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    A selection of books featuring LGBTQ characters that are part of a Supreme Court case are pictured, Tuesday, April, 15, 2025, in Washington.
    Supreme Court signals support for Maryland parents opposed to LGBTQ books in schools
    The Supreme Court seemed likely to find that the Montgomery County school system could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections.
    A selection of books featuring LGBTQ characters that are part of a Supreme Court case
    Maryland’s largest school district heads to the Supreme Court. Here’s what to know.
    Some Montgomery County families want the right to opt kids out of reading inclusive storybooks.
    Lewis Bracy, a retired federal police officer from Severn, wears his handgun to a protest on Mary 20, 2023. Maryland's 3-year-old handgun license laws have resulted in a fourfold increase of people with carry permits.
    200,000 people can carry guns in Maryland. Here’s where they are.
    More than 200,000 people have a Maryland permit to carry a handgun — a jump from fewer than 50,000 in 2020.
    CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND - JUNE 29: Law enforcement officers stand guard as abortion rights activists with Our Rights DC march in front of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house on June 29, 2022 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Over the last couple months, abortion rights activists have staged protests against the five conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justices. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health case overturned the 50-year-old Roe v Wade case and erased federal protection to abortion. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
    Man who brought gun to Justice Kavanaugh’s Maryland home pleads guilty to attempted murder
    A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C., nearly three years ago.
    An illustration showing groups of people in various forms of daily life, some are disappearing, one in the center is being erased.
    Maryland immigrants voice fear over threats to legal protections amid Trump crackdown
    Of Maryland’s 1 million immigrants, many are under a giant umbrella of temporary student or work visas, as well as humanitarian protections.

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    he U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus
    FDA staff return to crowded offices in Maryland, with broken equipment, missing chairs
    The FDA is the latest agency scrambling to meet the Trump administration’s return-to-office mandate.
    An illustration of Notorious B.I.G. and Yoko Ono from Mark Swartz's “The Music Never Died: Tales From the Flipside.”
    What if Biggie, Aaliyah and other music legends were still alive? Local author imagines new ending.
    Maryland author Mark Swartz's "The Music Never Died" imagines a world where some of music's greatest artists live on in intriguing ways.
    White House Press Secretary Ronald Nessen in 1974.
    Ron Nessen, veteran journalist who was President Ford’s press secretary, dies at 90 in Maryland
    Ron Nessen, a veteran broadcast journalist who was press secretary for President Gerald Ford and sought to restore the integrity the position had lost during the Nixon administration, has died. He was 90.
    People gather for a federal workers career fair in Howard County on Feb. 26, 2025.
    Maryland’s displaced federal workers pack job fair as Trump, Musk slash government
    Hundreds of federal workers packed a job fair in Howard County Tuesday night to rehearse in mock interviews, pose for professional headshots and adapt their often lengthy resumes for the private sector.
    LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 25:  Karen Huger attends the BET Awards 2023 at Microsoft Theater on June 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)
    ‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ star Karen Huger sentenced to serve 1 year in jail
    Karen Huger, star of “The Real Housewives of Potomac,” was sentenced to two years in jail, with one year suspended, in her DUI case.

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    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 11: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump appear during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is to sign an executive order implementing the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) "workforce optimization initiative," which, according to Trump, will encourage agencies to limit hiring and reduce the size of the federal government.
    Federal spending cuts trigger more than 1,000 Maryland private sector layoffs
    As the Trump administration slashes the budgets of federal agencies, the ripple effects are already being felt in Maryland’s private sector.
    U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen speaks during a rally held by Maryland Delegation Members outside of the Social Security Administration Headquarters, in Woodlawn, Monday February 10, 2025. The rally held was for protecting the Integrity of Social Security, Medicare, & Medicaid Amid Reports of DOGE Interference.
    In a constitutional crisis, are Chris Van Hollen’s words enough?
    At every opportunity, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen has been blunt in talking about the Trump administration’s assault on federal agencies, using descriptions such as “corrupt bargain,” “power grab,” and “coup.”
    “Fear, cruelty and chaos is the point,” says Vanessa Cardenas, executive director of America’s Voice, a national pro-immigration organization based in Washington, D.C.
    Trump’s early actions drive Baltimore-area immigrants into hiding
    President Donald Trump’s immigration policies have immigrants, regardless of status, altering their normal routines. Some have stopped going to public places. Some have voluntarily returned to their home countries.
    PHA Healthcare offices during their Wrapped in Hope event in Baltimore, Friday, on December 13, 2024.
    PHA Healthcare client: ‘I have nowhere to go’ as company fails to pay rent
    A Maryland addiction treatment program that was ordered to cease and desist counseling services has stopped paying rent on at least three properties.
    More than 150 people rallied for immigrants rights by the Enoch Pratt Free Library Southeast Anchor Branch, marching down Eastern Avenue on Monday.
    White House moves keep immigrants in Maryland on edge
    The Trump administration’s series of executive orders and immigration policies have left much of Maryland’s immigrant community anxious and fearful.

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    Southside Diner’s menu features many egg-based dishes, such as this crab cake Benedict.
    Egg prices are at record highs. Yes, restaurants are scrambling.
    High egg prices “aren’t going to drop overnight” as bird flu spreads. Restaurants and farmers are nervous.
    Tom Miller's 1994 piece "Summer in Baltimore."
    4 February art exhibits that will restore your faith in humanity
    These art exhibits in Maryland will inspire you to dream big, bundle up and head back out into the real world, BmoreArt writes.
    Maryland's state lawmakers go back to work on Wednesday, January 8, 2024 for the 447th session of the Maryland General Assembly. This is the first of 90 days of lawmaking and budget balancing.
    Melons, mushrooms and negligent drivers — Maryland lawmakers have other ideas
    Among 1,200 bits of legislation introduced in the General Assembly this session, cantaloupe reform is one of a certain kind of bill. They aim to fix problems you probably didn’t know existed.
    Workers shovel snow off the sidewalks near the dorms at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on Monday.
    List: Baltimore-area schools closed Tuesday from winter storm
    Public and private school closures for Tuesday, Jan. 7.
    U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, left, takes a selfie with Baltimore Banner columnist Rick Hutzell in the Longworth House Office Building on Friday.
    ‘Will you do a selfie?’ My improbable run through the first day of a new Congress
    What if, instead of a fruitless search for meaning on the first day of the 119th Congress, I made a simple request?
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