Thousands of Marylanders were impacted by the mass federal layoffs last year. Some faith institutions continue to provide financial and spiritual care.
Disappearing demographic data impacts efforts to track who make up laid-off federal workers
The Trump administration has deleted or made private data tracking workers’ gender and race making it harder to know which groups has been impacted by layoffs.
The Price of Access
Maryland special interests, utilities, spend big on private committee dinners with Annapolis legislators who write their rules. Ratepayers, voters left out
State officials troubled over upcoming closure of federal agricultural research center in Maryland
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to close it’s flagship research center in Maryland could disrupt the state’s agriculture industry, experts said.
Federal worker layoffs threaten cornerstone industry for Maryland
State officials said Maryland is still reeling from the lost of more than 31,000 federal jobs after the Trump administration reduced the workforce last year.
“The Greek,” Laurel Park’s oldest backstretch worker, eyes his next wager after decades on the track
Chrysostomos Christopoulos says he’s lived at Laurel Park for 25 or 35 years. Or maybe 40. “All the people here know me,” he touted.
Dead but not gone: The legend of Mountain Rose II lives on at Laurel Park
“Here lies MOUNTAIN ROSE II ‘An honest, faithful horse who did his best to the end.’ Destroyed Oct. 24, 1924.” Those words paint a small picture of Mountain Rose II and the love his owner and trainer had for him.
Beyond the Track: The City of Laurel saddles up its businesses for race day
In recent weeks, new signage featuring jockeys racing thoroughbreds adorn the windows of local storefronts with the slogan “Saddle Up, Laurel!”
A year after layoffs, former federal workers are still piecing their lives back together
In Maryland alone, about 29,700 federal jobs disappeared between January 2025 and March 2026 amid a sweeping federal workforce downsizing.