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Big business: ICE and the private prison industry
Straight Arrow News
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July 29, 2025
It was Super Bowl Sunday in 1984 when a roadside motel in Houston closed its doors to 87 immigrants who lacked documentation. Three businessmen chose to transform The Olympic Motel into a makeshift detention center and cashed their first check...
Urgent Request to Prioritize Construction of a New Middle School By John Queen
The Chestertown Spy - Maryland
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July 29, 2025
Dear County Commissioners, My name is John Queen, and I serve as a member of the Kent County Board of Education. I am writing to urgently and unequivocally request that you prioritize the construction of a new middle school for the students and...
News: King Yosef Announces ‘Industrial Worship’ Tour
New Noise Magazine
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July 29, 2025
King Yosef has announced a 17-date North American tour featuring Youth Code, Street Sects, and Insula Iscariot. The INDUSTRIAL WORSHIP TOUR begins August 16 in Seattle, WA and ends September 8 in San Francisco, CA. Look for King Yosef’s new record...
How the Key Turns: Maryland and College Sports’ Reciprocal Economy
Sportico - California
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July 29, 2025
For all the talk about college sports’ so-called descent into “Wild West” chaos, there remain parts of the industry that hum along with such seamless coordination, one could be forgiven for confusing it with choreography. Take, for example, the...
Baltimore Orioles bury the Blue Jays in a barrage of hits and homers
The Gananoque Reporter
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Sports Baseball Blue Jays’ Chris Bassitt leaves the mound after a pitching substitution during the third inning in Baltimore Monday night. Photo by Stephanie Scarbrough /The Associated Press The Blue Jays entered baseball’s...
Baltimore Orioles reinstate Adley Rutschman and Keegan Akin, but Félix Bautista won't return soon
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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By The Associated Press July 28, 2025 / 6:24 PM EDT / AP CBS News Live CBS News Baltimore Live The Baltimore Orioles reinstated catcher Adley Rutschman from the 10-day injured list Monday and fortified their depleted bullpen by bringing back lefty...
DOE emergency order lifts restrictions on Maryland power plant
E&E News
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July 29, 2025
The Department of Energy issued an emergency order on Monday to allow an oil-fired power plant in Maryland to operate through late October “in exceedance of its operating limit.” Talen Energy and the PJM Interconnection grid operator will run Unit...
The Ticketing Industry Is Broken: States, Not Congress, Must Act Now (Guest Post)
Variety
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July 29, 2025
In the op-ed below, Rachel Landy, an assistant professor at Cardozo School of Law specializing in contracts and copyright law, makes a the case for why states legislatures, not Congress, are best positioned to tackle the excesses of the ticketing...
Community solar in Pa.: Bypassing the energy bottleneck
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
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July 29, 2025
Pennsylvania is in a race against time: can we bring enough new energy onto the grid to meet our region’s growing power demand (primarily fueled by new data centers, both speculative and real) in time to avoid dramatic spikes in the cost of energy...
Watch the video for End It’s new single, Optical Delusions
Kerrang!
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Baltimore hardcore gang End It have unleashed a brand-new single, Optical Delusions. With an accompanying video that parodies MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch, the track is taken from their debut album Wrong Side Of Heaven (which is due out on August 29...
Baltimore County to miss 2026 renewable energy goal
WYPR - Maryland
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July 28, 2025
In 2021, then Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski signed an executive order, setting a goal that the county government will get 100 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2026. It’s not going to make it. Gregory Strella, Baltimore...
GREENWAY FARMS CHOOSES SOLLUM TECHNOLOGIES' DYNAMIC LED LIGHTING TO BOOST LETTUCE PRODUCTION
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Founded by a team with deep experience in global food production, Greenway Farms prioritizes food safety, nutrition, and education. Committed to a local and sustainable food supply, the farm delivers fresh produce and fish...
Payday loan apps can create cycles of debt, consumer advocates warn
Kiowa County Press - Colorado
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July 29, 2025
Click play to listen to this article. The payday lending industry is making a transition to smartphone apps, experts warned. Consumer advocates say some financial apps now offer payday loans – short-term, high-cost loans that come due the next...
Meet the mechanical engineering major turned Ravens training camp darling
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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July 29, 2025
The first thing to know about Ravens rookie defensive back Reuben Lowery — other than his ascendance to training camp darling for three interceptions during the spring and another one last week — is that coach John Harbaugh knows his name. Most...
Baltimore incinerators cause about $100 million in health costs, study says
WYPR - Maryland
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July 28, 2025
A new study from University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University researchers finds that Baltimore’s two waste incinerators are causing nearly $100 million in health damages to residents of Baltimore and D.C. The study is still in the peer...
Worker Dies After Trench Floods in Baltimore
Construction Equipment
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July 28, 2025
The most recently issued building permit for that portion of Lyons Mill is Deer Park Elementary School, including grading work, according to Baltimore County building permit data. A new Deer Park Elementary is expected to open fall 2026, boosting...
'Slap in the face': Moore blames PJM for soaring energy costs, threatens legal action
WJLA 7 - Washington D.C.
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HYDES, Md. (WBFF) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore slammed the region's electric grid operator, accusing the organization of blocking new power plants and driving up electricity bills, and threatened legal action over a process he said hurts Maryland...
US states advance energy storage and grid reforms in Q2
pv-magazine
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July 29, 2025
The “50 States of Grid Modernization” quarterly report from NC Clean Energy Technology Center identified policy trends related to US grid modernization across the 2025 legislative session. July 29, 2025 Rachel Metea From pv magazine USA State...
Pa. wine producers hope unique session with legislators will put the ag back in the industry
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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July 29, 2025
There are more than 570 owners of Pennsylvania limited winery licenses. At last count, around 85 of them are located outside the state, with some in far-flung locations such as Italy, Australia, Peru, France and Argentina. Because they don’t make...
It’s Hot Outside—But This Baltimore Museum Is Full of Wonder and Imagination (Plus Air Conditioning)
Only In Your State
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Baltimore is one of my favorite places to visit in the summer, because it's right on the harbor, and that cool sea breeze can always be felt. As you explore the harbor and surrounding area, it always feels a little cool and refreshing—that is,...