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WYPR Newsroom
May 31 2013 - 5:22am
Nearly a quarter of Baltimore city’s public school students are considered chronically absent. They miss more than 20 days of school every year. And that puts added pressure on teachers to bring those students up to speed without boring everyone else. WYPR's Gwendolyn Glenn has more, in the latest installment of our series "Empty Desks."
May 30 2013 - 4:58am
It can be tough to gauge Maryland’s business climate, according to WYPR Senior News Analyst Fraser Smith. There’s a wide array of economic measurements available… and some of them seem to conflict. Fraser has a closer look, in his weekly essay.
May 29 2013 - 6:35am
WYPR's Joel McCord and Allison Bourg of the Annapolis Capital talk about why Anne Arundel County is not finished passing all of its stormwater fee laws.
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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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