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BIG’s Mass Timber ‘Village’ Reimagines Student Life at Johns Hopkins: The Sustainable Bloomberg Center
The architecture and design world is constantly seeking structures that redefine functionality while pushing the boundaries of aesthetics and sustainability. The new Bloomberg Student Center at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA, is a...
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Abuse, beatings: Maryland lawmakers demand accountability of National Guard camp
Lawmakers from both parties this week demanded swift accountability from the Maryland National Guard after The Baltimore Sun reported allegations that teens were attacked, abused, and subject to brutal conditions at the National Guard’s Freestate...
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Maryland Commerce Secretary Harry Coker Jr. Visits Calvert County
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. — Maryland Department of Commerce Secretary Harry Coker Jr. visited Calvert County on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, for a full-day tour highlighting the county’s role in clean energy, agritourism, manufacturing, and economic...
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America’s kids need help reading. How about helping their teachers?
For decades, Mississippi students struggled to read, and the state ranked low on education quality. Not anymore. Strong student test scores – dubbed the “Mississippi Miracle” – have catapulted the Southern state into the national spotlight. But...
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Maryland Department of Transportation Visits Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s Counties as Part of Statewide Transportation Tour
Maryland Transportation Acting Secretary Samantha J. Biddle met with officials from Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties to discuss the Department’s Draft Consolidated Transportation Program (CTP) for Fiscal Years 2026 to 2031. The spending...
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Maryland lawmakers continue clashing over federal government shutdown impacts
As the uncertainty continues over when the federal government shutdown will end, the blamed game continued between Maryland lawmakers. Maryland Rep. Andy Harris and U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Steve Scalise held a press call...
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ChannelPro LIVE: Baltimore Brings Insight, Innovation, and Inspiration to MSPs
Baltimore MSPs came together for two days of actionable education. ChannelPro’s penultimate live event for 2025 featured AI, networking, and plenty more. ChannelPro LIVE: Baltimore delivered exactly what the regional MSPs came for: fresh...
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Injunction pushed for Maryland wind project, Ocean City asks about damage
US Wind officials want a preliminary injunction in their federal case, requesting to move forward with an Ocean City offshore project before a ruling is handed down. Town officials, meanwhile, point to potential damage and question who would...
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Landmark Baltimore mural gets new life and renewed meaning at Health Care for the Homeless years after its creation in 2010
Dressed in paint-splattered denim and a gray sun hat that droops over his ears, muralist Jay Wolf Schlossberg-Cohen steadies his paintbrush from a mechanical lift 20 feet in the air. Below him, the headquarters for Health Care for the Homeless...
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Baltimore political scientist among MacArthur Foundation’s 2025 ‘genius’ fellows
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced its 2025 class of fellows on Wednesday, a prize often called the “genius award.” The MacArthur fellows receive a $800,000 prize paid out over five years that they can spend however they...
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McCulloch v. Maryland: Federal Power and Reimagining State Sovereignty in the Early Republic
Illustration created by Brewminate with AI, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license By the time John Marshall left the bench in 1835, the nation he had helped to shape bore little resemblance to the...
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UCLA football hopes to make Maryland standard fare
Week after week, since Tim Skipper took over as UCLA’s interim head coach, there have been slogans thrown around the football program like darts hitting a bullseye. After it defeated then-No. 7 Penn State two weeks ago, Skipper shouted the first...
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Volunteers plant trees in Baltimore County to clean waterways and build job skills
TOWSON, Md. — Volunteers are making a significant environmental impact in Baltimore County this week by planting trees to help clean local waterways. The Ruxton neighborhood in Towson, already a heavily wooded enclave, is receiving additional...
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Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
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At the US Environmental Protection Agency, scientists say proposed cuts will gut research. Credit: Eric Lee/Bloomberg via GettyFor 30 years, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has conducted controlled air-pollution studies at a...
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New America and EPIC Launch Innovative Digital Services Pilot to Accelerate Environmental Progress
Washington, D.C. – Today, New America’s Technology and Democracy programs, New America’s New Practice Lab, and the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) launched the Digital Service for the Planet (DSP) initiative, a pilot focused on...
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‘Not the ride I wanted, but we got through’ – a tricky day for Britain’s sole campaigner in Maryland 5 Star dressage
Britain’s Alex Bragg had a tricky ride in the Mars Maryland 5 Star dressage today (Thursday, 16 October), scoring 39.2 with The Roe Family’s Quindiva to lie seventh of the 11 starters so far. “It’s very windy here, but she seemed quite settled...
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How ‘Wood Vaulting’ Could Help Slow Climate Change
October 16, 2025 5 min read Can We Bury Enough Wood to Slow Climate Change? Wood vaulting, a simple, low-tech approach to storing carbon, has the potential to remove 12 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year—and some...
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West Virginia Mountaineers Gear Up for Closed Scrimmage with Maryland
The West Virginia Mountaineers will hold their first closed scrimmage against Maryland this Saturday in Morgantown. With NCAA restrictions loosening, teams are now more open about these matchups, which had previously been closely guarded to avoid...
Legendary Environmental Journalist Tom Horton To Moderate Author Panel on the Art and Science of Conservation
The Mid-Shore community is invited to join legendary Chesapeake Bay writer Tom Horton as he moderates a panel exploring the art and science of conservation at Easton’s historic Ebenezer Theater at 2pm on Sunday, November 2. The event is presented...
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Maryland DOT comes to market with $842.7 million deal
"The market response should be relatively strong as there is not a tremendous secondary market float of Maryland paper currently," said Michael Pietronico, founding partner at Miller Tabak Asset Management. vpietronico Appetite for Maryland's...
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