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Maryland utilities testify on pricey transmission projects; oversight legislation to come
Lawmakers are cracking down on costly electric infrastructure projects that do not require state-level approval due to a legal caveat.
Maryland leaders unite to help maintain access to SNAP under new Trump requirements
March marks the first wave of SNAP applicants who could lose their existing eligibility for federal food assistance, but departmental and legislative action to mitigate the impact is underway.
State bill could protect cameras at Frederick County special education classrooms
Delegate April Miller’s bill could bring state support to the county’s current special education camera pilot program.
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Aaron CurtisThis week on the podcast, two stories about women bearing it all in the wild back in the day. -
Aberdeen Proving Ground/CC BY 2.0This week on the podcast, two stories about people pleading their cases.
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Julia Demaree Nikhinson/APAttacks and counterattacks continued throughout the Middle East Wednesday. Two cargo ships were struck in the Gulf, as some lawmakers in Washington pressed for answers on the war's rationale. -
Ted S. Warren/APThe Department of Justice is quietly restarting a decades-dormant program to restore gun rights to felons. One of them was an alleged fake elector in 2020. -
Hanna Barczyk for NPRWithout this Education Department oversight, borrowers could "be placed in the wrong loan repayment status, billed for incorrect amounts" and more, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says. -
Leonardo Munoz/AFP via Getty ImagesNearly half of Americans support the National Guard monitoring November's elections, potentially signaling an openness to the sort of nationalizing of elections that President Trump says he wants. -
ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images/AFPDisaster costs fell in the U.S. in 2025. Still, it was the fourth time in five years that extreme weather inflicted more than $100 billion in annual losses. Industry experts say the growing financial toll will make insurers wary of rushing to cut rates. -
Rebecca Blackwell/APBam Adebayo had a night for all time on Tuesday, with a point total second to only Wilt Chamberlain in the NBA record books. -
Damian Dovarganes/APRihanna, her partner A$AP Rocky, their three children and her mother were all at home when a woman now charged with attempted murder is alleged to have fired at the property, a prosecutor said. -
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/Getty Images North AmericaCongressional Democrats are demanding transparency in the form of public hearings from Trump administration officials on the timeline and objectives of the war in Iran. -
Maja Hitij/Getty ImagesSteve Emt and Laura Dwyer represent the U.S. in the Paralympics' new mixed doubles wheelchair curling event. They could bring home Team USA's first wheelchair curling medal ever. -
Rebecca Blackwell/APTwenty-three people have died since October in ICE custody, as advocates warn about overcrowding and health care access.
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