The Commerce Department, parent agency of NOAA, gave fired employees less than two hours to pack up.
Former USAID workers grieve the life-saving work they used to do
These former federal employees worked for years to get a “dream job” serving the country. But now, they are left jobless and feeling betrayed.
Caribbean islands mark Carnival in a time of emergency
There’s officially a national state of emergency, and it covers the entire run of the country’s most important tourist attraction – including the frenzied height of the Carnival season.
Thousands of Maryland students are chronically absent each year. Here’s what we know
Nearly 27% of Maryland’s students were chronically absent in the 2023-2024 school year, meaning they missed 10% or more of school.
Baltimore’s Red Line and other Md. transit projects face tough odds this spring
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.
Fired federal workers descend on Senate to put human faces on Trump-Musk cuts
Nearly 40 recently terminated federal workers walked from Senate office to Senate office Tuesday, hoping to share their stories with senators and their staffs.
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State youth mental health grants in Worcester County
The Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports — which issued $111 million in grants to address youth mental health in 2024 –issued four grants totaling $2.22 million in Worcester County.
State youth mental health grants in Queen Anne’s County
The Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports — which issued $111 million in grants to address youth mental health in 2024 –issued four grants totaling $1.4 million in Queen Anne’s County.
Maryland spent big on youth mental health — but then the budget crisis hit
Thrive Behavioral Health won state funding to work with students with severe behavioral issues in five school districts to keep the youths from being removed from school — and the agency said its tactics are working.