Forecasts to the contrary, the Baltimore region escaped a second big snowstorm, like the one that blitzed New York/New Jersey and New England.

Maryland orders Baltimore officials, who initially denied the chips were lead or posed a hazard, to remove them from the ground and the Jones Falls and to prevent more paint from falling.

Both groups are pushing back on a Scott administration policy they say would “incapacitate” watchdog inspectors general and cut off an important source of information for reporters and the public.

Reporters are protesting after the recent publication of two news “analyses” about Gov. Wes Moore and President Donald Trump, produced with artificial intelligence tools: “It’s embarrassing, insulting.”