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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.
It’s good to be king. Not surprisingly, Republican Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. so far has outraised, outspent and socked away more money…
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) continues to sit on an eye-popping amount of campaign cash, according to campaign finance statements released Tuesday. After…
The Democratic candidates for Baltimore County executive have significantly outraised the Republican contenders so far, according to the latest campaign finance totals made available…
The Maryland Court of Appeals denied a motion Friday to reconsider its refusal to order the name of disgraced ex-lawmaker Nathaniel T. Oaks off…
How do you crank up and execute a campaign for governor in just 5 ½ weeks? It won’t be easy. On the other hand, with none…
The sentencing of Baltimore County political operative Robert J. Barrett, an FBI undercover source who agreed to wear a wire in the corruption probe…
News of Baltimore County Executive Kevin B. Kamenetz’s sudden death last week stunned nearly everyone who heard it, but on a less personal level,…
The afternoon seemed as much a celebration of Joe Tydings’ new autobiography, his life and legacy, and his 90th birthday, as it did the…
If the circumstances were different, it would have been the Maryland political event of the year. While reconciling the tragic, sudden death of Kevin…
Democrat Jill P. Carter became the new senator from Maryland’s 41st District Friday, taking the seat of disgraced ex-lawmaker Nathaniel T. Oaks hours after…