By MARY BURKE and XAVIER BOARD Capital News Service WASHINGTON - Maryland’s Democratic senators voted Thursday against a Republican proposal that would provide back pay only to certain essential federal workers during the shutdown. The Shutdown Fairness Act,...
By AUDREY KEEFE Capital News Service WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Thursday denied an appeal for federal disaster aid to Western Maryland for the May floods in Allegany and Garrett Counties. The appeal for a major disaster declaration would have made the...
By SANDRA SMITH Capital News Service As of Oct. 1, Maryland’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education, or SNAP-Ed, has been defunded following President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” SNAP-Ed provides SNAP participants, low-income individuals who receive...
By MATT COHEN AND MOLECULE JONGWILAI Capital News Service The government shutdown continues into its second week as Congress has yet to come to a deal on a budget bill. The shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1, the close of the 2025 fiscal year, and the Senate...
By MIRA BEINART Capital News Service Maryland Democratic officials on Wednesday thanked federal workers who are continuing to show up for work during the government shutdown even though they’re not getting paid right now for their service. The officials held a morning...
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...
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