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Advocates urge Maryland Governor Wes Moore to veto a bill on juvenile justice reform

Advocates are protesting the Juvenile Reform Act and trying to discourage Maryland Governor Wes Moore from signing it. The bill would allow children ages 10 to 12 to be prosecuted or detained for certain offenses.

Washington

Justices consider case involving visa denied to husband of U.S. citizen

Supreme Court justices seemed conflicted during oral arguments over whether a U.S. citizen can challenge the denial of a visa for a noncitizen spouse because the government expected that spouse to engage in unlawful activity.

Data Stories

Maryland colleges have produced over 300 NFL Draft picks

Seven different Maryland colleges have produced NFL Draft picks. Most of the state’s 319 draft selections appeared in at least one NFL game, while a select few forged a Hall of Fame career.

Signs outside the Supreme Court demand housing instead of criminalization of homelessness.

Washington

Can cities punish homelessness? Supreme Court justices seem divided

In what advocates call the most important case on homelessness in 40 years, the Supreme Court must decide whether cities can punish the unhoused for sleeping in public when they have nowhere else to go.

In this photo from Assateague Island, a horse with cattle egret perched on its back stands on top of sand dune. (National Park Service)

Maryland

5 Places to Appreciate Nature in Maryland This Earth Day

The first Earth Day was introduced by Gaylord Nelson, the former governor of Wisconsin, on April 22, 1970.

Workers at Steve To and Noah Smith [left to right] at Starbucks’ Shipley’s Grant cafe (Mathew Schumer / Capital News Service)

Washington

Maryland Starbucks unionizes days before a Supreme Court case on labor rights

Workers at the Starbucks cafe voted to unionize, just days ahead of a Supreme Court case involving the company’s challenge of a federal labor injunction.