MARYLAND

CHANGING PARTIES: Del. Meagan Simonaire, who announced she is bisexual during a House debate earlier this year on banning “conversion therapy” for LGBT youth, is switching from the Republican to Democratic Party. Her position in the House debate had placed her at odds with her father, a Republican state senator. Simonaire “DON’T BLOCK THE BOX”: Baltimore traffic enforcement officers handed out four $125 tickets at the intersection of Baltimore and Light streets Monday morning, on the day the new “Don’t Block the Box” fine went into effect for drivers obstructing intersections with their vehicles.