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Rona Kobell

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  • Baltimore County Reporter, The Baltimore Banner
  • Affiliate Professor, Loyola University Maryland
  • Co-Founder, Environmental Justice Journalism Initiative
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Covering Baltimore County for The Baltimore Banner. Filmmaker, professor, longtime Chesapeake Bay chronicler. Mom to two girls and two bunnies. Got a story?
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Younger, brasher, more diverse: how the new Baltimore County Council is changing

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By Rona Kobell Verified, Sapna Bansil Verified
| The Baltimore Banner Verified
The Baltimore County Council will look dramatically different when its new members take office in December. On the dais will likely be a Black woman, a Gen Z member, two far-right Republicans, and progressive Democrats who made it through a bruising primary. A typically moderate, bipartisan group of seven, the new council will consist of nine people who don’t have history together, may not agree on much, and are unlikely to follow the old rules.
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Julian Jones leads in Baltimore County Executive race

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By Rona Kobell Verified
| The Baltimore Banner Verified
Baltimore County councilman Julian Jones was leading in the race for Baltimore County Executive on Tuesday night, with thousands of mail-in ballots yet to be counted. If he prevails, the Woodstock Democrat would be the first Black leader of the county, whose population is about a third African-American. It would be the first of many firsts for Jones, who has been on the council since 2014.
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Blackface performer, peace order clash: Have Baltimore County Republicans gone full MAGA?

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By Rona Kobell Verified
| The Baltimore Banner Verified
A onetime blackface performer named Bobby “Al Jolson” Berger is running for state delegate — and that’s not even the biggest surprise of the Baltimore County Republican primary.
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