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2026 WYPR Coverage of Maryland General Assembly
Maryland Democrat leaves Senate floor in protest amid redistricting stall
Sen. Arthur Ellis says he will not be voting in the Senate until the chamber takes up a new Congressional map, but his protest did not sway the Senate President.
Bill to limit automatic charging of youths as adults reenters the Maryland General Assembly
The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee heard two juvenile justice reform bills that would ensure less youth are exposed to the adult criminal justice system.
Maryland legislature passes ban on formal ICE partnerships, Moore not committed to signing yet
The House and Senate both give final approval to legislation that would ban 287(g) agreements within the state, but Gov. Wes Moore has not yet indicated if he will sign it.
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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. -
The Stoop Storytelling SeriesThis week on the podcast, two stories about people who choose to pedal through Charm City.
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Rebecca Noble/Getty Images"This is very valuable to us, and we will pay," Savannah Guthrie said in a new video message, seeking to communicate with people who say they're holding her mother. -
Charles Rex Arbogast/APTheir lawyers fear the notices are merely the first step toward the removal without due process of Somali asylum applicants in the country. -
Andreas Rentz/Getty Images EuropeU.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move was banned from competition for decades until 2024. -
West Virginia University PressRachel Weaver worked for the Forest Service in Alaska where she scaled towering trees to study nature. But in 2006, she woke up and felt like she was being spun in a hurricane. Her memoir is Dizzy. -
Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesThe star filled his set with hits and familiar images from home, but also expanded his lens to make an argument about the place of Puerto Rico within a larger American context. -
Keisuke Hosojima/Kyodo News/APJapan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party its biggest-ever electoral victory, fueling her ambitions to pursue to a political agenda which she says could "split public opinion." -
Kirsty Wigglesworth/APFor most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind them. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in COVID times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. -
Giovanni Auletta/APShiffrin became a celebrity at 18 years old after becoming the youngest-ever skier to win Olympic slalom gold. Since then, she has faced grief, PTSD and freak injury — yet she is ready to bounce back. -
Stephanie Scarbrough/APPresident Trump called U.S. Olympic skier Hunter Hess a "loser" after Hess voiced concern about political turmoil in the U.S. Gold medal U.S. figure skater Amber Glenn says she's faced online hate and threats after advocating for LGBTQ rights. -
Matthias Schrader/APU.S. speedskaters set to compete in Milan are drawing comparisons to past greats like Eric Heiden, Bonnie Blair, and Apolo Ohno. Here are four to watch in the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
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