Tim Prudente

NEW: Ten months ago, University of Maryland president Darryll Pines was accused of plagiarizing 1,500 words of a 5,000 word paper he wrote while a professor. UMD's policy states investigations should wrap up in 120 days. This one has no signs of stopping: thebaltimorebanner.com/education/high…

What to do with the kids this summer? Head out to a state forest and hunt for a big tree for a chance to win $500. Maryland's Big Tree Contest returns. By @rubenstein_anna: thebaltimorebanner.com/community/clim…

With utility bills going through the roof for Marylanders, your @BaltimoreBanner has been digging into how @MyBGE is spending ratepayer money. Today, @MsHallieMiller with the story of a $17.5 million pickup truck to detect stray electrical currents. thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/bge-ut…

Scientists expected that as soon as 2050, Crisfield could see daily tidal flooding that spreads through much of the town. If the water overtakes Crisfield, some may stay. But many more wonder: Is a community that experiences costly floods every day still a community?

After Trump cut billions for FEMA disaster prevention, a declining & conservative town on Maryland's Eastern Shore is left to fend off rising waters on its own. “We will not be here if we don’t have a major intervention,” the mayor told me. “That’s it.” thebaltimorebanner.com/community/clim…

How a daring audit sparked Maryland’s reckoning over police custody deaths buff.ly/MwPlq0v

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Baltimore isn't close to fixing the dangerous problem of underground fires and exploding manholes. In fact, City Hall and BGE disagree on why the Charles Street fire happened in the first place. By @HayesGardner @emilyopilo: thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…

Read the @BaltimoreBanner's deeply reported story on underground fires. Here's a depressing line: "There’s no consensus as to why. And there’s no clear answer as to whose responsibility it is to prevent it from happening again." @HayesGardner @emilyopilo thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…

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Here's something odd you might not have considered. Baltimore County does not have a public swimming pool. Not one. @rkobell explains why: thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…

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A minority owner of South Baltimore's Harborview Marina is asking a judge to throw out a public auction of the business in May, claiming that his partner deliberately drove the marina into foreclosure to seize total control. thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/harbor…

Where is Maryland Gov. Wes Moore? He's in Idaho at the exclusive and somewhat secretive "billionaire summer camp." thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…

If you build it, will they come? BGE is building a massive new substation to power a Baltimore Peninsula development that hasn't met expectations. And you are paying for it. By Giacomo Bologna: thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/baltim…

A city-owned hotel has been losing money since 2008. Here’s the cost to taxpayers. buff.ly/nrTIdSr

Only five full-time employees remain at the Patuxent Research Refuge, the "green lungs" of the capital region, where George W. Bush used to bike. via @adampwillis & @rkobell

Red, white and on duty: Meet the essential workers of the Fourth. Fun piece by Banner intern @norileyben and our great photographers thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…

New: In last week's fatal police shooting of 70-year-old Pytorcarcha Brooks, BPD officers breached the door of her home, where she was inside and reportedly armed with a knife. De-escalation experts and the department's own crisis response policy call that action into question.