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County Executive is also dealing with ICE and money for schools in the second year of her term.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore
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2026 WYPR Coverage of Maryland General Assembly
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.
US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries makes early redistricting plea in Maryland
Jeffries met with Senate President Bill Ferguson to try and sway Ferguson to pursue a Democratic-leaning Congressional map.
Maryland bans partnerships between local law enforcement and ICE
Gov. Wes Moore signed legislation on Tuesday that requires Maryland jurisdictions to immediately terminate their 287(g) agreements.
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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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Andrew Harnik/APThe Food and Drug Administration aims to evaluate treatments for rare diseases based on plausible evidence that they would work — without requiring a clinical trial first. -
Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images/Getty Images EuropeA man with Tourette syndrome shouted a racial slur and other offensive remarks during the BAFTA awards ceremony Sunday. The BBC did not edit out his outbursts in its delayed broadcast. -
Al Bello/Getty Images Europe/Getty ImagesIn a recent video, the Olympic skier credits her surgeon with saving her leg from potential amputation. -
Stephen Maturen/Getty ImagesObservers watching federal immigration enforcement in Maine who were told by agents they were "domestic terrorists" and would be added to a "database" or "watchlist" are now part of a new federal class action lawsuit. -
Kate Green/Getty Images EuropeHudson always wanted to sing, but feared it would derail her acting career. Now she's up for an Oscar for her portrayal of a hairdresser who performs in a Neil Diamond tribute band in Song Sung Blue. -
Seth Wenig/APForecasters called travel conditions "extremely treacherous" and "nearly impossible" in areas hit hardest by the storm, and air and train traffic is at a standstill in many parts of the region. -
Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty ImagesPolice have arrested Peter Mandelson, a veteran Labour Party politician who served as British ambassador to the U.S., as part of an investigation into his ties with Jeffrey Epstein. -
Maja Hitij/Getty ImagesNPR's reporters on the ground in Italy reflect on a far-flung, jam-packed Winter Olympics. -
Valerio Muscella for NPRAs Italy cracks down on migration, Milan takes a different path — offering shelter and integration to asylum seekers even as the central government tightens borders and funds deterrence abroad. -
Getty ImagesPresident Trump says he is raising global tariffs to 15%. And ahead of the president's address tomorrow, most Americans say the state of the union is not strong, according to an NPR poll.
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