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Frank A. DeFilippo

There are echoes of former mayors Sheila Dixon and Catherine Pugh in Marilyn Mosby’s campaign for reelection as Baltimore state’s attorney, none more relevant…

NASCAR fire suits resemble patchwork quilts. Golfers wear them on their jerseys and caps. Umpires sport a few, as do minor league baseball uniforms….

Political campaigns are the music of democracy. They sing of who we are as a people and what we’re willing to do for each…

Squeezed by ever-decreasing government reimbursements and overwhelmed by compensating increased patient-loads, primary care physicians are, in growing numbers, entering a way around both. It’s…

vintage photo of The Block

Frank DeFilippo offers a brief history of earlier efforts to curtail or eliminate the Block — all failed, or greatly eased, with the usual winks and nods.

A Build Back Better bill mascot cheers in front of the Capitol

What do the Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1968 and Build Back Better have in common? Frank DeFilippo explains.

A view of a holiday-decorated State House from Francis Street

Here’s a pop quiz for lawmakers and political hobbyists alike as the 2022 General Assembly gets underway in solemn session in an eerie and uncertain election year.

Hail, all Maryland, Look who’s here, bringing us cheer, Larry Hogan, Yumi, too, Adrienne Jones, and all her crew. Hoist a wassail to Bill…

Nancy Kopp. Brian Frosh. Maggie McIntosh. Frank DeFilippo. Hey, whoa! That’s me. What the heck is going on here. Bulk it up, and that’s…

Some 300 or so ranking Roman Catholic prelates left Baltimore last year with the conservatives among them determined to return with a stern document…