It’s been 50 years since the “War on Poverty” was declared. But are we winning or losing? The National Conference on Ending Poverty in Silver Spring offered some answers.
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Slowing Down Speeders
LAUREL- New speed signs in Laurel are focused on preventing rather than ticking drivers who are going past the speed limit.
National Park Service: The Trees Will Bloom Soon
It’s called the nation’s greatest springtime celebration, but there’s one thing missing from the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington.
Opening Day Celebrates 60 Years of Orioles Baseball
After every long winter, spring flowers bloom and the boys of summer return to the diamond. But this year is a bit more special – the Orioles have now been doing that in Baltimore for 60 years.
Terrapins Open Spring Practice To Public
It may be April, but the Friday night lights remain on at North Point High School.
Marching for Change
ANNAPOLIS- Concession workers at Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport marched on Annapolis to demand higher wages to support a higher cost of living.
Final “Zaching”
COLLEGE PARK- Students gathered on March 12th to remember the life and legacy of Zach Lederer, a student at the University who inspired everyone with his optimism in the face of fighting cancer.
Veterans storm Capitol Hill in support of the fellow servicemen and women they’ve lost
This year alone, almost 2,000 U.S veterans have taken their own life. That’s why vets from all across the country were in Washington this week supporting legislation that would combat veteran suicide.
Minimum wage increase could affect Maryland’s caregivers
ANNAPOLIS – Thirty-five percent. That’s how much much above minimum wage caregivers for the developmentally disabled are currently paid, but soon that may change. There’s legislation in the State House that would raise the wage in Maryland from $7.25 an…
Open-source textbooks, an alternative to their expensive counterparts
For instructors like Scott Roberts, a professor of psychology at the University of Maryland, the cost of books for his students, on top of constantly having to update his class material, forced him to look for an alternative to expensive textbooks.