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Our 186th Year No. 19 THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2023Price $4.00. ByChildsWalker Onebyone, themost respected voices on the 2022 Ravens stepped up to issue their closing statements on a rocky season that endedSundaynightwith their24-17playoff defeat to theCincinnatiBengals. One by one, they said they would prefer to move forward with Lamar Jackson, the quarterbackwhomissed the last six games becauseof awidelydebatedknee injury. At a time when the outside world wondered whether the Ravens had begun his uncertain contract status, teammates defended his efforts to get back to the andsaid their futurewouldbebrighterwith him in it.

let a guy like him veteran defensive end Calais Campbell said. know football and always some newexciting toy, anewexcitingkid thathas potential to go out there and be great, but this is a for-sure, aknown.YouknowLamar Jackson is an incredibleplayer. think in the best interest of the Ravens organization to give him a long- termcontractandmakehimourguy. Iknow the front office is feeling the same thing. smart Jackson, 26, was at the practice facilityMondayas the2022teammetfor the timeandplayerscleanedout their lock- ers.

But he did not speak to reporters, leav- inghis recent socialmediaposts asouronly portal into his thinking as he exits another injury-aborted season and turns toward free agency. The only item remaining in his Teammates backing QB Jackson to lead Ravens into future Turn to Ravens, Page 4 Lingering injury has led to weeks of intrigue, speculation ByJeanMarbella Her stamp is golden, selling any number of books, movies and other media over the years. But on muchtosellbut to tellMarylanders, youpickedright. trust you. I trust your vision.

I trust your leader- said newly inaugurated Democratic she told thecrowdgath- eredoutside theStateHouse, trust it, The so-called queen of all media added her star power and personal friendship with the new gover- nor to his inauguration. She introduced him before hegavehis inaugural introduced him to the audience of her former daytime talk show in 2010, when his bestselling book, OtherWes For Winfrey, the event was also a homecoming. The one-time anchorwoman forWJZ-TV in Balti- morespokewarmlyofbeinga22-year-oldwhoin1976 moved toColumbia inHowardCounty for the job. she chortled. Winfrey remembered walking around Baltimore, seeing billboards and ads on the back of buses: First friend? Oprah lends her star power and local ties inauguration BySamJanesch andHannahGaskill by abolitionist Frederick Douglass, took his oath of officeWednesday to 63rd gover- nor, the and the only current Black chief executive.

Moore was sworn in alongside his family, new Lt. Gov.ArunaMillerandstate lawmakers insidetheState Senate chamber inAnnapolis andaddressed a crowd of well-wishers outside the historic build- ing after being introduced byOprahWinfrey. Guests included Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former Presi- dent Bill Clinton; former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; andOrioles legendCalRipkenJr. is not the victory today is the opportu- inhis inaugural remarks.

tunity to leadwith love.Anopportunity tocreatewith compassion. An opportunity to fearlessly for our Themomentpunctuatedtheswiftandhistoric rise ofMoore, a 44-year-old political newcomer living in Baltimore who became a rising star in Democratic politics during a campaign in which he pledged to tackle generational problems such as child poverty and racialwealth gaps. A former bestselling author, Army veteran and ticsbeforejumpingintotheracetosucceedRepublican approval ratings among voters of both parties.Mary- landgovernorsare limited to two, four-year terms. After he defeated a crowded of experienced Democrats in the primary, 32-percent- age-point victory over Republican Dan Cox in Novembermarkedthe largestwinningmarginforany governor in the state innearly fourdecades. In themonths since the quiet about his and immediate policy plans while sayingvotersoverwhelminglysupportedhisvisionto make the comingyears ised to both our responders who risk everything to protect us, and change the inexcusable fact thatMarylandincarceratesmoreBlackboys than helpkeepviolent offenders off the streets.

Moorealsosaid thestatewouldconfrontclimateas leader in wind technology, in grid andclean Ahistoric WesMoore takes oath Black governor Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller and her husband, David Miller, at the ceremony. KIM SUN Wes Moore takes the oath of office, while his wife, Dawn, and children look on as he becomes the 63rd governor of Maryland. KENNETH K.

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