A nonprofit youth development organization uses art therapy techniques and the power of community to promote healing.
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.
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.
Sudden firings by Trump administration rock key climate and weather agency
The Commerce Department, parent agency of NOAA, gave fired employees less than two hours to pack up.
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.
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.
Craving more energy, Maryland looks to nuclear power
In a legislative session dominated by energy issues, some state leaders are exploring the idea of more nuclear energy as an option for power generation in Maryland.
Advocates fight cuts to Maryland’s disabilities agency
Advocates are urging lawmakers to reconsider proposed funding cuts, warning they would devastate essential services for people with disabilities.
Trump moves could mean bigger cuts in state budget
Senate President Bill Ferguson warned that new decisions by President Donald Trump’s administration could force much deeper cuts to state programs than those already proposed.
Lawmakers debate the sentencing of youth as adults
Maryland lawmakers are once again debating whether to scale back the state’s practice of automatically placing teenage defendants in adult court if they are accused of serious crimes.