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The bill is a diluted version of Sen. Will Smith’s initial proposal, only striking five of the 33 crimes eligible for juveniles to be automatically charged as adults.
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2026 WYPR Coverage of Maryland General Assembly
Maryland Senate President pushes bill to put BGE under more oversight
Bill Ferguson said the underground transmission plan raises “innumerable questions.”
Bipartisan ‘Kanaiyah’s Law’ to bolster foster care regulations enters Maryland legislature
The bill is named after Kanaiyah Ward, a 16-year-old girl who died in Department of Human Services custody in September last year.
Lawmakers, advocates push Maryland General Assembly for more mental health funding
The state faces a 38,000 shortage of behavioral health workers by 2028.
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Aberdeen Proving Ground/CC BY 2.0This week on the podcast, two stories about people pleading their cases. -
Laura Ockel viazavier, used under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication/Via Wikimedia CommonsThis week on the podcast, three stories about painful, unrequited adorations.
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Rob Stein/NPRA Texas biotech company is trying to bring mammoths and other extinct creatures back to life. The science is as intriguing as the ethical questions are thorny. -
Andrew Limbong/Princeton University PressWhy are we captivated by the spaces where authors write? Katie da Cunha Lewin set out to explore "The Hidden Worlds That Shape the Books We Love." -
Samuel Corum/Getty Images North AmericaTexas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales has faced increasing pressure from his party to resign or drop out of his race after allegations of an affair with a staffer. -
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Amazon MGM StudiosMan on the Run shows McCartney's effort to define himself outside The Beatles' shadow: "Paul making this documentary was a way of coming to terms with that whole period," says director Morgan Neville. -
Nadezhda1906/Getty ImagesThe Trump administration has proposed repealing a Biden-era rule that required states to change how they pay out child care subsidies, citing the potential for fraud. -
Claire Harbage/NPRThe Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia's Southwest Papua province are a marine biodiversity hotspot and a divers' paradise. -
Charlie Neibergall/APFour U.S. soldiers were killed in the Iran war on Sunday and IDed Tuesday by the Pentagon; two soldiers haven't yet been publicly identified. Their unit kept troops supplied with food and equipment. -
Faven Mulugeta/NPRThat's how researcher Beatriz Garcia Nice describes the new U.S. stance under the Trump administration to programs addressing gender-based violence.
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