WYPR Newsroom

May 24 2013 - 6:35am

WYPR's Fraser Smith and Erica L. Green of the Baltimore Sun talk about the search for a new city schools CEO and how the choice will affect more than the new schools construction plan.

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May 24 2013 - 5:02am

This weekend's Memorial Day festivities are sure to include renditions of the Star Spangled Banner performed in parks and parades... but we usually hear the song in stadiums and arenas. As part of our series "Rockets' Red Glare: The War, The Song, and Their Legacies," WYPR's Bret Jaspers examines the connection between our nation's song and its sports.

May 23 2013 - 4:50am

The taxpayers of Baltimore are about to front a developer $107 million in something called tax increment financing. WYPR Senior News Analyst Fraser Smith comments in his weekly essay.

May 22 2013 - 6:35am

WYPR's Fraser Smith and political consultant and columnist Laslo Boyd talk about how Baltimore may lack a major political leader in Annapolis after 2014, as well as House Speaker Mike Busch's new task force that will examine how the state can help the city's economic future.

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May 21 2013 - 4:44am

For Baltimore businesses, this is "Clean Your Files" day, part of the city's campaign to encourage more recycling -- with an eventual goal of increasing the rate from 27 percent in the year 2010 to 35 percent by 2015. Public works crews will be stopping by some businesses this morning to pick up old files for recycling. WYPR's Kenneth Burns reports on other ways that the city is trying to move the "Drive to 35."

May 20 2013 - 6:35am

WYPR's Fraser Smith and Luke Broadwater of the Baltimore Sun talk about the Baltimore City Council's passage of a bill that mandates the hiring of city residents by certain businesses, and why some question its constitutionality.

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May 17 2013 - 4:41am

More than 17,000 Baltimore students miss 20 or more days of school a year. Many of these chronically absent students and their parents say transportation is a major reason for their absences. That’s because nearly 30,000 city students use public transportation to get to school. WYPR's Gwendolyn Glenn explores the impact of transportation on school attendance, in this installment of our series "Empty Desks: The Effects of Chronic Absenteeism."

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May 17 2013 - 4:37am

WYPR's Fraser Smith and Karen Hosler talk about changes to the horse racing industry in Maryland and why many owners and trainers are so optimistic.

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May 16 2013 - 7:00am

Attorney General Doug Gansler may run for governor in 2014, but he's moving toward a decision with studied patience. 

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May 15 2013 - 6:35am

WYPR's Fraser Smith and Alexander Pyles of the Daily Record talk about the field of candidates for the GOP nomination for governor in 2014, and how that race may indicate the ideological cast of Maryland Republicans.

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