After decades of writing poetry and interviewing poets on her radio show "The Poet And the Poem," Grace Cavalieri has been named Maryland's 10th poet laureate.

Federal workers protest the government shutdown at the Hart Senate Building. We speak with a WAMU 88.5 reporter live from the protest.

As the shutdown drags on, many unpaid Transportation Security Administration workers have stopped showing up to work. How could their absence affect airport security in our region?

In 2018, record rainfall washed pollution from farms and city streets into the Bay's waterways. As climate change intensifies, what can be done to save the Chesapeake?

Local restaurants and bars are feeling the effects of the partial government shutdown while also trying to make it easier for furloughed employees.

How are local teachers covering the civil rights movement? We talk with educators and a student about how lessons from the past inform their lives today.