Maryland Politics: The Maryland Supreme Court cleared a Democratic-backed congressional redistricting amendment for the November ballot, ordering the ballot summary rewritten after earlier lower-court blocks—setting up a major fight over how future House maps get drawn. Immigration & Rights: A federal judge in Maryland blocked another Trump effort to curb birthright citizenship, citing Supreme Court precedent that children born in the U.S. are citizens at birth. Community & Culture: Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II returned to Kumasi after a 10-day U.S. visit that included a lecture at Howard University and the Akwasidae celebration in Maryland. Education & Local Wins: Nadia Philips, a North Point High School culinary arts alum, was selected for FOX’s “Hell’s Kitchen” Season 25. Arts & Baltimore: Create Baltimore (formerly BOPA) won a one-year contract extension to keep running city arts events and programs. Faith & Community Relations: After an “anti-Muslim” post sparked backlash, a Baltimore County school board member visited a mosque with local Muslim leaders and CAIR support. Lifestyle & What to Do: Timonium’s Magooby’s Joke House opens a Kym Whitley comedy run this weekend, and Annapolis is gearing up for Café Diem, an eight-day coffee crawl Sept. 27–Oct. 4. Environment & Stewardship: Maryland’s Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants are now accepting applications for community projects, with about $349,000 available.