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January 08, 2025 Baltimore County swears in new County Executive
John Lee's reporting on this news.
11 min
January 07, 2025 Legislators kickoff the Maryland General Assembly this week. What can you expect?
Legislators are headed to Annapolis this week for the first days of the 2025 session of the Maryland General Assembly. The state's budget problems loom large over the state capitol, and the 47 senators and 141 delegates within.
Gov. Wes Moore is scheduled to present his budget proposal next week. What will it mean for initiatives like the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, the expansive education reform package, or projects like the Red Line, a linchpin of the state’s transportation program?
Today on Midday, perspectives from both sides of the aisle in Annapolis.
State Senate President Bill Ferguson, a Democrat from Baltimore City, has held his office since 2011, and became the leader of the upper body of the General Assembly in 2020.
Del. Jason Buckel, a Republican from Allegany County, is the House Minority Leader. Buckel became a member of House of Delegates in 2014, and Minority Leader in 2021.
We also talk to Pamela Wood, politics and government reporter for our news partner, The Baltimore Banner.
49 min
January 06, 2025 Maryland's first snow storm of 2025
Tom speaks with a meteorologist and city and county leaders about the region's first snow storm of 2025.
21 min
January 06, 2025 Healthwatch With Dr. Leana Wen: What you need to know about Norovirus, bird flu
Dr. Leana Wen joins Tom for Midday Healthwatch, where they discuss issues affecting the health and well-being of Charm City residents.
We ask her about the latest cases of bird flu, which as been spreading among dairy cows and threatens to jump into human hosts. So far, almost all cases of the flu in the United States have been among farmworkers.
We also ask about the stomach bug going around, menopause and cancer warnings for alcoholic beverages.
Dr. Wen is a former health commissioner of Baltimore. She is a columnist on health matters for the Washington Post, a medical expert at CNN, and a scholar at George Washington University and the Brookings Institution.
13 min
January 06, 2025 Sen. Jill Carter was one of the General Assembly's most avid progressives. Now, she prepares for the next chapter.
One of the Maryland Senate’s progressive stalwarts is leaving elected office. State Sen. Jill P. Carter served in the General Assembly for more than two decades, and now is preparing to join the State Board of Contract Appeals.
The Baltimore City-native was elected to the Senate in 2018, having previously served in the House of Delegates for 14 years. She spent time as the Director of the Baltimore Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement, as well.
The daughter of the civil rights activist Walter P. Carter, Jill Carter has been one of the most vocal and effective proponents of criminal justice reform, including working to abolish the death penalty and legalizing cannabis, among other issues.
We ask her about her achievements, her thoughts on juvenile justice reform and where the progressive agenda stands in the General Assembly.
17 min
January 03, 2025 Midday at the Movies: The best films of 2024
Max Weiss wrote her top ten list of 2024.
40 min
January 03, 2025 The Rousuck Review: 'Summer, 1976' at the Studio Theatre
Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Tom to share another weekly review of a local theatrical production.
This week she discusses "Summer, 1976" at the Studio Theatre in Washington. With only two actors, this play revisits the second wave of feminism and the importance of friendship in women's lives.
"Summer, 1976" has been extended and runs through January 12.
10 min
January 02, 2025 Midday with the Mayor: A look ahead to 2025. What's in store for Baltimore?
The mayor discussed public safety, economic development, housing affordability, city services and the massive payout from settlements with the distributors and manufacturers of opioids.
26 min
January 02, 2025 Smart Nutrition: Monica Reinagel on healthy living in the new year
Smart Nutrition is our series of conversations about diet and health with Monica Reinagel.

24 min
December 23, 2024 A pair of award-winning Baltimore authors return with new books
Marian Crotty's new collection is called 'Near Strangers.'

Rebecca Faye Smith Galli also joins Midday. She is a columnist and author from Lutherville with a new book of reflections and essays called 'Morning Fuel.'
37 min

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Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylanders, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the…