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The increase is the second year in a row the state has seen substantial increases to premiums. Last year, premium rates increased 13.4%. The increases over the last two years have been hefty compared to usual rate increases that hovered around 8%.

Maryland ACA plan premiums will rise 14.6% next year

“We have to start somewhere with how we deal with our waste.”A divided county council passed the trash-burning contract, but not before members debated its effect on the environment and the difficulty of finding alternatives.

Baltimore County grapples with its environmental future as it inks trash incineration deal

The Baltimore Tree Trust is not only planting thousands of trees across Charm City, but it’s providing hands-on workforce development to members of the community. Over the next two years, the organization is looking to create 900 new tree wells in South and West Baltimore

Baltimore nonprofit brings trees and jobs to underserved communities – all while fighting climate change

The council chair says council members have been historically underpaid. If it passes, the salary increase will kick in in December, after the November election.

Baltimore County Council preparing to raise its pay and the county executive’s

Ahead of the New/Next Film Festival’s opening on Thursday, October 1st, WYPR’s Taylor Holbrooks sat down with Marnie Ellen Hertzler, the director of New/Next’s opening night film, “Eternity One”.

You can hear the interview on our website through the link in our bio.

Marnie is an artist and filmmaker from rural Virginia, currently living and working in Baltimore, Maryland. She makes work about and with the systems (ecological, technological, human) that shape how we live and disappear.

Images courtesy of Marnie Ellen Hertzler.

The proposed Values Act would require ICE to present a valid warrant before accessing restricted areas of county property, and prohibit staff from disclosing anyone’s immigration information. Residents at a meeting spoke in support of the bill, but worried it lacked the teeth necessary for enforcement.

Frederick County Council gets mixed feedback on proposed ICE policy The proposed Values Act would require ICE to present a valid warrant before accessing restricted areas of county property, and prohibit staff from disclosing anyone’s immigration information. Residents at a meeting spoke in support of the bill, but worried it lacked the teeth necessary for enforce...

WYPR’s Taylor Holbrooks sat down with Marnie Ellen Hertzler, the director of New/Next Film Festival's 2026 opening night film.

Baltimore filmmaker Marnie Ellen Hertzler previews her latest film ahead of the 2026 New/Next Film Festival

Over the last four years, Maryland has missed out on about $42 million in Medicaid payments from local health departments and providers, according to a new Office of Legislative Audits report evaluating the Maryland Department of Health’s Inspector General.

Maryland missing out on $42 million in Medicaid payments