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.
Lawmakers, environmental groups say Trump freezes threaten local water quality
The spending freezes and grants cuts are hurting efforts to improve local water quality in the Chesapeake Bay region, lawmakers and environmental groups said.
Maryland energy proposal leaves the door open for new gas plants
Environmental advocates are fighting an energy bill that Democratic leaders say will lower utility bills and further the state’s clean energy initiative.
Maryland lawmakers, unions denounce continued Trump firings of federal workers
As the crowd chanted “Let us work,” protesters held up signs reading “Solidarity,” “Department of Government Evil” and “We worked. He golfed.”
Marylanders decry Trump’s Ukraine stance as threat to democracy
Many fear the administration’s abrupt policy shifts signal a deeper alignment with Russia and a retreat from democratic principles.