Maryland’s main energy producer is growing — but concerns about nuclear energy remain
The growth plans at Calvert Cliffs show nuclear energy’s role in strengthening the clean-energy supply, but they collide with environmental concerns.
Maryland flag in the spotlight for more than its birthday celebration
Experts said the Maryland flag’s complicated history has led to different interpretations and narratives, even stirring debate in the political arena.
Maryland delegation in Congress backs effort to regulate energy use by AI companies
The Power of the People Act would require AI companies to handle the costs of increased power demand and any infrastructure changes needed to meet the demands of data centers.
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Annapolis
Attorney General files a lawsuit for records to investigate conditions at Baltimore immigration facility
The Attorney General asked in the lawsuit that ICE and the Department of Homeland Security be ordered to turn over records about conditions at the facility.
What’s next for Maryland’s proposed congressional redistricting plan?
Despite a full-court press from Gov. Wes Moore and top Democratic lawmakers, the effort is stalled in the Senate and has an unclear path forward.
Senate clears bill to investigate deaths of Black boys at Cheltenham reform school
The Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation to probe the deaths of Black boys at a Maryland facility. The vote moves the measure forward.
Maryland flag in the spotlight for more than its birthday celebration
Experts said the Maryland flag’s complicated history has led to different interpretations and narratives, even stirring debate in the political arena.
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Washington
How the Park Police are helping ICE carry out deportation efforts
(WASHINGTON) – U.S. Park Police tailed a man while he commuted home from work – but when he stopped to get some water, ICE showed up and took him away. A pool maintenance man got stopped by the Park Police,…
Senate Republicans fight to end sanctuary cities in budget committee hearing
Senate Democrats and Republicans began budget talks to address the standoff over the funding of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Judge blocks some of Trump DOJ’s sweeping changes to immigration appeals
A federal judge has partially blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that would severely limit immigrants’ abilities to appeal deportation orders. The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed a coalition of immigration law firms and advocacy groups.
As Congress debates agricultural policy, Maryland farmers think about other things
Lawmakers questioned a USDA under secretary in an oversight hearing about trade policy and the growing U.S. agricultural trade deficit. Two Maryland farmers say their reality goes beyond the walls of Washington.
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Maryland
Senate Republicans fight to end sanctuary cities in budget committee hearing
Senate Democrats and Republicans began budget talks to address the standoff over the funding of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Attorney General files a lawsuit for records to investigate conditions at Baltimore immigration facility
The Attorney General asked in the lawsuit that ICE and the Department of Homeland Security be ordered to turn over records about conditions at the facility.
Maryland delegation in Congress backs effort to regulate energy use by AI companies
The Power of the People Act would require AI companies to handle the costs of increased power demand and any infrastructure changes needed to meet the demands of data centers.
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Foreign Reporting
Azeri Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist only knows daughter from a prison cell
Farid Mehralizada, an economist and journalist for the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was ready to be a father. His wife, Nargiz, was five months pregnant when he dropped her off near a Metro stop in Baku, Azerbaijan, one May…
When reporting becomes a crime: The story behind one journalist’s disappearance and imprisonment
After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the rules of journalism in the occupied areas changed overnight. Independent news outlets disappeared. Newsrooms were empty. Phones and computers were hacked and searched. Journalists were imprisoned, forced to flee or pressured into…
In Belarus, a journalist in prison learns her husband had been jailed too
Inside a cage in a Belarus courtroom, Belsat TV reporter Katsiaryna Andreeva and a colleague awaited sentencing for broadcasting a banned protest in memorial for a man authorities reportedly beat to death during a peaceful protest against the disputed re-election…
Reporter who criticized local food prices in Nicaragua, still imprisoned after a year; others in exile
Five vehicles carrying some 20 police officers swerved violently through the streets of Nicaragua’s capital in October 2024 as police raced toward the home of journalist Elsbeth D’Anda. When they arrived, officers overpowered D’Anda, handcuffed him and took him away.…