Ben Conarck

Covering government and criminal justice in Prince George's County for @bannerpgcounty @BaltimoreBanner • • former @MiamiHerald @jaxdotcom 🦉

[The Banner Prince George’s County @bannerpgcounty]

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[Ben Conarck @conarck]

@katebellows Love this collection.

[Nicholas Nehamas @NickNehamas]

Full, gift link story here with colleagues @mirjordan, @CoralMDavenport, @Haleaziz, @lydiadepillis and @KannoYoungs
https://t.co/VKEXMHrvDA

[Ben Conarck @conarck]

@Carlos_Frias @USATODAY Congrats!!

[Mitch Ryals @mitchryals]

After several delays, and without three council members, the Prince George's County Council passed its $6B budget this week. But a $39M transfer from the Parks/Planning Commission is raising eyebrows. From @conarck and @jckhogan

[Lee Sanderlin @LeeOSanderlin]

Is the primary to unseat Maryland’s Senate President Bill Ferguson between Ferguson and his opponent, the viral Bobby LaPin? Or is it actually between Ferguson and his record?Read ⬇️ https://t.co/jYH5FZEo4G

[Ben Conarck @conarck]

New: A longtime spokesperson in Prince George's County government was accused in March of assaulting a staffer in the county executive's office, where she was working at the time as a communications director, court records show.
https://t.co/0FzEuizwRy

[Anthony Ballas @tonyjballas]

RIP

Sonny's Bridge (Faith Ringgold, 1986)

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Prince George’s sheriff’s office PIO placed on leave following audit of her nonprofit https://t.co/Uwv9UmbnTZ

[Ben Conarck @conarck]

Story here: https://t.co/Wc150TcoOg

[Ben Conarck @conarck]

New: The union representing Maryland correctional officers is calling out the corrections dept. over plans to have COs remotely watch prisoners from a control tower during rec time, calling the move reckless and dangerous. It comes amid an unprecedented spike in prison homicides.

[Ben Conarck @conarck]

Bit of a delayed notice here, but I've joined The Banner's Prince George's County bureau, covering local government and criminal justice.

Give us a follow @bannerpgcounty. Our reporting is already having an impact: https://t.co/RhD3crbFK9

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Prince George’s planning chair Darryl Barnes faces a slew of misconduct allegations https://t.co/jr49uKVFwK

[Mitch Ryals @mitchryals]

Some personal news: I’m very excited to join @bannerpgcounty at the end of this month and to work with this dope team of reporters!

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The Banner is a Pulitzer finalist for series on Baltimore’s school bus failures https://t.co/EyzhyrQvEz

[Katie Robertson @katie_robertson]

New: McClatchy journalists at newspapers in 4 states are now withholding their bylines from A.I.-generated content as tensions grow over a "content scaling agent" tool that the company rolled out https://t.co/lObSuAlMBc

[Ben Conarck @conarck]

Is there a mercy rule on https://t.co/J0HdPMYhAj refunds?

[Bob Nightengale @BNightengale]

The New York Mets suffer embarrassing 3-game sweep to the Colorado Rockies, a team that lost 119 games last year.
The Mets scored 1 run in 18 innings in their doubleheader today, collecting 10 hits.
They have now been shut out 5 times this year.
They are 9-19.

[Justin Fenton @justin_fenton]

A woman spent months in Maryland jails because of unchecked facial recognition technology, @conarck reports https://t.co/M6hqZ6Mq34

[Max Spero @max_spero_]

A major US newspaper publisher is rolling out an AI-generated content farm that will use the bylines of real reporters without their consent.

[Pamela Wood @pwoodreporter]

BIG journalism industry news: The Banner's nonprofit parent company is buying the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

https://t.co/SVkAYqTS37