Liz Bowie
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Education reporter for The Baltimore Banner, a nonprofit news organization.
For more than a decade I’ve heard Baltimore students and parents complain about the messy and sometimes dangerous process of getting to school. And for more than a decade school leaders have ignored the problem.
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Just one in 533 miles of Anne Arundel County shoreline is open to the public while taxpayers fund millions for private waterfronts. Can Maryland balance what’s best for the Chesapeake Bay with the public’s right to enjoy it? w/
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The hidden cost of saving the Chesapeake Bay: millions for private waterfronts
Virtually all of the Chesapeake Bay’s shoreline is privately owned, which means taxpayer-funded waterfront improvements go to properties with limited public access.
https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/chesapeake-bay-shoreline-improvements-water-access-bay-trust-department-of-natural-resources-SQWV2KFDG5CK7ACTSN56QVYSL4/#comments-header
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Maya Lora
about 1 month ago
Do you ever get so overwhelmed at work you need to take a walk to clear your head? It happens to kids, too, which is why they should go outside, play and learn naturally from the world around them. Click for the cute pictures, keep reading for the brain science
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Preschool without a building could be in Maryland’s future
Maryland is one of just a handful of states piloting licenses for outdoor, nature-based child care programs.
https://www.thebanner.com/education/early-childhood/maryland-nature-preschool-A7VUJ7B6ZZCSRGMKFSWIK77GFI/
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5 months ago
NEW: Baltimore students told about their experiences with violence and harassment on the way to school in the state's only district without yellow bus service for middle and high schoolers.
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and I on what students are facing every day
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It’s not just late buses: Baltimore kids face serious safety risks
Baltimore students have been followed, harassed, assaulted and held up at gunpoint while crisscrossing the city on public transit to get to and from school.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/baltimore-students-face-violent-crime-getting-to-school-43HS7OVDVRG6PJHS3B3BIRDACU/
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Our latest on the difficulties city school students have getting to school on mass transit. No one has surveyed students to know how many of the 25,000 students who get MTA passes use them. Neither MTA or the school system collects this information.
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Want better school commutes? First, find out who’s riding the bus
Without data, experts say, it’s all but impossible for school officials and transit planners to find solutions for the thousands of Baltimore City kids who struggle to get to class on time every day.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/baltimore-city-schools-bus-transportation-BDZILDZG3REZ7LXU5SETVCPLSQ/
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Michael Martirano, who abruptly retired as superintendent of Howard County schools last year, will soon take the helm in Allegany County.
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Retired Howard schools chief to lead Western Maryland school district
Michael Martirano left the Howard County Public School System abruptly last year.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/michael-martirano-allegany-county-CP2MF6IVXZCKVHQ5ZHWIOE5ZDU/
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Greg Morton
7 months ago
When we talked to MTA Administrator Holly Arnold for our "Transit Nightmare" investigation, she expressed confidence that the governor's budget would provide some relief for Baltimore's students. Read Daniel Zawodny on the budget and MTA's Sisyphean task.
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Can MTA’s new budget get Baltimore students to school on time?
It could mean years before as many as 25,000 Baltimore City Public Schools students see much change in their journeys to school.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/transportation/mta-baltimore-schools-B7ZUPZ723BEJXMTOLFAAKJ5HVY/
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Will representation change in Eastern Baltimore County?
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Eastern Baltimore County is changing. Will its representation?
The Baltimore County Council is expanding from seven districts to nine in 2026, after voters approved the change last fall. What that will look like is unclear.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/eastern-baltimore-county-migration-V2NWE7U4WBAXPDKPLIZECRDMLQ/
8 months ago
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Kimi Yoshino
8 months ago
Super proud of the
@thebaltimorebanner.com
newsroom for winning an IRE award for our Key Bridge collapse coverage. At the time, we didn't even have a live blog, but we did have great journalists who know this community and what the bridge meant to it.
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Cody Boteler
8 months ago
NEW: At least 19 men have now filed lawsuits that claim they were sexually abused as children while at Calvert Hall, an independent, all-boys Catholic school in Baltimore County. Read more in
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New court filings reveal total of 19 men allege sexual abuse and cover up at Calvert Hall
The number of men who say they were victims of sexual abuse at Calvert Hall College High School has grown to 19, according to lawsuits filed this week.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/calvert-hall-abuse-allegations-JNTZU4UXV5ASBGMM2LNS2HN7YE/
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Maya Lora
8 months ago
The U.S. Department of Education told Maryland's education leaders it won't be reimbursing up to $418 million in funds it already promised to the state, including about $305 million that was already spent. Led by
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Maryland schools face ‘catastrophic’ loss of $418 million in federal funds
The U.S. Department of Education told Maryland education leaders that they will not reimburse schools for $418 million in funds they had already committed to giving them.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/maryland-schools-pandemic-aid-23NJRCB5FNA4PISEAWFUTT75F4/
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Greg Morton
8 months ago
Prince George's County was 80% white when the federal workforce was integrated. Today, PG and Charles County are America's most affluent majority-Black counties with~20% of Black workers there being federal employees. Trump's cuts now threaten generations of progress. story👇🏾
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Justin Fenton
8 months ago
Great read + photos by
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@kaitlinobscura.bsky.social
: How one man is lifting up West Baltimore’s Penn-North through fitness, faith and friendship
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He once hurt a neighborhood. Now, all he wants to do is give back.
How a man uses fitness, friendship and faith to give back to a neighborhood he’s wronged before.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/local-news/penn-north-ZL3AEE6WSVATNJF6SUZYGBRPGU/#comments-header
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Julie Bykowicz
9 months ago
ICYMI:
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NTSB slams MDTA, urges assessment of Chesapeake Bay Bridge
The Francis Scott Key Bridge was 30 times more susceptible to ship strikes than it should have been, a federal official said Thursday.
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Ellie Wolfe
9 months ago
New from me and
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: What closing the Dept of Education would mean for the $1.6 billion in funding that flows to Maryland schools and the $754 million that goes to the state’s public colleges and universities from the federal government:
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What Education Department closure could mean for Maryland schools, colleges
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order later today to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/education-department-closure-maryland-schools-52C72WJ3F5EMFHEY36TXNNWHUA/
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Greg Morton
9 months ago
NEW: 1 in every 10 workers in Maryland is employed by the federal government. It's also home to thousands of jobs at agencies like NIH. The data tells us a lot about which communities rely the most on federal jobs. Read at
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Where do Maryland's federal employees live and work?
Thousands of federal workers call Maryland home. Many of them also work in offices across the state.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/careers/maryland-federal-workers-explained-GRVR37YSQNBG7MAD3GJ7OMZOJU/
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9 months ago
Maryland legislators are currently deciding whether to cut a state scholarship program by 50% for the second year in a row. The financial impacts would be “devastating,” college presidents told me. Some had to layoff workers to deal with last year’s cuts:
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‘Devastating’ cuts could be coming to Maryland college scholarships
State legislators are now weighing whether to cut scholarship funds for students at private colleges by 50% for the second year in a row.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/higher-education/sellinger-scholarships-EW6EAXNSVNBRPMAIA67DGNGFJY/
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Baltimore-based global aid groups dependent on USAID funds lay off workers around the world and in Baltimore.
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Johns Hopkins' aid groups begin layoffs and prep for smaller footprint
Jhpiego and the Center for Communication Programs, global aid groups affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, have begun layoffs and a reorganization as millions in federal funding from USAID is cut ...
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/johns-hopkins-jhpiego-layoffs-ZPM45MJOFZESXBPZDS6BK4CGM4/
9 months ago
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Fascinating piece about how the school board censured a member for asking questions about a $2.3 billion budget.
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Baltimore Co. school board censures member for ‘disrespectful conduct’
Maggie Domanowski is accused of using a “tone and manner that was perceived as uncivil and aggressive” during a Jan. 28 school board meeting.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/baltimore-county-school-board-maggie-domanaowski-UQEYGDML65H47BMAZAFF2OM45Y/
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9 months ago
Maryland is facing a teacher shortage. Trump's Department of Ed cut off grant funding last month that was supposed to help get more teachers into understaffed classrooms, including at least $10 mil for MD. Yesterday, a judge granted some temporary relief
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Judge blocks Trump cuts to Maryland teacher recruitment efforts
The initial victory comes the same day the Department of Education said it would lay off more than 1,300 employees.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/maryland-teacher-shortage-trump-cuts-blocked-PJGM5JPE3JGZXKBZ2QFKWYQQG4/
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9 months ago
At this moment, Maryland lawmakers are considering a new 2.5% tax on services that businesses sell to each other -- an issue that's gaining plenty of attention. What else is on the table for raising money? I made a list:
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How might Maryland politicians raise your taxes and what could it cost you?
What exactly — and who — is on the table to raise more money for Maryland? Here’s a look at the options.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-tax-options-I3225VTHHBADNEXYYXU66UBEAU/
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10 months ago
Hundreds of people marked Presidents Day on Monday by packing Lawyers Mall in Annapolis to protest President Donald Trump’s actions. Read about it on
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's live coverage of the Maryland General Assembly:
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JHU will hire 30 officers for its new police force.
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Johns Hopkins’ controversial police force to hire as many as 30 officers in 2025
The controversial Johns Hopkins police force intends to add new officers to campuses in 2025 despite unrest on its Accountability Board and backlash from students, faculty and community members.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/higher-education/johns-hopkins-police-force-backlash-SB5JOWAAKFDSHGV4ZCQMIP3WWE/
10 months ago
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Breaking: Baltimore County teacher being investigated for allegedly trying to help ICE find students and their families.
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Baltimore Co. schools investigate teacher over apparent offer to help ICE
Posts on X show a social studies teacher telling ICE to message him for assistance.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/overlea-high-school-ice-IO2VUQ3R7RCZ7HWDYPBOLJRJQQ/
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“He was much more than a basketball coach, at least for these young men, and for the young women, too."
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Dietrich Williams, beloved Mervo basketball coach, was a devoted father
Dietrich Williams, who had worked at Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School since 2010, died Jan. 17 of a heart attack. He was 54.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/obituaries/dietrich-williams-mervo-basketball-coach-GE64KW3CMRD6FNE2M7VXGGPA5M/
10 months ago
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Howard County's ban on cell phone's in school. Here's how it works.
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5 Things to know about Howard County’s school cellphone ban
Howard County Public Schools students will not be allowed to even glance at their cellphones during the school day starting March 3, under changes recently approved by the school board.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/howard-coounty-schools-student-cellphone-ban-2752D2K5ANA5HFVR74EVU4TPP4/
10 months ago
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Moore focuses on difficult decisions ahead for the state in his state of the state.
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Gov. Moore on budget crisis and Trump: ‘We only have difficult decisions ahead’
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pledged Wednesday to guide the state through turbulent times caused by uncertainty from the new presidential administration and a sluggish local economy.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/wes-moore-state-of-the-state-FFUE25CTUNHCNLFW6Z7PMLCKJU/
10 months ago
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10 months ago
New: The Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General started more probes into deaths involving the police than ever last year, including three fatal shootings in Baltimore that remain active.
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State prosecutors who investigate deaths at the hands of police are busier than ever
A specialized wing of the attorney general’s office launched 22 investigations and its first prosecution in 2024.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/police-shooting-investigations-maryland-BPHS5LXZVJDFTKKQ4WSHIHKEBA/
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Maryland wants to axe advanced math classes in elementary school.
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Maryland could axe advanced math classes in elementary schools
Top education officials want to overhaul how the subject is taught after years of poor test scores.
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Kristen Griffith
10 months ago
While Moore has portrayed his bill as “pausing” pieces of the 10-year plan, the effect will be felt most by students living in poverty and immigrant students learning English. By
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Moore’s changes to education spending could hurt students in poverty the most
Gov. Wes Moore is proposing to rewrite major portions of Maryland’s landmark education law, cutting nearly one-fifth of the new funding the state promised schools by 2029.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/moore-blueprint-maryland-schools-F4OW3CUKMRGGZBVSQQD5CYISX4/
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10 months ago
The state's education department has put out official guidance for schools should ICE come looking for students. School employees should comply, MSDE says - but only according to their district's guidelines and after talking to their lawyers
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How Maryland schools should handle ICE at their doors
Schools should be consulting with their lawyers first, protecting students' privacy and keeping families in the loop, new guidance from the state education department says.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/maryland-schools-ice-F4VBBL7MCZGKZH75BDDUTCGSRA/
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Breaking: Pikesville High School AI case suspect arrested on a federal warrant as he shows up for a hearing in Baltimore County Circuit Court on related charges.
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Suspect in Pikesville High AI case arrested on federal warrant
Dazhon Darien was taken into custody during a hearing in Baltimore County Circuit Court.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/dazhon-darien-pikesville-high-school-SPHAZ23CXZAQLIIXJR5WBPNAV4/
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Howard County's three state senators are urging Gov. Wes Moore to appoint immigration attorney Alicia Altamirano, public policy expert Michele Douglas and state labor official Daniel Newberger to fill the open seats on the Howard Community College board.
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Senators move to fill vacancies on depleted Howard Community College board
Howard County senators are recommending three individuals to Howard Community College’s Board of Trustees, which will likely have to confront questions about the tenure of its controversial president,...
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Breaking: PHA Healthcare told to shut down after
@thebaltimorebanner.com
investigation.
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PHA Healthcare ordered to ‘cease and desist’ by state after Banner investigation
PHA Healthcare, a drug addiction treatment provider that enrolls hundreds of Medicaid patients in Maryland each year, has been ordered by the state health department to stop providing services to pati...
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/public-health/pha-healthcare-cease-and-desist-opioids-addiction-MRLUNP2RM5H2TOYI3BNFKYNNCY/
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BSO boosts attendance this season.
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BSO credits boosts in attendance to money-saving tickets and diverse programming
There’s a reason you may not have received a program book at a recent Baltimore Symphony Orchestra show.
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11 months ago
Legendary Baltimore Sun columnist Dan Rodricks - he's written it since 1979, starting at the Evening Sun - is leaving the paper. His farewell column:
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Dan Rodricks: In Baltimore, a dream job and a wonderful life. Thank you. | STAFF COMMENTARY
My sincere thanks go to the hundreds of readers who commented on the column or called to report a problem, or scolded me, or set me straight about some aspect of life here in the Greater Patapsco D…
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/01/10/rodricks-final-column/
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11 months ago
Breaking news: Sen. Kathy Klausmeier named Baltimore County Executive. She'll be sworn in today at 3 p.m.
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State Sen. Kathy Klausmeier named Baltimore County Executive
Baltimore County Council chooses longtime state Sen. Kathy Klausmeier to be County Executive for the next two years.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/kathy-klausmeier-johnny-olszewski-jr-3HNVN5VI3JCPTLSZ7Z73VFXMOM/
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11 months ago
In a 27-page sentencing memo, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Colleen McGuinn and Kim Hagan described Chris Bendann, 40, of Baltimore, as "two-faced, a wolf in sheep’s clothing." (via
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Feds seek 35 years for ex-Gilman School teacher in sex abuse case
Federal prosecutors are seeking a sentence of 35 years in prison for a former teacher at the Gilman School who was convicted of victimizing a student and recording videos of the sexual abuse.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/chris-bendann-gilman-school-abuse-sentencing-RMO5C5UPORC7PAOFD2TZRYZRX4/
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Anne Arundel County school superintendent proposes to increase spending by 9% with a good chunk going to pay increases and special education.
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Anne Arundel schools chief wants to spend more on special education, teachers
The school system’s budget is 9% larger than last year’s, despite warnings of state budget shortfall.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/anne-arundel-county-schools-budget-EJI4LFW2NRDGXPQMWJ6AYPCKJY/
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12 months ago
The Banner is sharing data about U.S. overdoses. We hope it saves lives.
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The Banner is sharing data about U.S. overdoses. We hope it saves lives.
A note from Baltimore Banner Editor in Chief Kimi Yoshino on The Banner sharing data about U.S. overdoses.
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Overdose deaths, lax state oversight and a private vendor that profited from all of it. An investigation by
@thebaltimorebanner.com
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They entered treatment. Drugs, overdoses and deaths followed.
Baltimore addiction programs draw patients with free housing while collecting millions. Some say one company offered little help.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/public-health/baltimore-opioid-drug-treatment-investigation-AOTRDIBQAJGHFFCLJ3NW2J5JN4/
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12 months ago
BREAKING: The UnitedHealtcare shooting person of interest, a Towson native, was a Gilman School valedictorian who received a bachelor's and master's degree from UPenn. From me and
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UnitedHealthcare shooting person of interest was Gilman School valedictorian
He went on to study engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.
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