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• Central America

Officials warn child immigrant crisis is draining resources

• Politics

Obama requests $3.7 billion to address influx of immigrant children

President Barack Obama asked Congress Tuesday for $3.7 billion in emergency funding to address the influx of children from Central America entering the country illegally, a first step in what the White House described as a broader effort to speed deportations.

• Politics

Obama requests $3.7 billion to address influx of immigrant children

• Environment

Maryland's U.S. senators press for water funding

Maryland Sens. Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski toured Baltimore's 99-year-old Montebello water treatment plant Monday to draw attention to the needs of municipalities nationwide for federal help to upgrade their aging infrastructure.

• Opinion

Faster, cheaper, better broadband in Baltimore [Commentary]

14 communities in north Baltimore have partnered to create the Baltimore Broadband Campaign. We want to demonstrate that, through the intelligent use of existing fiber infrastructure and the installation of new fiber where necessary, an economically viable, competitive broadband service is possible in the city. And it need not come from Comcast or Verizon: there are over 800 fiber optic providers of various types in the United States. Apparently, though, none have yet seen adequate economic

• Maryland

Election year a drag on productivity in Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) ¿ A fear of voting has gripped Democratic leaders in the Senate, slowing the chamber's modest productivity this election season to a near halt.

• Politics

Congressional incumbents enjoy strong support primary

Maryland's congressional delegation was expected to coast to victory in Tuesday's primary, leaving Democrats positioned to dominate the state's House seats even in a year that's shaping up to be promising for the GOP nationally.

• Opinion

Mikulski must stand up for clean water [Letter]

Maryland's senior senator is key figure in supporting EPA's clean water regulations

• Opinion

Mikulski must stand up for clean water [Letter]

• Politics

Brown steers careful course in bid for governor

• Politics

Environmental groups concerned about looming water rule fight in Senate

WASHINGTON -- Environmental advocates say a spending bill set for review in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday could reopen a fight over whether the Environmental Protection Agency may regulate pollution entering small headwater streams that feed into larger bodies of water, including the Chesapeake Bay.

• Opinion

Trout, the bay — and your drinking water — at risk in the Senate [Commentary]

A budget amendment expected in the Senate Appropriations Committee would kill 30 years of protections for small headwaters streams that feed the Chesapeake Bay.

• Politics and Government

U.S. considering new Md. sites for immigrant children

Days after the federal government abandoned plans to house immigrant children in a Baltimore office building, the Obama administration has begun to explore other sites in Maryland, including one in Prince George's County, documents obtained by The Baltimore Sun show.

• Baltimore City Paper

43rd Legislative District

• Barbara Mikulski

U.S. considering new Md. sites for immigrant children

• Baltimore City

Feds scrap plan for immigrant shelter at Metro West

Facing mounting opposition from state and local officials, the Obama administration has dropped the idea of converting a vacant office building in Baltimore into a shelter for immigrant children who have entered the country illegally, officials familiar with the decision said Wednesday.

• Opinion

Suffer the little children [Editorial]

Thousands of child migrants from Central America are crossing our southern border fleeing violence, poverty and civil war at home; the U.S. must deal with them humanely

• Baltimore City

Rawlings-Blake voices concern over immigrant shelter

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake — who has gained a national reputation for welcoming Hispanic families to the city — joined a growing chorus of Maryland officials Tuesday raising concerns about a proposal to turn a vacant office building into a shelter for immigrant children.

• Baltimore City

Rawlings-Blake voices concern over immigrant shelter

• Mexico

Feds look to Baltimore to shelter immigrant children

Federal officials are eying a vacant office building in Baltimore's west side as a potential shelter for children caught attempting to enter the country illegally.

• Obituaries

Claude L. Callegary, presidential adviser

Claude L. Callegary, a Baltimore lawyer and World War II veteran who had advised five U.S. presidents on veterans' affairs, died June 3 in his sleep at the Loch Raven Veterans Administration Living and Rehabilitation Center. He was 92.

• Opinion

Bailey: 'I take full responsibility' for election law violation [Letter]

Bailey: 'I take full responsibility' for election law violation

• Politics

Mikulski, noting Bergdahl, presses Obama on detainees from Md.

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski called on the Obama administration Thursday to turn its attention to two Marylanders who are being detained overseas and argued that the recent release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl raised significant questions for U.S. efforts to bring those men home.

• Politics

Mikulski, noting Bergdahl, presses Obama on detainees from Md.

• Baltimore City Paper

Senator Barbara Mikulski, Supernova

• Baltimore City Paper

Senate Passes Budget With Full Funding for James Webb Space Telescope

• Baltimore City Paper

Senate To Mass Transit: Get Bent

• Baltimore City Paper

Full Funding Secured for James Webb Space Telescope

• Baltimore City Paper

Mikulski, Maryland Scientists Mark Opening of James Webb Space Telescope Exhibit in Baltimore

• Baltimore City Paper

As Atlantis Flies, NASA Future Unclear

• Opinion

Critics attack soldier swap

• Opinion

Honoring our veterans [Commentary]

Over the past quarter-century, veterans appropriations bills have been passed on schedule only three times. For the other 22 years, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has had to wait days, weeks and often months before knowing what its funding would be.

• Laws and Legislation

Mikulski introduces measures to reform veterans' claims system, build Navy cybersecurity facility

U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski introduced legislation Thursday to reduce a backlog in veterans' claims and build a $120 million cybersecurity training facility at the Naval Academy.

• Maryland

Letter: Still seeking truth about Benghazi

• Politics

Gov. O'Malley vetoes wind project delay

Congressional delegation warned project threatens military base.

• Opinion

Support science, not potato special interests [Commentary]

After multiple failed attempts, the potato industry is once again leading a charge to allow white potatoes in WIC food packages, despite more than eight years of research conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Institute of Medicine determining that WIC participants already consume enough potatoes in their diets. In a statewide survey among Maryland WIC participants, 15 percent of 6- to 8-month olds and 24 percent of 9- to 12-month olds consumed white potatoes, often French fries,

• Justice System

New generation of federal judges seated

With the swearing-in last week of U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel, more than half the federal district judges sitting in Maryland now are appointees of President Barack Obama, marking a generational shift that reflects the state's evolving legal culture.

• Minority Groups

Report finds 'failure' in Social Security discrimination complaint process

The Social Security Administration has failed to establish an adequate process for handling discrimination claims from employees and has caused concerns about conflicts of interest in some of those cases, according to a scathing federal report obtained Tuesday by The Baltimore Sun.

• Politics

O'Malley signs transgender rights bill

Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation Thursday making Maryland one of a handful of states to extend anti-discrimination laws to protect transgender people.

• Politics

Mikulski presses for further sanctions over Boko Haram kidnappings

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski is leading a group of women who on Tuesday called for tougher international sanctions against an organization that kidnapped more than 200 girls in Nigeria last month.

• Politics

Mikulski presses for further sanctions over Boko Haram kidnappings

• Opinion

Federal funding drives innovation [Commentary]

The nation suffers from more than a federal deficit. Studies by congressional and scientific panels repeatedly warn of an "innovation deficit" that weakens our technological edge. Decades of strong federal support for university research and education helped America prevail in the Cold War and fueled prosperity.

• Workplace

Gender wage gap for federal workers is shrinking, OPM reports

Women who work for the federal government, on the whole, make less than their male co-workers — just as in the private sector.

• Features

O'malley

• Maryland

Letter: Surprised to see Amedori running

• Politics

Franchot urges veto of wind farm curb

Comptroller Peter Franchot on Wednesday urged Gov. Martin O'Malley to veto a bill that would halt a major wind energy project on the Eastern Shore, arguing that Somerset County desperately needs the jobs the project would generate.

• Politics

Mikulski calls for FEMA to speed up flood law

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski joined a bipartisan chorus of lawmakers Monday calling on the Obama administration to speed up the implementation of a law intended to mitigate increases in flood insurance premiums.

• Politics

Mikulski calls for FEMA to speed up flood law

• Laws and Legislation

Five questions for equal pay advocate Deborah Eisenberg

Interview with Deborah Eisenberg, U.Md. associate professor of law and equal pay advocate

• Opinion

Paycheck fairness: a way to motivate the base