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Pamela Wood

Pamela

Pamela Wood covers Maryland politics and government, focusing on how powerful people make decisions that affect daily life for people living and working in and around Baltimore. She previously reported for The Baltimore Sun, The Capital and other Maryland newspapers on topics as varied as politics, local government, the environment, healthcare and breaking news. Though not a Maryland native, she's spent most of her life here, graduating from Howard High School and earning a degree in journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park. She now calls Anne Arundel County home.

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Lee Blinder, founding executive director of Trans Maryland, speaks to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore during a ceremony for the International Day for Transgender Visibility. Blinder called out the governor for not backing up his words with action.
At transgender visibility celebration, Gov. Moore called out for lack of action
“We know who you, Governor Moore, can be for us. And I am begging you to do it,” Lee Blinder told Moore.
Transmission lines travel north from Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant in Lusby, Maryland.
Maryland lawmakers are planning $200 million in energy bill rebates
Maryland lawmakers are working on a plan to give rebates to electric utility customers to blunt the impact of rising bills. But how much might you see? Lawmakers can’t say just yet.
Gov. Wes Moore brushed aside Republican concerns that tax hikes are bad for business.
Moore defends budget balanced with new taxes as ‘deeply responsible’
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is defending the state budget that’s moving forward with tax increases as “deeply responsible,” and brushing off Republican concerns.
The House of Delegates approved a state spending plan Wednesday that includes $1.6 billion in additional taxes and fees.
After intense debate, Maryland House approves budget with additional tax hikes
A Maryland state government budget that creates a new tax and raises others is closer to reality, following approval in the House of Delegates on Wednesday. The state Senate will act next.
Students rally outside the Maryland State House in Annapolis last week to urge lawmakers not to approve cuts to the Blueprint for Maryland's Future. The House of Delegates, and now the state Senate, have made changes to the plan that will need to be sorted out in the final weeks of the General Assembly session.
Maryland Senate seeks middle ground on changes to Blueprint education plan
The Maryland Senate is charting a middle ground between a revamp sought by the governor and minimal tweaks sought by the House of Delegates.
House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones, center, speaks at a press conference about the state budget in Annapolis on Thursday.
Top Democrats reach deal on budget with more cuts, $1.6B in new taxes and revenue
After weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations among top Democrats, an agreement on a new state budget appears imminent.
Gov. Wes Moore said Monday he couldn’t support two tax ideas proposed to close the state’s $3 billion budget hole.
Moore nixes idea of ‘broad’ business, drink taxes in budget talks
Administration officials said that the business services tax as introduced — a 2.5% tax on services that business entities sell to one another — is off the table.
Exterior of the Maryland State House.
Maryland lawmakers clash in emotional debate over bill for prison sentence reviews
In a long and emotional session Saturday, the Maryland House of Delegates advanced a bill giving more incarcerated people a chance to petition for shorter sentences.
The FBI is currently headquartered in Washington, D.C., at the J. Edgar Hoover Building. President Donald Trump says he’ll block a plan to move the FBI to Maryland.
Lawmakers vow to stop Trump’s attempt to halt FBI HQ move to ‘liberal state’ of Maryland
President Donald Trump said Friday that he’ll block the planned move of the FBI headquarters from the nation’s capital to Prince George’s County.
Mary D. Kane, president and CEO of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, speaks against a proposed business-to-business tax at a news conference across the street from the Maryland State House in Annapolis.
As momentum builds in Annapolis for new B2B tax, businesses fight back
Business leaders said the 2.5% tax on services that businesses sell one another would be “damaging,” with “devastating impacts.”
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has proposed a $67.3 billion budget for state government, closing a budget gap by cutting spending and raising taxes for high earners.
How might Maryland politicians raise your taxes and what could it cost you?
What exactly — and who — is on the table to raise more money for Maryland? Here’s a look at the options.
The Maryland House of Delegates on opening day of the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis, Md., on Wednesday, January 8, 2024.
Maryland House passes stripped-down Blueprint education bill
Maryland’s House of Delegates voted along party lines to tweak the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education plan.
Members of six different "ethnic and intersectional" caucuses in the General Assembly applaud Del. Jheanelle Wilkins, chair of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, during a press conference in Annapolis on Monday, March 10, 2025. For the first time, the caucuses joined together to decry attacks on diversity and push to get their priority bills passed.
Diverse General Assembly caucuses declare: ‘We are Maryland’
The Maryland General Assembly’s six “ethnic and intersectional” caucuses joined forces on Monday to decry federal attacks on diversity and urge their colleagues to pass state legislation protecting civil rights and diversity in the state.
Governor Wes Moore during an interview in his office ahead of opening day of the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis, Md., on Wednesday, January 8, 2024.
Maryland Democrats file complaint over ‘No Moore’ campaign
Maryland Democrats argue that the anonymous accounts amount to political campaign communications that fall under state regulations — including a requirement that they be attributed to a registered political committee.
Del. Ben Barnes, left, and Sen. Guy Guzzone talk to reporters about the latest negotiations on the state budget, at the State House in Annapolis on Thursday, March 6, 2025. A new financial forecast shows the state will take in less money from taxes than expected, due largely to the Trump administration's actions to fire federal workers and slash spending.
Trump’s federal layoffs are already affecting Maryland’s budget plans
About 11,000 Maryland workers have already lost or are about to lose their jobs, and future actions could bring that number of job losses up to 28,000
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore after a press conference to discuss the state’s response to the Trump administration’s actions against federal workers last month.
Moore: ‘I don’t think it’s my job to tell the Democratic Party how to find itself’
Gov. Wes Moore said he didn’t even watch President Donald Trump’s speech Tuesday night.
Construction on the Maryland State House in Annapolis began in 1772 and it's the oldest state capital building in the nation still in continuous legislative use. The building's dome is undergoing a rehabilitation project.
Maryland lawmakers float new $1B business tax to close budget hole
With an already-tight budget picture worsening with every action coming out of Washington, Maryland lawmakers are considering a new tax on businesses to keep the government finances in the black.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, speaking at a news conference in Annapolis, discusses the state’s response to the Trump administration’s assault on the federal government.
Gov. Moore hopes the Trump administration’s loss is Maryland’s gain
Gov. Wes Moore says his administration is looking to tap into Maryland’s pool of displaced federal workers to fill open state jobs. He said the state needs to help these workers in the face of the Trump administration's “cruelty.”
Students and other attendees hold signs during a hearing last week for the Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act, Gov. Wes Moore’s proposal to revamp the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.
Moore’s plan to revamp education Blueprint hits roadblock in Annapolis
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s proposal to revamp the state’s education-improvement plan was largely rejected by state lawmakers Friday.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore testifies in the House of Delegates on his plan to balance the state’s budget.
Gov. Moore makes his case for budget-balancing plan full of tough choices
More than 100 people signed up to weigh in on the governor’s budget during a marathon public hearing, almost all of them pleading with lawmakers not to raise their taxes or cut a government program they rely on.
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