By MARA K. BELL Capital News Service The farm that Alice and Caleb Crothers inherited in 2015 was, like many dairy farms nationwide, struggling — but now, cow manure is helping to keep it going. Last fall, the Crotherses started up a system — made up of a...
By LIAM BOWMAN Capital News Service Washington, D.C. – President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed the first year of his presidency as a “turnaround for the ages,” touting his policies and assailing Democrats in the longest State of the Union speech by any president....
By Anastasia Merkulova Capital News Service Just by flushing their toilets, almost 2 million residents across Montgomery and Prince George’s counties may reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to cleaner air in the national capital region. The Washington...
By RHIANNON EVANS, IRIT SKULNIK, NOLAN ROGALSKI, ANDREW MOLLENAUER Capital News Service After 110 days and almost 2,300 miles, nearly two dozen Theravada Buddhist Monks ended their ‘’Walk for Peace’’ Thursday at the Maryland State House. The group embarked on the...
By MARIJKE FRIEDMAN Capital News Service As the sun emerges from behind the clouds above a former farm in Germantown, Maryland, rows of solar panels begin to hum. The soft buzz is barely audible over the sounds of children and coaches shouting on soccer fields in the...
By ALINE BEHAR KADO, HALEY PARSLEY AND RAPHAEL ROMERO RUIZ Capital News Service Sheriffs in Maryland are assisting President Donald Trump’s administration in carrying out his immigration policy at a faster clip than almost every other part of the country. Maryland...
By PETER RICCIO and AUDREY KEEFE Capital News Service WASHINGTON - Maryland Reps. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat, and Andy Harris, a Republican, agree that the Senate wrongly approved a provision that would allow senators to sue the government for up to $500,000 if they are...
By SOPHIA DA SILVA Capital News Service For 43 days, many government-funded services and programs were interrupted and suspended by the shutdown. That included such popular tourist sites in the nation’s capital as the Smithsonian Institution museums, the United States...
By XAVIER BOARD and PETER RICCIO Capital News Service The House of Representatives voted 222-209 Wednesday to approve a continuing resolution that funds the federal government through Jan. 30, ending the record 42-day shutdown and sending the bill to President Donald...
By MIRA BEINART Capital News Service Maryland’s attorney general joined 24 other states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday in a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its upcoming suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The lawsuit,...
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