By MARY BURKE Capital News Service Democrats in the Maryland congressional delegation on Friday warned that ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! following controversial comments on the assassination of Charlie Kirk was a threat to free speech. “It represents the...
The low-lying coastal community of Crisfield, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, lost a federal grant aimed at preventing flooding and managing sea-level rise, while universities and research institutions across the state face extensive funding cuts. Disappearing, too, are federal incentives to move to clean energy sources — replaced by President Donald Trump’s effort to repeal state laws aimed at addressing climate change. Meanwhile, scores of employees at federal environmental agencies, including many from Maryland, have already lost or could soon lose their jobs.
Maryland touts its climate goals as some of the most ambitious in the country. The state is required by state law to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2031 and hit net zero carbon emissions by 2045. Legislation passed in 2022 and a pollution reduction plan published in late 2023 lay out a road map to reaching these goals. But what does this plan involve, and what does it mean for Marylanders? Here’s a closer look.
As the planet logs some of its warmest years on record, Maryland is trying to make good on some of the most ambitious climate goals in the country. But the state is struggling to keep up with deadlines it set for itself.
By SASHA ALLEN The oak trees on Mike Tidwell’s street in Montgomery County are dying, so he wrote a book about it. “In the last few years, I have become very conscious of the fact that our biggest trees in Takoma Park were dying,” said Tidwell, founder and director of...
Students at California’s San Mateo High School, about 20 minutes south of San Francisco, have been prohibited since 2019 from using their cellphones while in school — from bell to bell. Schools nationwide, including some in Maryland, are now increasingly imposing such bans, but San Mateo was one of the earliest and largest schools in the country to implement a complete ban on cellphones during school hours.
By LIZZY ALSPACH Karen Siska-Creel, Anne Arundel County’s school health and support director, knows from experience that if a problem pops up in the community, it won’t take long for it to appear in schools. When the opioid epidemic began to spread in Anne Arundel...
Welcome to the modern world of mental health care, where help can arrive on your phone. Young people — and in fact, people of all ages — now have access to a variety of apps that can help them get through the day and through tough times.
By MAX SCHAEFFER Adolescents across the country have increasingly suffered from anxiety and depression over the last 10 years, and school officials in Prince George’s County noticed the same trend locally. So when the county’s public school system needed to support...
The goal of the Parent Encouragement Program in Kensington, Maryland, is to teach parents how to communicate with their children in an encouraging and respectful way.
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