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Maryland should remove lead bullets from hunting
Mar 27, 2026

Maryland should remove lead bullets from hunting

Commentary: Maryland should act to pass a law to ban lead in hunting ammo protecting public health and wildlife from lead poisoning.

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Mar 27, 2026

Choose life, protect childhood immunizations

Commentary: Health Secretary RFK Jr., offers disease, disability, and death—all in the name of junk science. Vaccines offer life.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks, accompanied by President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2026. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
Mar 20, 2026

MD, states sue Trump administration over EPA fuel rule rollback

Maryland and other states are suing President Donald Trump's administration over his plans to slash federal car emission and fuel economy standards.

A 1-year-old receives a dose of Moderna Spikevax (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 2, 2025. (REUTERS/Hannah Beier)
Mar 16, 2026

Judge upends RFK overhaul of childhood vaccine policies

A federal judge blocked key parts of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s effort to reshape U.S. vaccine policy.

The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement bought this warehouse, shown on Jan. 28, 2026, at 16220 Wright Road near Williamsport. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Mar 6, 2026

MD cabinet members send concerns to DHS about ICE detention project

Three Maryland cabinet members signed a letter to Homeland Security and ICE expressing concerns about plans to convert a warehouse into an immigrant detention facility.

Casey Means, nominated to serve as the next U.S. surgeon general, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 25, 2026. (REUTERS/Kylie Cooper)
Feb 26, 2026

Kennedy ally Casey Means edges closer to surgeon general job

Wellness influencer Casey Means, a key ally of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., advanced toward confirmation as U.S. surgeon general.

Dawn Didion of Hagerstown holds a sign reading "No Detention Center" and "No cruelty" during a Washington County Indivisible protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside the Washington County Administration Building on Feb. 24, 2026. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Feb 25, 2026

MD challenges ICE warehouse purchase over environmental, health concerns

Public health and environmental concerns are among the reasons cited by Maryland's lawsuit over ICE purchasing a Washington County warehouse to serve as an immigrant detention center.

Heaven Bound Cremation Services in Waldorf is seen in February 2025. (Katie Mettler/The Washington Post)
Feb 23, 2026

MD crematory owners charged with mishandling bodies of fetuses, infant

Maryland State Police allege the operators of Heaven Bound Cremation Services mishandled the remains of seven fetuses and a 2-month-old infant.

President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable on rural health, at the White House in Washington on Jan. 16, 2026. (REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo)
Feb 13, 2026

Judge blocks Trump administration from cutting $600M in public health funds

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving ahead with $600 million in cuts to public health grants in four states.

Snowfall amounts of 6-12 inches are expected across most of Maryland during January 2026 Winter Storm Fern, AccuWeather said. (USA TODAY Network)
Jan 22, 2026

Maryland in State of Preparedness ahead of major snowstorm

As a major snowstorm approaches Maryland this weekend, Gov. Wes Moore has declared a State of Preparedness for the entire state.

The nonprofit Detroit Recovery Project offers injection harm reduction kits to prevent the spread of disease among drug users. The organization is among those losing funding. (Sylvia Jarrus/For The Washington Post)
Jan 15, 2026

HHS abruptly cancels then restores mental health, addiction grants, officials say

One day after slashing federal grants that supported mental health and addiction care, the Trump administration is backtracking.

Gov. Wes Moore defended a new tax on information technology and data services saying it wouldn't limit the state's ability to attract and grow those industries in the state. (The Daily Record photo/Jack Hogan)
Jan 8, 2026

Gov. Moore brings bill to give MD health secretary discretion over vaccine recommendations

Gov. Wes Moore proposed legislation allowing Maryland to set independent vaccine guidance as federal recommendations shift.