuyt ⁩ at ⁦ @marylandmatters ⁩ caught this interaction between me and ⁦ @GovLarryHogan ⁩ . Apparently I was the only one who thought it was “dress like a Maryland governor day.” ;) it’s hard to tell who is who but the I’m on the left. ;)

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2 months

The juxtaposition of my day: a photo of Big Bird visiting to promote reading in the morning. By 5, I was hunkered down behind file cabinets in a dark locked press room in the State House waiting for police to evacuate us. We’re all safe but situation continues.

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8 years

BREAKING: @LarryHogan announced exec order starting schools in Md. after Labor Day

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3 years

Multiple sources tell @MDDailyRecord that Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh will announce Thursday that he will not seek re-election. #mdpolitics

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8 months

“Baltimore’s only news chopper” hovers over an outdoor presser drowning out the story of a highway worker almost killed in a crash. Which station complains they couldn’t hear him? Guess

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2 years

The dome of the Maryland State House bathed in blue and yellow in solidarity with Ukraine.

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9 years

Reporter using snapchat at a news event: “I don’t think I’ve done this sober.” @OHnewsroom

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4 years

Well this is different. It’s not every day I come to work and three military vehicles are out front of the State House and uniformed Md State Troopers are milling about.

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1 year

Well, the cat is partially out of the bag. Since I'm getting questions about a number of posts around, I can say yes, I am leaving The Daily Record after almost a decade as the paper's government & politics reporter. Details on the future to come later.

Patrick Brannan on LinkedIn: Reporter - BridgeTower Media - Career Page

The Daily Record, Maryland's trusted source for legal, business and government coverage, is looking for a government affairs reporter. This reporter leads our…

www.linkedin.com

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4 years

On the last day of session the texts rolling in on how the Md. House and Senate streams aren’t working again. Remember folks, you’re dealing with a historic WiFi system installed when Washington resigned his commission. It’s made of parts of his false teeth.

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2 years

A coalition of six groups including the @ACLU_MD , @LWVMD , @naacpbaltimore and @CommonCauseMD call on the Md. Senate and @SenBillFerg to reinstate virtual testimony when the Senate returns to in-person committee hearings next week. #mdpolitics

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3 years

A view from the gallery above the Speaker’s rostrum in the Md. House of Delegates. This gallery is the pandemic session home for reporters for 2021. #mdpolitics #MDGA21

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2 years

Doug Mayer, a senior adviser to Kelly Schulz's campaign issued the following statement: “Dan Cox is what happens when crazy meets stupid. A person who believes that Mike Pence is a traitor and that the Chinese Communist Party has infiltrated Maryland state government (con't)

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9 years

Beetlejuice taught us that in the afterlife, people who commit suicide become civil servants #TWD #TheWalkingDead

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2 years

.⁦ @GovLarryHogan ⁩ and Democratic gubernatorial candidate ⁦ @iamwesmoore ⁩ meet up at MACo.

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Bryan P. Sears

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1 year

Happy third birthday to Maggie the Wonder Golden. She and her boys have a mutual admiration society going on. The three of them are almost inseparable.

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1 year

The big dig in Annapolis where a new DLS building will replace the old. That big square opening you see is the end of a tunnel that connected the State House to DLS to the House and Senate office buildings.

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1 year

Apparently @GovWesMoore will be ringing a ceremonial bell tonight to mark the end of session. I’ve been in Annapolis two decades and never seen nor heard (of) said bell. It must be kept in the basement next to the boxes of attempts to make “fetch” happen.

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1 year

The boys love goldfish and Old Bay, the seasoning of their people. These 10 bags make me the most popular adult in the Sears household — at least until they’re all gone.

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2 years

BREAKING: A panel of judges of the Maryland Court of Appeals has denied @DanCoxEsq motion to stay a lower court order allowing the early counting of mail-in ballots that could begin as soon as Saturday.

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1 year

He then orders a man who was wearing the symbol to leave the committee room, troopers then moved to escort the man out but he left without further incident

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9 years

Dare I say it: Rick was right. The good people of Alexandria were not prepared to defend themselves #TheWalkingDead #TWD

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1 year

The last couple of years the State House cupola was looking a bit weathered. Today, I arrived to see much of the scaffolding down, revealing a bright white dome again. Just beautiful. A great way for the 2023 session to start on Wednesday.

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9 years

Frederick Councilman’s name appears w/o authorization in WaPo post about him threatening reporter for using his name http://t.co/byV1PgroYP

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5 months

Hearing the sad news that long-time political columnist Frank DeFilippo has died. I repost now a column he wrote for Maryland Matters in November 2021. Safe home, sir.

Frank DeFilippo Says Goodbye (For Now) - Maryland Matters

Nancy Kopp. Brian Frosh. Maggie McIntosh. Frank DeFilippo. Hey, whoa! That’s me. What the heck is going on here. Bulk it up, and that’s...

www.marylandmatters.org

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@bpsears

3 years

. @GovLarryHogan declined to tell reporters the budget numbers for fiscal 2022 saying it wasn't part of his budget presentation to them. Apparently it was part of Budget Sec. Brinkley's preparations & visible on a yellow sticky note even as the governor declined to discuss it.

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4 years

For the record: no news conferences scheduled by @GovLarryHogan at 5 p or any other time today, no extreme executive orders expected today. This is per an exchange I just had with a Hogan spox. Anyone who says or posts differently on social media is being irresponsible.

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2 years

Just gonna say it: I’m pretty happy with these Old Bay Goldfish. Best delivery to Chateau Sears in a while.

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28 days

Spotted on a walk back from lunch with my ⁦ @marylandmatters ⁩ crew. I might have to add these to my Opening of session / Maryland Day / Sine Die wardrobe selection. As John Witherspoon said in “Boomerang:” The secret is you got to coordinate. Most people don’t coordinate.

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2 years

Lawmakers in the Md. House have another reason to stay engaged: Bingo. 100 cards made by a lawmaker, 25 squares, 36 different phrases, all randomized. #MDpolitics #mdga22

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1 year

Flags raised over the restored State House cupola this morning.

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8 years

Yes Rick, they have Darryl and an army but King Ezekiel has an effing tiger. #thewalkingdead

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7 months

I had no idea that Government House, the official residence of the governor of Maryland, once looked like this until I found these vintage postcards (undated)

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8 years

“HELP” Was that Glenn? #TheWalkingDead #TWD

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2 years

My grandma isn’t on Twitter. I doubt she knows what it is and I am positive she’s better off for it. That said, it’s her 92nd birthday. So here’s Betty Jones’ first Twitter cameo. Happy birthday, grandma. You rock.

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8 years

. @LarryHogan job approval numbers surge to 70 percent in latest Gonzales poll of Maryland voters #MDPolitics

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2 years

Md. Senate president @SenBillFerg announces the senate will return to in-person committee hearings next week. It will be the first in-person hearings since March 2020 #mdpolitics

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3 years

Breaking: at least 3 members of @GovLarryHogan 's staff test positive for #COVID9 after returning from the @MDCounties summer convention according to multiple sources. Gov's office confirms and says @GovLarryHogan and @BoydKRutherford have tested negative

Hogan senior aides test positive for COVID-19 after OC conference - Maryland Daily Record

At least three aides to Gov. Larry Hogan tested positive for COVID-19 days after some attended the Maryland Association of Counties convention in Ocean City.

thedailyrecord.com

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8 years

Md Senators help House page ask a Senate page to prom. She asked. He said yes. Video soon #MDPolitics #MDGA16 #prom

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8 years

Mmm the pigs eat the dead. the living eat the pigs. It’s almost like a trip to Arby’s but without the curly fries. #Thewalkingdead #TWD

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1 year

. @SpeakerAJones & Senate President @SenBillFerg jointly announce continuation of hybrid committee testimony that allows for both in-person & remote witness participation. Here's the statement:

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2 months

It's 2024. Today my colleagues and I sheltered in place in response to a now unfounded threat. We had no other way of knowing except for the chief of staff to the Speaker of the House coming to the end of the hall and demanding we "close the door and lock it now."

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1 year

House ECM chair Del. C.T. Wilson takes a page out of the book actor John Witherspoon’s character in the movie “Boomerang.” The secret is, you’ve got to coordinate. And for the record his socks are also on point. He just needs the belt. Happy sine die.

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3 years

BREAKING

AG Frosh will not seek re-election next year, sources say - Maryland Daily Record

Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh will not seek a third term, multiple sources told The Daily Record.

thedailyrecord.com

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@bpsears

4 years

Maryland added to list of states whose residents must quarantine when traveling to Connecticut, New York and New Jersey after Maryland’s new #covid19 cases per 100k population rate rises above 10 again. #mdpolitics

Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia added to tri-state quarantine list

Four states were added Tuesday to the 14-day quarantine list for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

www.democratandchronicle.com

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8 months

The twins tried to block me from leaving for a rare Saturday work event. ⁦ @iamwesmoore ⁩ sends his apologies. Even with a “pardon,” those boys are gonna make me pay. Also, pretty sure I need to do make it up to my long-suffering bride. ;)

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4 years

So much here to not unpack.

Derek Willis

@derekwillis

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Today on Reopen Maryland's FB page:

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3 years

Breaking: Univ System of Maryland Chancellor Jay Perman will tell the Board of Regents he will require all students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated against #COVID19 for the fall semester

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3 years

. @SpeakerAJones announces she will support a referendum on the 2022 ballot to legalize recreational marijuana. 1/2 #mdpolitics

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2 years

Also a good time to again thank the folks at Anne Arundel Medical Center NICU. Those doctors and nurses and support staff are unsung heroes. Thanks for these wobbly steps and the ones that come every day after.

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Proud dad moment: Not bad for a kid who started life in the NICU. Today AJ took his first steps after asking his brother to hold his juice box. :)

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2 years

Join me and @pwoodreporter tonight at 7 pm on @mptnews State Circle with @SalkinTalkin where we’ll talk about Maryland’s primary election. Iron Man doesn’t make an appearance but I bet he got your attention. :)

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8 years

Spencer never made a climb like that before but he did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express #TheWalkingDead #TWD

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2 years

Prosecutors in a joint filing in Federal Court say they will call @GovLarryHogan as a witness in the federal criminal trial of his former chief of staff Roy McGrath. Details soon at

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6 years

Repeated for emphasis: "You can't silence the press by killing reporters. #CapitalGazette ."

Sarah Hutchins

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Journalists across the country are walking into newsrooms this morning devastated, heartbroken and committed to doing their jobs. I'm getting ready to train a group of international journalists for @IRE_NICAR . You can't silence the press by killing reporters. #CapitalGazette

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1 year

The ⁦ @MorganStateU ⁩ choir warms up before a performance this morning in the State House Rotunda. For the record, this reporter couldn’t carry a tune of it had handles.

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2 months

I was with a number of reporters and others locked in the state house press room for about 30 mins. All are safe and relocated but situation ongoing

Maryland Matters

@marylandmatters

2 months

First 4-1-1 on lockdown at the State House and neighboring buildings. More details as soon as we get them.

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8 years

Breaking: Md Gov @LarryHogan announces reduction/elimination of 155 fees totaling $60 m over five years #MdPolitics

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10 years

Somewhere in heaven, Chuck Thompson, Earl Weaver, Paul Blair & Mike Flanagan are having a beer tonight & it’s very very very cold. #Orioles

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@bpsears

2 years

Two decades in the Md. State House and I never thought anyone would put together the phrase "counterfeit governor's citations" in a sentence at a news conference. It never occurred to me those words would be used together. That ended this morning.

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2 years

The boys are out of daycare because of covid so daddy is on the job. It’s outside adventures and swings and books and a search for yummy tater tots because fun is the best thing to have. #TwitterTwins

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28 days

With all the scaffolding up around the State House, it can be a challenge to get a photo that minimizes the work zone. But not an impossible challenge.

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@bpsears

9 years

. @CNN might want to consider how twitter could make them completely irrelevant. WH correspondents dinner isn’t exactly news.

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8 years

Ha ha ha Tainted meat. Negan has tainted meat. #Thewalkingdead #TWD

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2 years

Snapped this over my Crofton home. Lightning and a double rainbow (second rainbow might be too light to show in the picture but it’s above the bright one.)

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8 years

Sneaking in a Pokemon Go break before a #MACoCon session on #Pokemon go public policy #mdpolitics

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1 year

Del. Kirill Reznik announces he will retire from the House of Delegates on March 21 to join the Department of Human Services as the new Assistant Secretary for Inter-Departmental Data Integration.

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7 years

Adding to my list of transparency issues the Md. Legislature needs to address: instant public access to roll call votes #MDpolitics #MDGA17

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11 years

Walking Dead brought to you by KFC. That's some fine brand placement right after the zombies eat a guy. #teamprison

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1 year

Some State House visitors bump into ⁦ @iamwesmoore ⁩ . Some days it’s better to be lucky than good.

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4 years

Md. Parents: Have children concerned about #COVID19 the Easter Bunny this year? Tell them @GovLarryHogan declared the bunny an essential worker for Easter. Yeah, I know what internet trolls will think but the little ones could use some good news. What does it hurt? #mdpolitics

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