Bryan P. Sears

Maryland Matters gov reporter, blogger, tv/radio contributor and lover of Golden Retrievers and zombies. RT ≠ endorsements (except for Golden Retrievers).

[Bryan P. Sears @bpsears]

Idea: the Ravens bring in a group like the Red Cross for team Heimlich training.

[Maddi O'Neill @MaddiONeill]

Comms folks think the press corps is only useful for speading their preferred message, but the real value we bring is that we challenge and question their message for the public's benefit. Which, of course, they don't like. Easier to go on a Youtube show with no fact checking

[U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @uspresstracker]

Student journalist Cat Murphy, reporting for @CNSmd, was threatened with prosecution by @RepAndyHarrisMD while recording him during a news conference Tuesday in Cambridge, MD.

She later told CNN, “I was focused on doing my job”:
https://t.co/iqwOxHJJYN

[Bryan P. Sears @bpsears]

Agree

[Maddi O'Neill @MaddiONeill]

This is 100% what’s happening in Maryland, especially in the state house, where new press rules seem to appear out of thin air: https://t.co/bFjQK134j5

[Capital News Service @CNSmd]

Proud of our @CNSmd reporter @IAMCATMURPHY today.

[Bryan P. Sears @bpsears]

@justin_fenton Or the comments made this week to one of my colleagues who called for comment about this letter and was told she was “aligned with Sinclair” and called reporters “sanctimonious” and once complained about how “entitled” the press corps was

[Bryan P. Sears @bpsears]

@justin_fenton Yup… or how this letter doesn’t cover the Fox 45 reporter who is a regular presence at the state house who was not invited to a gaggle w/ the governor during special session

[Robert Lang WBAL @Reporterroblang]

Debate in Cambridge

[Brenda Wintrode @WintrodeBrenda]

Rep. Andy Harris invited press to a post-debate news conference. He refused to answer my question about why he decided to participate and singled out a student journalist, moments after defending his First Amendment right to freely express himself.

Vid: @y00lz

[Bryan P. Sears @bpsears]

Wow

Just wrong.

In public and the recording was not surreptitious.

[Justin Fenton @justin_fenton]

This is wild

[Bryan P. Sears @bpsears]

New from my colleague Christine Condon about a deal between Amazon and Constellation that includes upgrades to the nuclear plant.

https://t.co/B8WNqKFXtH

[Bryan P. Sears @bpsears]

This post triggers me on so many levels. With two new kindergartners, it has become my life. God help us all

[Granite Mtn. @gran1te_mtn]

“Your child’s assignment is in ParentVue. Have you checked Canvas? The homework is in EduSpot. The grades are available on Teacherly. I mentioned this in the WhatsApp group. It was literally sent to your comcast dot net email address. Canvas has it for you. It’s in Canvas.”

[Katie Mettler @kemettler]

Big news – I've got a new beat!

Hanging up my hat (for now) as a @postlocal reporter to dig into criminal justice policy issues all over the country.

What's going on in your state? Your town? Your backyard? I'm all ears.

[Bryan P. Sears @bpsears]

How does the new ballot question on redistricting compare to the original that the Supreme Court of Maryland said was misleading? Here they are side-by-side.

https://t.co/GNRIEvTuZh

[Bryan P. Sears @bpsears]

Justice Steven B. Gould's Dissent is pointed & critical of the legislature & the new question. It's not better than the old version &voters don't know they could lose any ability to challenge a future map, he said.

https://t.co/GNRIEvTuZh

[Bryan P. Sears @bpsears]

The Ruling today out of the Supreme Court of Maryland on redistricting is not the full-throated vindication of the super majority's efforts. Instead, the court found the question "misleading" the majority opted to re-write it.

https://t.co/GNRIEvTuZh

[Bryan P. Sears @bpsears]

BREAKING: Legislative Democrats get a win in the Supreme Court of MD as the high court affirms one lower court ruling in part but orders the ballot question replaced with a version written by the judges. Details soon on Maryland Matters

[Bryan P. Sears @bpsears]

Toll scofflaws owe the Maryland Transportation Authority $818 million in tolls and fees. An audit released today finds the state could do more to collect.

https://t.co/9zZTJhuRcH

[Bryan P. Sears @bpsears]

Breaking: MD GOP scores second redistricting victory in a challenge filed in Dorchester county. This case is expected to join another from Anne Arundel at the state supreme court next week.

https://t.co/EmvIThyZNS

[Bryan P. Sears @bpsears]

BREAKING: Judge finds multiple concerns with a proposed amendment to the Maryland Constitution that could affect how congressional districts are drawn in the future

https://t.co/CWyGJlkwhD