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Maryland Hispanic student enrollment declines amid immigration fears – WTOP News (opens the original)
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This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Read the story at Maryland Matters. Hispanic enrollment in Maryland public schools began to decline during the last school year after growing at an average rate of 4.7% a year since pandemic-era lows, according to state data finalized earlier this summer. As classes resume this fall, parents, teachers and other community members reflected on how immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump has cas
Fentanyl seizures plummet as Trump administration shifts focus to immigration – WTOP News (opens the original)
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This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Read the story at Maryland Matters. WASHINGTON — Fentanyl seizures decreased by 39% during the first year of the second Trump administration after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shifted the Department of Homeland Security’s criminal investigations arm to conducting immigration enforcement, according to a report government investigators published Friday. Agents with Homeland Security Investigatio
Digital ad sales tax struck down in Maryland – WTOP News (opens the original)
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This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Read the story at Maryland Matters. A first-of-its-kind state tax on some digital ads has been struck down as a violation of the federal Internet Tax Freedom Act by the Maryland Tax Court. The decision issued Friday morning related to three challenges to the tax by Apple, Google and Peacock TV, a streaming service. In its ruling, the court orders the state to refund the taxes collected plus interest. A sp
Federal judge says proposed immigration facility in Howard County can move forward, for now – WTOP News (opens the original)
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This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Read the story at Maryland Matters. Howard County residents vowed to fight a federal immigration facility planned for an Elkridge office building, one day after a federal judge ordered the county could no longer block work on the project. “The residents of Howard County have made it clear that we do not want this facility in our community,” Liz Kato with IndivisibleHoCoMD said in a written statement Tuesd
Md. health officials report record-breaking 50 heat-related deaths this summer – WTOP News (opens the original)
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This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Read the story at Maryland Matters. The 2026 heat season is now the deadliest in known history, as new data from the Maryland Department of Health reports a total of 50 heat-related fatalities since May, surpassing the previous record set of 46 in 2012. The number of heat-related deaths soared in July, with 43 deaths reported just last month, according to a Wednesday update to the state’s weather-related
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