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As power bills surge, Exelon and Constellation spend big for influence in Annapolis
The Baltimore Banner, January 2026
Steak dinners, an army of lobbyists and a new advertising campaign define the increasingly tense contest between Constellation and its former owner, Chicago-based Exelon, to win over Maryland leaders and the public in a newly charged era of energy politics.
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North Dakota wants your carbon, but not your climate science.
Bloomberg Businessweek, November 2024
A $9 billion plan to entomb CO2 emissions has a distinctly non-environmental attraction for the people of the Great Plains: It could allow the region to keep pumping oil and burning coal.
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An energy mogul begged Moore to back his data center complex. It worked.
The Baltimore Banner, June 2026
Records reveal how awealthy and politically connected businessman won the governor’s endorsement for his controversial foray into Maryland data centers — even as key questions about the proposed development remain unanswered.
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After FEMA axed aid, is an Eastern Shore town lost to the bay?
The Baltimore Banner, August 2025
The Trump administration axed tens of millions in aid to fortify a sinking Eastern Shore town against rising seas. If the water overtakes Crisfield, some may stay. But many more wonder: Is a community that experiences costly floods every day still a community?
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As opioid deaths plague Baltimore, the city's strategy is silence
The New York Time and Baltimore Banner, August 2024
The city has declined to divulge its plans or hold hearings on one of the worst public health crises in the United States, saying it does not want to jeopardize its lawsuit against drugmakers.n goes here
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In Baltimore’s hottest new race, ‘experience the suffering of the world we’ve created’
The Baltimore Banner, July 2025
The organizer of Baltimore’s unusual, unsanctioned Barclay Marathons sipped cold beer while his runners contended with heat, city streets and the hazards or urban climate change.
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This liberal sports radio host thinks he can take down Mitch McConnell
Politico Magazine, March 2018
A profile of the voice of Kentucky sports, and maybe the future of the state’s Democratic Party.
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Carbon capture loans could leave North Dakota taxpayers on the hook for $250M
Fargo Forum, June 2021
A loan program approved by lawmakers for the state's flagship carbon capture venture was initially rejected by the Bank of North Dakota. The arrangement reached between lawmakers and the country's only state-owned bank ensured the risk of the loans was transferred to taxpayers.
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What do religious voters want? Definitely not piety.
Boston Globe, December 2018
Religious voters in the United States and the Philippines voted for irreligious leaders, challenging assumptions about the very nature of religious appeal