This movement comes one month after President Donald Trump issued a memorandum that required federal employees across the country to terminate remote-work arrangements.
Maryland lawmakers target the tranquilizers behind recent overdose deaths
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is attempting to push Maryland’s Department of Health to restrict the distribution of two veterinary tranquilizers that play a growing role in the state’s overdose crisis.
In crowded town hall, Maryland constituents air worries about government cuts
Many queries focused on veterans and the Department of Education.
On NTSB recommendations, FAA closes helicopter route near DC airport weeks after tragedy
The NTSB urged the FAA to ban helicopters from a four-mile stretch over the Potomac River when a specific airport runway is in use and to designate an alternative route.
Maryland’s Elfreth leads legislative effort to protect fired probationary federal workers
The Protect Our Probationary Employees Act aims to ensure that recently fired probationary federal employees could reclaim the seniority they accrued from their previous jobs if the government rehired them.
Trump’s immigration arrests and deportations, by the numbers
Recent ICE data shows deportations falling below expectations, though immigration arrests are significantly higher than under former President Biden.
Other states have tackled youth gambling. Why hasn’t Maryland?
Nearly one in five Maryland high school students have gambled in the past year, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Lawmakers battle between cracking down and easing up on prison sentences
One measure under consideration would help offenders reduce their sentences for demonstrating good behavior. The other would crack down on violent offenders seeking time off their sentences.
Anti-gang efforts in the Caribbean are feeling the Trump cuts
With Washington announcing funding cuts to over 90% of USAID funding, programs designed to curb crime on America’s maritime border have been kneecapped.
Maryland federal properties targeted for sale – but the list changed (then disappeared)
The Trump administration published a list of federal office properties on Tuesday that were subject to sale, but by Wednesday morning, the list had vanished.