Ginny Bixby
@ginnybixbywrites.bsky.social
Reporter for The Banner in Montgomery County @bannermoco.bsky.social, covering government, politics, etc. I have a lot of questions. past Bethesda Today, The Daily Progress. Always University of Mary Washington. 🌈
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Ginny Bixby
@ginnybixbywrites.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Hi, I’m Ginny! I’m new here, but I’m not new to covering MoCo/MD news. I’ve been reporting on politics, government, and everything that makes Montgomery County tick for MoCo360 since August 2022. I am especially passionate about covering how marginalized communities are impacted by the government.
A must read from my talented colleague @elliew0lfe.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
Trump’s new loan policy may end this future doctor’s dreams
A bill signed by President Donald Trump this summer ended the popular Grad PLUS loan program, which allowed graduate students to take out full loans for their studies.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A must read from my talented colleague @elliew0lfe.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
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The 28th and final Purple Line vehicle has arrived in Maryland. All rail in Prince George’s is complete. But still over a year out from opening — a little more track and a lot of testing still left to be done.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The 28th and final Purple Line vehicle has arrived in Maryland. All rail in Prince George’s is complete. But still over a year out from opening — a little more track and a lot of testing still left to be done.
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it's a good day when you get paid to eat sugar
We taste-tested the Annapolis doughnuts in Apple TV’s ‘Pluribus’
Ben Wang, who owns Sandy Pony Donuts with his wife, Brea, said the phone rings daily at one of their locations since the show debuted Nov. 7, with people mostly wanting to know if it’s a real store.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
it's a good day when you get paid to eat sugar
Who will replace Gabe Albornoz on the Montgomery County Council? The council has narrowed it down to three options: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Montgomery County Council announces 3 finalists for Albornoz’s seat
The Montgomery County Council named three finalists Monday to fill the seat of at-large council member Gabe Albornoz.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Who will replace Gabe Albornoz on the Montgomery County Council? The council has narrowed it down to three options: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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New town problems! From the Takoma Park council minutes, Dec. 2, 1901. The town borrowed a rope, but damaged it. They need to make their neighbor whole, and besides, the town really needs to own a rope and 60 ft of its length are still good. Expenditure of $5 to buy the rope, approved.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New town problems! From the Takoma Park council minutes, Dec. 2, 1901. The town borrowed a rope, but damaged it. They need to make their neighbor whole, and besides, the town really needs to own a rope and 60 ft of its length are still good. Expenditure of $5 to buy the rope, approved.
I've been covering @cmkatestewart.bsky.social for more than three years, but I decided to follow her around this fall and see what really makes her tick and what motivates her. A deep dive into Montgomery County's most powerful woman: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
What does Montgomery County’s most powerful woman really want?
Kate Stewart is the most powerful woman in Montgomery County. The County Council president has promised not to run for county executive. So what does she really want?
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November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I've been covering @cmkatestewart.bsky.social for more than three years, but I decided to follow her around this fall and see what really makes her tick and what motivates her. A deep dive into Montgomery County's most powerful woman: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
I met Dan Langenkamp just weeks after I moved to MoCo, when his wife Sarah was struck and killed on her bike by a truck driver. Their love story and Dan’s story of advocacy is devastating and inspiring, and I’m grateful for the trust he’s given me these past years. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Cyclists and walkers will go to the National Mall to rally for safer roads
More than 1,100 cyclists and walkers are expected to go from Bethesda to the National Mall on Sunday to honor Sarah Langenkamp — who died in a bike crash three years ago — and to push for legislation ...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I met Dan Langenkamp just weeks after I moved to MoCo, when his wife Sarah was struck and killed on her bike by a truck driver. Their love story and Dan’s story of advocacy is devastating and inspiring, and I’m grateful for the trust he’s given me these past years. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we're launching the Trans News Initiative - a nearly yearlong project dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States.
transnewsinitiative.org
transnewsinitiative.org
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we're launching the Trans News Initiative - a nearly yearlong project dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States.
transnewsinitiative.org
transnewsinitiative.org
A must read from my colleague Talia Richman: www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
Why did it take months for a fourth grader to get to class on time?
It took until the second week of November for the bus to consistently pick up Christine Neumerski’s son at their Takoma Park home on time.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A must read from my colleague Talia Richman: www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
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We're hiring for a part-time contract role!
Our Digital Ward 7 Community Connector will focus on online outreach — using social media, targeted ads, and online surveys to connect with residents and encourage participation in listening sessions and events.
Apply by Friday, Nov. 14. More info:
Our Digital Ward 7 Community Connector will focus on online outreach — using social media, targeted ads, and online surveys to connect with residents and encourage participation in listening sessions and events.
Apply by Friday, Nov. 14. More info:
We're hiring Ward 7 Community Connectors
We're hiring two Community Connectors — one for in-person events and another for online outreach.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We're hiring for a part-time contract role!
Our Digital Ward 7 Community Connector will focus on online outreach — using social media, targeted ads, and online surveys to connect with residents and encourage participation in listening sessions and events.
Apply by Friday, Nov. 14. More info:
Our Digital Ward 7 Community Connector will focus on online outreach — using social media, targeted ads, and online surveys to connect with residents and encourage participation in listening sessions and events.
Apply by Friday, Nov. 14. More info:
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Baltimore City is offering up to $5,000 over two months to help essential federal workers and families on SNAP with child care costs. But there are already hundreds of families in line. Here's how you can join them: www.thebanner.com/education/ea...
How Baltimore parents can get two months of child care help
Baltimore federal essential workers and families on SNAP can get up to $2,500 a month. Here’s how.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Baltimore City is offering up to $5,000 over two months to help essential federal workers and families on SNAP with child care costs. But there are already hundreds of families in line. Here's how you can join them: www.thebanner.com/education/ea...
Montgomery County Councilmember Kristin Mink @cmkristinmink.bsky.social said an ICE officer “grabbed” her arm and tried to take her phone Monday as she filmed a team of agents in Adelphi who appeared to be detaining a person.
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Council member says ICE agent ‘grabbed’ her as she filmed agents detaining a person in Adelphi
Montgomery County Council Member Kristin Mink said a U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement officer “grabbed” her arm and tried to take her phone as she filmed a team of agents in Adelphi who appeare...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Montgomery County Councilmember Kristin Mink @cmkristinmink.bsky.social said an ICE officer “grabbed” her arm and tried to take her phone Monday as she filmed a team of agents in Adelphi who appeared to be detaining a person.
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Read the full story on The Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com by Ginny Bixby @ginnybixbywrites.bsky.social and Jack Hogan www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Jud Ashman wins third term as Gaithersburg mayor, beating challenger Tiffany Kelly
Ashman was reelected alongside City Council members Lisa Henderson and Jim McNulty, who ran together as a slate.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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The city of Gaithersburg municipal election is today. ICYMI, here's everything you need to know about the incumbent mayor hoping for another term, and the activist challenging his seat: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
How Gaithersburg’s mayoral race is challenging the status quo
Gaithersburg mayor Jud Ashman wants a third term. Challenger Tiffany Kelly says the city needs a change.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The city of Gaithersburg municipal election is today. ICYMI, here's everything you need to know about the incumbent mayor hoping for another term, and the activist challenging his seat: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Exclusive from me: @raskin.house.gov has issued a letter signed by more than 60 Congress members demanding Trump provide answers on the legality of the ballroom construction. The demolition is being led by a Silver Spring company: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Jamie Raskin demands answers from Trump on East Wing demolition in letter
U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent a letter to Trump Thursday questioning the legality of the demolition of the White House's East Wing. Raskin said the teardown — to make room for a ballroom — violates ...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Exclusive from me: @raskin.house.gov has issued a letter signed by more than 60 Congress members demanding Trump provide answers on the legality of the ballroom construction. The demolition is being led by a Silver Spring company: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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A young Maryland jockey was living his dream. Now he is awaiting sentencing this week for his role in the murder of a Baltimore County high school student.
A must-read story by Sapna Bansil in @thebaltimorebanner.com
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A must-read story by Sapna Bansil in @thebaltimorebanner.com
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Bryson Butterfly was a rising star jockey. Then he was arrested for murder.
Bryson Butterfly was an up-and-coming jockey at Laurel Park. Then he was arrested and charged in the murder of a Parkville High School student during an arranged robbery. Butterfly pleaded guilty to a...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A young Maryland jockey was living his dream. Now he is awaiting sentencing this week for his role in the murder of a Baltimore County high school student.
A must-read story by Sapna Bansil in @thebaltimorebanner.com
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
A must-read story by Sapna Bansil in @thebaltimorebanner.com
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has said he can't risk tapping the state's cash balance to temporarily fund SNAP benefits.
He has another option: the $2B+ Rainy Day Fund.
Here's how that would work:
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He has another option: the $2B+ Rainy Day Fund.
Here's how that would work:
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Could Maryland tap its ‘rainy day’ reserves to fund SNAP?
Maryland has more than $2 billion in a Rainy Day Fund that's been tapped before for emergencies, including the Key Bridge collapse and the coronavirus pandemic.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has said he can't risk tapping the state's cash balance to temporarily fund SNAP benefits.
He has another option: the $2B+ Rainy Day Fund.
Here's how that would work:
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
He has another option: the $2B+ Rainy Day Fund.
Here's how that would work:
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
White's Ferry is more than a quaint historic site. For the Poolesville, Md. community, it was an economic and transit lifeline. It's been closed for five years due to a dispute between two Va. landowners, and business owners and residents are hurting. My latest: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
White’s Ferry stopped running 5 years ago. Can it be restarted?
White’s Ferry had been running for more than two centuries between Montgomery and Loudoun Counties when it closed five years ago. There have been several plans to revive the service. So far, nothing h...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
White's Ferry is more than a quaint historic site. For the Poolesville, Md. community, it was an economic and transit lifeline. It's been closed for five years due to a dispute between two Va. landowners, and business owners and residents are hurting. My latest: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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By @ginnybixbywrites.bsky.social: Maryland’s coolest haunted house is in Montgomery County. (via @bannermoco.bsky.social)
Maryland’s coolest haunted house is in Montgomery County
It started with just a few Halloween animatronics, but now the Catalina Haunt has become a destination for neighborhood residents and Halloween fanatics across the county.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
By @ginnybixbywrites.bsky.social: Maryland’s coolest haunted house is in Montgomery County. (via @bannermoco.bsky.social)
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"She spends an estimated $200 on batteries per season."
Fun read via @ginnybixbywrites.bsky.social
Fun read via @ginnybixbywrites.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"She spends an estimated $200 on batteries per season."
Fun read via @ginnybixbywrites.bsky.social
Fun read via @ginnybixbywrites.bsky.social
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Had fun thinking out loud about the Baltimore harbor's huge, maybe historic? pistachio tide with Lindsay Smith Rogers at Johns Hopkins.
A year ago, Lindsay did a deep dive into Baltimore's progress toward a swimmable harbor. Things have felt different the last few weeks...
A year ago, Lindsay did a deep dive into Baltimore's progress toward a swimmable harbor. Things have felt different the last few weeks...
A year after our episode on the fight to make Baltimore’s harbor safe for swimming, the harbor is recovering from “the ecological equivalent of a heart attack”.
@thebaltimorebanner.com’s @adampwillis.bsky.social gives an update on the "pistachio tide".
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@thebaltimorebanner.com’s @adampwillis.bsky.social gives an update on the "pistachio tide".
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/967-an-updat...
October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Had fun thinking out loud about the Baltimore harbor's huge, maybe historic? pistachio tide with Lindsay Smith Rogers at Johns Hopkins.
A year ago, Lindsay did a deep dive into Baltimore's progress toward a swimmable harbor. Things have felt different the last few weeks...
A year ago, Lindsay did a deep dive into Baltimore's progress toward a swimmable harbor. Things have felt different the last few weeks...
This story is the kind of reporting that brought me to The Banner. When @kris10griffith.bsky.social and I found out we were both interested in the efficacy of inspector general oversight of school systems, it was a dream collaboration. Check it out: www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
What does it take to root out fraud in Maryland’s biggest school districts?
Montgomery County’s Inspector General is the only office of its kind in Maryland that acts as a watchdog for its county school system. That could soon change.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This story is the kind of reporting that brought me to The Banner. When @kris10griffith.bsky.social and I found out we were both interested in the efficacy of inspector general oversight of school systems, it was a dream collaboration. Check it out: www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
Breaking: Following his announcement that he plans to leave the Montgomery County Council, Gabe Albornoz has been nominated to take the helm of the county's recreation department -- a role he previously held for more than a decade: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Gabe Albornoz to lead Department of Recreation following council resignation
Announcement follows decision to leave the council on Dec. 1
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October 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Breaking: Following his announcement that he plans to leave the Montgomery County Council, Gabe Albornoz has been nominated to take the helm of the county's recreation department -- a role he previously held for more than a decade: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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I had such an incredible time (🥁) visiting the Renaissance Festival and talking with vendors there for this story.
The Maryland Renn Fest is a true institution, and one of the most popular festivals like it in the country. It's also, as I found out, one of the most desirable for vendors.
The Maryland Renn Fest is a true institution, and one of the most popular festivals like it in the country. It's also, as I found out, one of the most desirable for vendors.
About time: Maryland native realizes dream with Renaissance Festival shop
The fifth time was the charm for Sharon Lane, a Maryland native who landed a hard-to-get spot at the Maryland Renaissance Festival this year. The sold-out festival in Anne Arundel County concludes thi...
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October 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I had such an incredible time (🥁) visiting the Renaissance Festival and talking with vendors there for this story.
The Maryland Renn Fest is a true institution, and one of the most popular festivals like it in the country. It's also, as I found out, one of the most desirable for vendors.
The Maryland Renn Fest is a true institution, and one of the most popular festivals like it in the country. It's also, as I found out, one of the most desirable for vendors.
What will the process look like for the Montgomery County Council to replace Gabe Albornoz, and who is eligible? I break it down here: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
How will the Montgomery County Council fill Albornoz’s seat?
Hours after Gabe Albornoz announced Thursday that he would resign from his at-large seat, the Montgomery County Council announced a plan to fill it.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
What will the process look like for the Montgomery County Council to replace Gabe Albornoz, and who is eligible? I break it down here: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...