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KT Kanazawich
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For The Baltimore Banner
The city wants to halve overdose deaths in the next 15 years.
Jose Luis Magana
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AP
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Mayor's Office of Overdose Response
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2026 WYPR Coverage of Maryland General Assembly
Cuts to Maryland’s energy efficiency program are imminent; what will the impact look like?
The EmPOWER program faced the brunt of the blow as lawmakers scoured for ways to save ratepayers’ money this year, but advocates argue the cuts may ultimately cause electricity prices to surge.
Moore signs over 140 bills into Maryland law; highlights Vax Act and short-term rental safety
The Vax Act decouples Maryland from federal vaccine recommendations after some recent controversial changes, and the state will now require short-term rentals to add fire safety equipment
Moore reflects on Maryland legislative session; affordability, redistricting, lagging state salaries
Lawmakers have left Annapolis for the year, and Gov. Wes Moore says his administration helped deliver on affordability promises. But early redistricting continues to linger and closing an even bigger projected state budget deficit is likely in the governor’s future.
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The Stoop Storytelling Series
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This week on the podcast, two stories about pet owners going to great lengths to save their pets. -
Aaron CurtisThis week on the podcast, two stories about people who may have been visited by loving spirits.
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Ben de la Cruz/NPRAfter a year without data, the State Department released figures on PEPFAR, the program launched by George W. Bush and credited with saving millions of lives. How did Trump's aid cuts affect it? -
Deagreez/iStockphoto/Getty ImagesThe AI models and chatbots that we interact with tend to affirm our feelings and viewpoints — more so than people do, with potentially worrisome consequences. -
Eric Gay/APThe latest campaign finance reports show Democratic enthusiasm in key House and Senate races, but national Republican groups have far more in the bank to potentially spend down the road. -
Linh Pham/Getty ImagesAmericans who moved to Vietnam and Thailand say their lives are now lower-stress and lower-cost. But glamorous videos on TikTok don't tell the whole story. -
Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press, iWitness for Miami HeraldThe executive director of World Press Photo said this image shows the inconsolable grief of children losing their father in a place built for justice. It is a stark and necessary record of family separation following the U.S. reform policies. -
Roberto Schmidt/Getty ImagesAfter a historic partial shutdown of Homeland Security, congressional Republicans are looking to a budgetary tool that could enable them to fund immigration enforcement agencies without Democratic support. -
Hannah Schoenbaum/APPresident Trump's Department of Justice sent a plane this week to Cuba to return a 10-year-old from Utah who is at the center of a custody fight involving the child's gender identity. -
John Raby/APThe leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant, a silver recovery business. An emergency management official says workers were preparing to shut down at least part of the facility when the leak occurred, causing a chemical gas reaction. -
Alex Brandon/APPentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said John Phelan, the Navy's top civilian official, was "departing the administration, effective immediately." Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao will become acting secretary of the Navy. -
Jenny Kane/APTesla's profits were up from this time last year. But the company warned investors to prepare for expensive investments in next-generation technology like humanoid robots and AI.
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