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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.
In the end, Nathaniel T. Oaks was a no-show. Whether his presence would have changed the dynamic of the balloting or the outcome of…
It was a gray, bitter cold morning in West Baltimore that seemed more like mid-January than mid-April. A woman who works in some capacity…
The Baltimore City Democratic State Central Committee for the 41st District meets Tuesday evening to pick a replacement for Nathaniel T. Oaks, who resigned…
An Anne Arundel County Circuit judge Monday refused a request to immediately order the Maryland State Board of Elections to remove Nathaniel T. Oaks’…
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh endorsed his former legislative colleague, state Sen. James Brochin, for Baltimore County executive Thursday, giving the Democrat’s primary…
A defense lawyer in the political corruption case against Nathaniel T. Oaks on Wednesday informed the federal judge who accepted the former legislator’s guilty…
Three registered voters from West Baltimore’s 41st District have filed a lawsuit in Anne Arundel Circuit Court to require the state elections administrator to…
Onetime legislator Nathaniel T. Oaks, who quit the Maryland Senate nearly two weeks ago, hours before pleading guilty to two felonies in federal court,…
As Mr. Dooley first told us nearly 125 years ago, “Politics ain’t beanbag.” So, any civic-minded soul who ventured out Sunday afternoon in the…
By William F. Zorzi Onetime legislator Nathaniel T. Oaks, who quit the Maryland Senate nearly two weeks ago, hours before pleading guilty to two…