Maryland lawmakers may place transit priorities like Baltimore’s Red Line on hold this spring in the face of bleak federal funding prospects and a search for savings in the state budget.
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State youth mental health grants in Anne Arundel County
The Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports — which issued $111 million in grants to address youth mental health in 2024 — issued eight grants worth a total of $11.12 million in Anne Arundel County.
Gov. Moore’s cuts to Blueprint plan face major pushback
Gov. Wes Moore’s proposal to freeze and cut funding to some programs under Maryland’s 10-year education reform plan is running into major objections from advocates.
DC Metro transit needs money, but Maryland’s not in a great position to help
D.C. Metro transit officials are asking Maryland lawmakers to help stave off their latest budget crisis.
Egg prices hit record high amid bird flu outbreak
Egg prices hit a record high in January as avian influenza continues decimating flocks around the country and in Maryland, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the CDC.
Fearing ICE raids, Delmarva immigrants mostly stay home
As rumors of pending raids circulate through rural communities on the Delmarva Peninsula, places like Race Street have grown eerily quiet.
Lawmakers spar over Trump-Musk efforts to dissolve USAID
Maryland Rep. Johnny Olszewski and his Democratic colleagues at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing Thursday condemned the Trump administration for attempting to dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development.
State apologizes to man wrongly imprisoned for murder
Marando Warthen won an official apology and $3 million in compensation from the state of Maryland, after serving decades in prison for wrongful murder convictions in 1984.
Maryland officials denounce Trump efforts to dismantle federal civil service
Maryland Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks joined other members of the state’s congressional delegation and federal employee unions near the U.S. Capitol to denounce the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the federal civil service.
