WASHINGTON POST: Homeless activists gather Monday to protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices heard City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case centered on an Oregon city’s laws on people camping and […]
WTOP NEWS: A Prince George’s County Council member has reluctantly proposed an expanded curfew, saying there’s “no reason to have a 15-year-old or a 16-year-old” without a chaperone during the wee hours on a school […]
DBK NEWS: The University of Maryland’s campus food pantry saw a more than 60 percent increase in users between 2022 and 2023, according to pantry manager Larry Tumlin. The pantry, which offers students and staff […]
WTOP NEWS: More help is coming in downtown D.C. for residents and business owners who have questions or concerns about crime. The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) announced Tuesday that it was adding a team […]
WTOP NEWS: A Prince George’s County, Maryland, business owner wants you to think before you throw out that used dress or shirt. Sadiqa Brown, co-founder of New Digz Consignment, wants residents to know that donating […]
WTOP NEWS: The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary, alternate channel for vessels involved in the clearing of debris at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a […]
BALTIMORE BANNER: The day after the bodies of two victims were recovered from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the focus at the site of the wreckage turned from recovery to salvage. “This is not […]
WTOP NEWS: More than 12 hours after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning, six members of a road crew who were on the Baltimore bridge at the time it was rammed by a […]
WTOP NEWS: As part of a multimillion dollar rehabilitation project to address flooding issues, officials say 140 of D.C.’s famed cherry trees will be cut down along the Tidal Basin and Potomac River for construction. […]
MARYLAND MATTERS: State health officials have placed their bid for Maryland to be among the first participants in a federal program that will help fund state initiatives to improve patient outcomes and bridge inequities, while […]
MARYLAND MATTERS: In 1996, the Maryland General Assembly spent its entire legislative session debating a proposal to build a new state-funded football stadium in downtown Baltimore, along with plans to spend millions more on infrastructure […]
WTOP NEWS: A Calvert County, Maryland, Animal Control officer swooped in to save a bald eagle after a collision Saturday. A driver alerted Animal Control early Saturday that they collided with an eagle on Route […]
MARYLAND MATTERS: Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) raised $1.73 million in her first seven weeks as a candidate for the U.S. Senate. That’s according to a memo on the “State of the Maryland […]
Recreational cannabis became legal in Maryland on July 1, with most adults now eligible to purchase cannabis in flower, concentrate and edibles at dispensaries with just their state ID. Prior to July 1, only those […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: On June 14, outgoing Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) CEO Monica Goldson was appointed to the Maryland State Board of Education (MSBE) by Gov. Wes Moore (D). Goldson will begin serving on […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: Faith Harrison, a resident of Upper Marlboro and 2023 graduate of Bishop McNamara High School, traveled to Mobile, Alabama, on June 14, to participate in the 66th Distinguished Young Women National Finals, a […]
By Michael Hughes BALTIMORE SUN: Beginning July 1 recreational cannabis will be legal for adults 21 and over, and you might be thinking of partaking. But the options are many: to smoke or vape? Edibles, but […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: With its inaugural gala “Dream in Color,” on Saturday, June 24, the Canady Foundation for the Arts (CFA) not only celebrated local arts, arts educators and artists, but also emphasized the importance of providing […]
Maryland Matters: New data shows that for the past 15 years, the costs of essentials such as food, child care and housing have increased faster than wages of common occupations, meaning that Maryland families, particularly […]
By Len Foxwell The writer is an Annapolis-based communications consultant. He previously served as chief of staff to the comptroller of Maryland and was the first chair of the Maryland Alcohol and Tobacco Commission. Several […]
WTOP: The former police chief of Laurel, Maryland, will spend the rest of his life behind bars for setting fire to several homes and a car, all of which belonged to people he believed slighted […]
By: A.J. Harrington HIGH TIMES: Regulated sales of recreational marijuana begin in Maryland on Saturday, leaving retailers with only days to prepare for the launch of legal adult-use cannabis in the state. In November, Maryland […]
