Maryland Morning

March 25, 2013

March 26, 2013

March 25, 2013

"But these directorial and design choices aren't quite enough to make Mud Blue Sky soar." - J. Wynn Rousuck

The flight attendants in CENTERSTAGE's production of "Mud Blue Sky" are overworked, and have plenty of baggage themselves.

What are shareholders, regulators, and institutional investors across America—and here in Maryland—doing to make corporate executive pay practices more transparent and accountable?

Lawrence Lanahan
March 22, 2013

If you own any stock, even a few shares, this is the time of year you can make your voice heard in the corner offices of the world’s largest public corporations.

If you look at average CEO pay among firms listed in the S&P 500, it nearly tripled between 1992 and 2007, the year the economy started to tank.

March 25, 2013

Happy Maryland Day! Three-hundred and seventy-nine years ago, the first European settlers landed on Maryland soil at St. Clement’s Island in what is now St. Mary’s County.

March 22, 2013

Lies, enchantment, humor and truth: the categories that most great stories fit into, according to The American Visionary Art Museum's founder and director Rebecca Alban Hoffberger.

"Those are the four grand categories of how we tell stories and the impact they have on us. Storytelling is not just sweet, which it can be, but it is a great power," Hoffberger explains to Maryland Morning host Tom Hall.

Bicyclists, and motorists, have a stake in how Maryland is updating its Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan.  We’ll talk to the Maryland Department of Transportation’s project manager, and to the Executive Director of Bikemore, a Baltimore advocacy group.

Then, copy editor John McIntyre’s new book is called "The Old Editor Says: Maxims for Writing and Editing." Today, The Baltimore Sun veteran explains some maxims. Like this one: "If you are not possessed of a perpetually filthy mind, you are ill-equipped to edit."

March 20, 2013

Maryland is recognized as one of the best states for bicycling, but state transportation officials and bicycle advocates agree there could be room for improvement. One of the ways the Maryland Department of Transportation is improving bicycling in the state is by updating The Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. The plan hasn’t been updated since 2002.