Baltimore has 15-thousand vacant properties and lots of plans to address them. Bree Jones buys and rehabs houses a city block at a time to stabilize neighborhoods. How’s it going? Plus, Rebuilding Together Baltimore's free house repairs help seniors and low-income families remain at home.

Links: Parity, Rebuilding Together Baltimore

Baltimore has 15-thousand vacant properties and lots of plans to address them. Bree Jones buys and rehabs houses a city block at a time to stabilize neighborhoods. How’s it going? Plus, Rebuilding Together Baltimore's free house repairs help seniors and low-income families remain at home.
Links: <a href="https://www.parityhomes.com/">Parity</a>, <a href="https://www.rtbaltimore.org/">Rebuilding Together Baltimore</a>

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Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you?d like to hear, email us at <a href="mailto:ontherecord@wypr.org" target="_blank">ontherecord@wypr.org</a>

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Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you'd like to hear, email us at ontherecord@wypr.org

Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you'd like to hear, email us at <a href="mailto:ontherecord@wypr.org">ontherecord@wypr.org</a>

Parity: From vacant to vibrant; Plus, home repairs keep neighborhoods stable

As most of the nation shifted to the right, Maryland stayed predictably blue, and chose Democrats for its job openings in Washington: In addition to Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobooks prevailing over Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan to represent the Free State in the U.S. Senate.

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski won a seat in Congress, as did State Senator Sarah Elfreth of Anne Arundel County.

To help us better understand what Maryland voters were saying, we speak with UMBC political scientist Mileah Kromer; Lisa Snowden, editor in chief of Baltimore Beat; and John Lee, who covers Baltimore County for WYPR.

Correction: This interview mistakenly updated the race for Maryland's 6th Congressional District House seat. The race has not been called yet. 

As most of the nation shifted to the right, Maryland stayed predictably blue, and chose Democrats for its job openings in Washington: In addition to Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobooks prevailing over Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan to represent the Free State in the U.S. Senate.
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski won a seat in Congress, as did State Senator Sarah Elfreth of Anne Arundel County.
To help us better understand what Maryland voters were saying, we speak with UMBC political scientist <a href="https://umbc.edu/stories/kromer-announced-as-director-of-umbc-institute-of-politics/">Mileah Kromer</a>; Lisa Snowden, editor in chief of <a href="https://baltimorebeat.com/">Baltimore Beat</a>; and <a href="https://www.wypr.org/people/john-lee">John Lee</a>, who covers Baltimore County for WYPR.
Correction: This interview mistakenly updated the race for Maryland's 6th Congressional District House seat. The race has not been called yet.

Election 2024 reaction

The Maryland Port Authority will receive $145 million dollars from the Biden administration's Clean Ports Program, with $32 million dollars to benefit sustainability upgrades at Seagirt and Dundalk Terminal.

Mark Schmidt, president of Ports America Chesapeake, tells us more. Ports America Chesapeake operates Seagirt and Dundalk Marine Terminals at the Port of Baltimore under a public-private agreement with the Maryland Port Administration. 

Links:
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $147M in Clean Ports Investments in Maryland as Part of Investing America Agenda | US EPA.
Biden visits Port of Baltimore to announce funding for carbon reduction at US ports

The Maryland Port Authority will receive $145 million dollars from the Biden administration's Clean Ports Program, with $32 million dollars to benefit sustainability upgrades at Seagirt and Dundalk Terminal.
Mark Schmidt, president of <a href="https://www.portsamerica.com/our-locations/baltimore-md?terminal=seagirt-marine-terminal">Ports America Chesapeake</a>, tells us more. Ports America Chesapeake operates Seagirt and Dundalk Marine Terminals at the Port of Baltimore under a public-private agreement with the Maryland Port Administration. 
Links:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-147m-clean-ports-investments-maryland-part#:~:text=The%20projects%20supported%20by%20the,create%20more%20clean%20energy%20jobs">Biden-Harris Administration Announces $147M in Clean Ports Investments in Maryland as Part of Investing America Agenda | US EPA</a>.</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/biden-visit-port-of-baltimore-ULTVHXON3RGGDBAMOLEIUZBI6Q/">Biden visits Port of Baltimore to announce funding for carbon reduction at US ports</a> </li>
</ul>

Green energy upgrades for the Port of Baltimore

The Baltimore Sun has cut its features coverage, which means the death of human interest stories and reporting on things like visual arts, music, theater, and dining. 

The slashing of this type of coverage in the city’s paper of record is a huge loss to Baltimore’s arts and culture community -- or is it? We ask Teri Henderson, Arts and Culture Editor at Baltimore Beat, and Cara Ober, Executive director of Bmore Art, to weigh in.

The Baltimore Sun has <a href="https://wbng.org/2024/10/29/baltimore-sun-eliminates-features-department-ending-135-year-tradition-of-cultural-coverage/">cut its features coverage</a>, which means the death of human interest stories and reporting on things like visual arts, music, theater, and dining. 
The slashing of this type of coverage in the city’s paper of record is a huge loss to Baltimore’s arts and culture community -- or is it? We ask <a href="https://www.blackfeministstaughtme.com/baltimore/teri-henderson">Teri Henderson</a>, Arts and Culture Editor at <a href="https://baltimorebeat.com/">Baltimore Beat</a>, and <a href="https://www.caraober.com/">Cara Ober</a>, Executive director of <a href="https://bmoreart.com/">Bmore Art</a>, to weigh in.

Parity: From vacant to vibrant; Plus, home repairs keep neighborhoods stable

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