Youth

In the wake of Friday’s fatal shooting at Joppatowne High School, law enforcement have renewed complaints about the two-year-old law designed to protect youth.

Americans born since 1996 are starting to vote! What do they care about? How do they differ from older voters? We ask the author of “The Politics of Gen Z.”

Tia Hamilton, founder of Urban Reads Bookstore, will hold a youth summit to bring together current and future leaders of Baltimore City.

The trend is a sign that the Maryland criminal justice system has been treating more teens as adults than in the past.

Data from the Baltimore Police Department shows that roughly a quarter of juveniles arrested in the city are charged as adults.

About a third of students report feeling sad or hopeless.

Tobacco use at an all time low.

City officials designed the plan based on feedback from over 300 local teenagers.

State Senate Judicial Proceedings chair Will Smith drafted a bill to stop automatically charging teens accused of robbery, assault and gun possession in adult court.

“The old way was broken” says Scott on crime and city services.