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Bill Zorzi is a contributor to Maryland Matters and has served stints as a full-time reporter and contractor. Earlier he was a Baltimore Sun reporter and editor for nearly 20 years, focusing on government and politics. An Annapolis bureau veteran, he wrote a weekly column, “The Political Game” for the paper. Zorzi left newspapers for several years to write for television, including for the HBO series, “The Wire” and the HBO miniseries “Show Me a Hero,” which dealt with an explosive housing desegregation case in Yonkers, NY. He returned to reporting in 2018, when he joined Maryland Matters.
Gov. Wes Moore (D) announced appointments to the new Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority on Friday in keeping with legislation establishing the 13-member panel…
Thoroughbred racing will continue in Maryland at least through the end of the year, under an agreement between industry officials and owners of the…
Thoroughbred industry officials and owners of the Pimlico and Laurel Park tracks apparently have reached an agreement after difficult monthslong negotiations, a deal they…
Money that is now wagered at Pimlico’s simulcast facility will likely shift to the two other Baltimore-area facilities, Timonium Race Course and Horseshoe Baltimore, the casino on Russell Street in the city.
As the sun rose over the mile-long oval at Old Hilltop and the first rays of daylight shot across the infield, bouncing off the…
‘Self-Destruction’ biography offers richly detailed, layered history of late Sen. Daniel B. Brewster
The prologue to a new biography of Daniel Baugh Brewster opens with an unforgettable scene that foreshadows the brutal descent of the former U.S. senator in the pages that follow.
Baltimore county exec’s decision to forego the Senate race leaves U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-8th), who is still pondering a run, as the next big shoe to drop.
Roland Butler was sworn in Tuesday as the first Black leader of the Maryland State Police in its nearly 90-year history. The ceremony for…
An angry Republican walk-off in the House of Delegates and a photo finish in the Senate ended the 2023 session of the Maryland General…
A typically frenetic Sine Die devolves into chaos and confusion in the waning minutes of the 90-day legislative session.