Grad student stipends often fall short of the living wage

Despite the stipend, basic necessities are often a financial burden to grad students.

New House caucus pushes for ratification of Equal Rights Amendment

The movement to enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was dealt a blow in February.

Maryland’s Moore fights national hype to stay focused on state business

The national media clamor has only continued to mount since Moore took office in mid-January.

Maryland tech start-ups look to stay afloat after bank collapses

Maryland biomedical company Medcura is a Silicon Valley Bank customer, but they say they are not in a hurry to move change banks.

Maryland’s Moore seeks disaster aid for Chesapeake Bay invasive fish

In a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the governor said “blue catfish are a particular concern.”

Van Hollen, activists push policy priorities for Black women

Van Hollen called on Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which would identify states with a history of voting discrimination and require them to obtain permission before changing their voting processes in the future.

Overall crime in Maryland is going down, but homicides and rapes are rising

Criminologists attribute the rise to gun crime and possession, the murders of George Floyd and Freddie Gray, and the loss of reliability on law enforcement.

Two counties moved to ‘healthier’ school start times. How does the rest of Maryland compare?

Howard County passed a resolution in February to push its high school start time to 8 a.m. in the same academic year that Anne Arundel County implemented its 8:30 a.m. high school start times. The latter said it was moving to “healthier school start and dismissal times for students.”

Big Ten universities’ costs outpace inflation as tuition, fees rise

Big Ten tuition data from 2003-2021 shows that tuition is outpacing inflation, but differences between universities vary considerably.

Breezy day demonstrates POWER of wind energy at rally

Maryland has four offshore wind projects approved – enough to power 600,000 average homes by 2026.