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An ordinance meant to provide stronger protections for tenants and hold bad landlords accountable needs many amendments to become law.
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2026 WYPR Coverage of Maryland General Assembly
Maryland lawmakers on track to confirm new DJS secretary following departmental turmoil
Betsy Fox Tolentino has been leading the Department of Juvenile Services for over seven months and state legislators appear ready to make her appointment official.
Immigrant detention center regulation bills advance to Maryland House for full vote
Amid ramped up federal immigration enforcement efforts, Maryland lawmakers are working to regulate state-level participation where they can.
What would happen if Maryland left the nation’s largest power grid? Lawmakers want to find out
Maryland has been a member of the PJM Interconnection for seventy years, but state officials wonder if leaving the grid could help lower utility bills.
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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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Mark Schiefelbein/APIn his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Trump once again touted new tax benefits for tipped workers, who like many Americans are feeling the pinch of higher prices. -
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty ImagesDuring a confirmation hearing, senators asked Dr. Casey Means about her current positions and her past statements on a range of public health issues. -
Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The/Getty Images North AmericaThe shortlist also includes a 1990s pop diva, heavy metal pioneers and a legendary R&B singer and producer. -
Penguin Random HouseAllegra Goodman's new novel is called This Is Not About Us, but critic Maureen Corrigan says that title is coy: Readers are bound to see aspects of themselves and their families in these pages. -
Chris Pizzello/Invision/APSkarsgård plays a filmmaker struggling to connect with his two grown daughters in Sentimental Value. As the father of eight, the Swedish actor says he understands the tension his character faces. -
Rebecca Blackwell/Associated PressWith prediction markets booming, so have concerns about insider trading. Now, Kalshi has disclosed its first public actions against accounts suspected of trading on confidential information. -
Jane Arraf/NPRWadi Rum's otherworldly landscape is where Star Wars movies and The Martian were filmed. In late winter, plants emerge in this desert — but some are toxic to camels, so their herders must protect them. -
ullstein bild/Getty ImagesA new study finds that horse whinnies are made of both a high and a low frequency, generated by different parts of the vocal tract. The two-tone sound may help horses convey more complex information. -
Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court struck down President Trump's signature tariffs. But the president has other tariff tools, and consumers shouldn't expect cheaper prices anytime soon, economists say. -
Sergio Martínez-BeltránFederal agents are accused of using dangerous driving tactics during immigration enforcement. Their vehicle pursuits have been blamed for crashes and at least one death.
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