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 […]
WTOP: Prince George’s County has the second-largest number of Hispanic-owned businesses in Maryland. Now, there’s a new program to help them succeed. It’s called the Latino Business Accelerator Program, and 25 Latino-owned businesses will be selected […]
MARYLAND MATTERS: The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland on Thursday held its final virtual meeting of this year’s 90-day session with a few special guests: presidents from three of the state’s four historically Black colleges […]
WTOP: It’s already being done in D.C., Maryland’s Montgomery County and Virginia’s Arlington County. And now a local philanthropic group is offering to help Prince George’s County launch a guaranteed income pilot program for its […]
WTOP: A few years ago, the New Carrollton Metro Station was surrounded by nothing but parking lots, adjacent to more parking lots. But on Tuesday afternoon, politicians and Metro employees gathered next to Metro’s newly […]
HYATTSVILLE WIRE: Mount Rainier will be featured in an upcoming episode of WETA’s “If You Lived Here.” The locally produced public TV show features hosts Christine Louise and John Begeny touring homes for sale in a particular city […]
MARYLAND MATTERS: For Sunshine Week, an annual national celebration of open government, the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association examined public school system websites to assess how easy it is to get key information about public schools in […]
MARYLAND MATTERS: The writer retired as Anne Arundel County Attorney in 2014. He can be reached at dplymyer@comcast.net or on Twitter: @dplymyer. David Plymyer The future of horse racing in Maryland in general, and the fate of […]
HYATTSVILLE WIRE: The Purple Line won’t go into service until at least mid-2027. The long-awaited light rail line faces another construction-related delay, this time due to unexpected complications moving utility lines. The additional seven months come on […]
MARYLAND MATTERS: Annapolis isn’t accustomed to a high-dollar political fundraiser during the General Assembly session. Statewide elected officials and all 188 members of the legislature are barred from raising money during the 90-day session. And […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: Residents in Bowie are organizing to protest a 24/7 tobacco store that recently opened in the Pointer Ridge Plaza. Patrice Murray, a longtime community resident and former County Council candidate, sent a template […]
