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Podcast title	WYPR News in Maryland
Website URL	http://www.publicbroadcasting....
Description	WYPR News in Maryland
Updated	Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:30:27 GMT
Category	Public Radio
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1. Annapolis Restrictions Tightened On Sex Offenders http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 0.86Mb) Description: The House of Delegates approved today a package of measures to tighten restrictions on sex offenders. WYPR's Joel McCord reports.
2. Federal Indictment Against Tillman Alleges Fraud http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 4.25Mb) Description: A federal grand jury has indicted a man believed to control a lion's share of Baltimore's bail bonds industry. Milton Tillman, Jr. is charged with filing false tax returns, illegally running an insurance company, as well as receiving wages and benefits even though the erstwhile longshoreman was a no-show at the Port of Baltimore. WYPR's Sunni Khalid reports on the possible impact of Milton Tillman, Junior's indictment.
3. Kratovil Being Pressured By Dems On Health Care Vote http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 4.11Mb) Description: President Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress have been arm twisting members of their own party trying to garner support for a health care overhaul. However -- Congressman Frank Kratovil has not succumbed to any pressure. Sara Sciammacco of the Capital News Connection filed this report for WYPR from Washington.
4. Builders, Developers Clash Again Over Storm Water Regulations http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 3.89Mb) Description: Two weeks after builders, environmentalists and local government officials declared a truce in their battle over Maryland's new storm water regulations, a builders' group fired another shot with a study that claimed the regulations would cripple their industry. WYPR's Joel McCord reports.
5. Bozeman, Bears Poised For NCAA Tourney Opener http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 3.82Mb) Description: This afternoon, the Morgan State University Bears men's basketball team will be making their second straight trip to the NCAA tournament, when the face sixth-ranked West Virginia in a first-round game at Buffalo. WYPR's Jerry Bembry attended Morgan's final practice on campus before they headed to upstate New York.
6. Major Bail Bonds Figure Charged With Fraud http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 1.16Mb) Description: The man once believed to control a lion's share of Baltimore's bail bonds industry was indicted today by a federal grand jury for allegedly filing false tax returns and illegally operating an insurance company. WYPR's Sunni Khalid filed this report.
7. Vallario In Firm Command of House Judiciary Panel http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 3.46Mb) Description: House Judiciary Chairman Joe Vallario is notorious for quietly and effectively killing measures he doesn't like. He's killed bills to crack down on drunk drivers, canned anti-gang measures and stifled proposals from women lawmakers. But, in some ways, he is just a powerful leader looking after his fellow lawmakers. WYPR's Tom LoBianco reports.
8. Does "No-Child-Left-Behind" Have A Future? http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 4.12Mb) Description: President Obama wants to replace No Child Left Behind with a new law that will dictate how students are tested and schools get evaluated. He wants it to happen by the end of the year and it could mean big changes for Maryland classrooms. Megan Hughes of the Capital News Connection reports for WYPR from Washington.
9. New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward Still Recovering From Katrina http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 4.20Mb) Description: In the city of New Orleans, they're looking at 2010 as a year of change. The city is still on "Cloud Nine" after New Orleans Saints won their first Super Bowl last month. And on May 3 the city will have its first white mayor in 32 years when Mitch Landrieu is sworn into office. What hasn't change is the Lower Ninth Ward, which was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. WYPR's Jerry Bembry recently visited New Orleans and filed this report.
10. General Assembly Takes Aim At Plastic Bags http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 4.12Mb) Description: Plastic bags from supermarkets, convenience stores and other retailers are a common site on streets and waterways and hanging in trees. Now, several Maryland lawmakers are trying to discourage their use. WYPR's Joel McCord reports.
11. Advocates Push For Alcohol Tax Hike http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 1.23Mb) Description: In their continuing push for an alcohol tax hike, health care advocates released another poll today that suggests that a lawmakers' vote on the bill could have consequences in November. WYPR's Joel McCord reports.
12. Annapolis Tries To Hammer Out A Deal On Storm Water http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 3.15Mb) Description: What threatened to be a pitched legislative battle over curbing run-off pollution without choking the building industry has fizzled after environmentalists, builders and local government officials hammered out a compromise. WYPR's Joel McCord has the story.
13. Etiquette Classes Filling A Need For 7th Graders http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 5.23Mb) Description: In previous generations, young men and women attended charm schools to polish their social skills, being instructed on the proper way to behave and talk in various social situations. In many ways, these classes reinforced what had previously been taught in the home. As more children are being raised in broken families, many of those lessons have not been taught. But as WYPR's Sunni Khalid reports, social etiquette is being introduced to a group of middle school students at a local school.
14. Unemployment Insurance Overhaul Gains Speed http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 1.97Mb) Description: Maryland's Senate gave preliminary approval today to a re-worked version of Governor Martin O'Malley's plan to overhaul the state unemployment insurance fund. WYPR's Joel McCord reports.
15. Students March Through Downtown Baltimore, Demand Increase Funding http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 3.99Mb) Description: About four hundred Baltimore students bundled up amid cold temperatures Thursday morning and then marched through downtown, loudly demanding that Governor O'Malley's increase funding for education. WYPR's Mary Rose Madden there at the protest and filed this report.
16. Unions May Play Pivotal Role In November Elections http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 3.97Mb) Description: Labor in Maryland, historically powerful in state politics, many have lost some of its clout. The recent election of Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts, another union stronghold, and a series of painful layoffs and furloughs in Maryland, have some observers wondering whether labor will remain a potent force for Democrats in this state. WYPR's Tom LoBianco reports.
17. Assembly Debates Storm Water Fees http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 3.76Mb) Description: Controlling storm water run off is seen as the last major hurdle in cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay. But money for storm water projects is hard to come by. So, a group of Maryland lawmakers wants to require local governments to raise that money through "storm water remediation fees." WYPR's Joel McCord reports.
18. Shock-Trauma Shares Haitian Quake Stories http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 3.75Mb) Description: Nearly two months ago, a massive earthquake ravaged Haiti. Soon after, medical teams from the University of Maryland arrived in the stricken nation to treat some of the hundreds of thousands of victims of the quake. Yesterday, some of the members of those teams shared their experiences. WYPR's Donna Marie Owens was there and filed this report.
19. State Lawmakers Go After Corporate Tax Revenues http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 3.06Mb) Description: Because of the way Maryland's tax laws are written, huge multi-state corporations like Bank of America and Pizza Hut can avoid paying state corporate income taxes. But locally-owned banks and the mom and pop pizza shops on the corner pay every year. A group of Maryland lawmakers is trying to change that. WYPR's Joel McCord reports.
20. Eastern Shore Opposition Stirs Against National SecurityTraining Center http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 6.85Mb) Description: The recession-driven dream of a new government outpost bringing jobs and commerce to a sleepy Eastern Shore town has turned into a political nightmare. Those intended to benefit from this federal largesse fear their tranquility will be shattered. They want no parts of this economic stimulus project. WYPR's Karen Hosler visited the site of the proposed national security training center in Queen Anne's County and filed this report.
21. Atty. General Gansler Issues Opinion On Same-Sex Marriage http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 3.44Mb) Description: State Attorney Doug Gansler said today that there is nothing to prohibit recognizing same-sex marriages from jurisdictions that approve them. WYPR's Karen Hosler spoke earlier today with our Annapolis Bureau Chief Joel McCord about Gansler's opinion and the reaction by members of the General Assembly.
22. General Assembly Mulls Cuts In Budget Plans http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 3.87Mb) Description: In an extraordinary hearing before two legislative committees yesterday, House and Senate Republicans laid out their plans to solve Maryland's fiscal problems. WYPR's Joel McCord reports.
23. Rawlings Blake Delivers First "State of the City" address http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 3.48Mb) Description: Earlier today, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake delivered her first "State of the City" address to an audience in the City Council chambers at City Hall. The mayor's been on the job less than a month, but spoke for about a half-hour about where the city is and where she hopes to take Baltimore. WYPR's Donna Marie Owens was there and she spoke to our Senior News Analyst Fraser Smith.
24. O'Malley Administration Pushing Aquaculture, Despite Opposition http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 3.87Mb) Description: The O'Malley administration's effort to restore Chesapeake Bay oysters unveiled in December--immediately stirred anger among Maryland watermen. Now lawmakers are trying to blunt that plan. WYPR's Joel McCord reports.
25. O'Malley Pushes Solar Energy Projects http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 4.15Mb) Description: Governor Martin O'Malley's administration unveiled a new push for solar energy yesterday, the same day House and Senate committees took up more of the governor's clean energy legislation. WYPR's Joel McCord reports.
26. O'Malley, Cummings Testify On Home Foreclosures http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 4.10Mb) Description: Now that snow drifts are being cleared away and operations are returning to some semblance of normal, the pace of the General Assembly has picked up. WYPR's Joel McCord joins Senior News Analyst Fraser Smith by phone from Annapolis to talk about some of the action today.
27. Circulator Buses Drawing Praise From Businesses. Commuters http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 9.52Mb) Description: First and foremost, it's free! It runs seven days-a-week, much of the day and night; and is supposed to get people to explore new places. WYPR's Bob Costantini hopped abord the Downtown Circulator.
28. Blizzard Highlights Area Nursing Shortage http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 2.63Mb) Description: The recent area blizzards have emphasized the shortage of registered nurses.
29. Area Hospitals Tackle "Snowmageddon" http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 5.62Mb) Description: The University of Maryland's Hospital System, with 12 units operating around the state, became a refuge and a beacon for the state's ill and injured - and for some of the emergency personnel - during the recent double blizzard. It was a heroic - and costly - enterprise straining budgets but testing emergency response plans and performance. WYPR's Senior News Analyst Fraser Smith prepared this report.
30. Blizzards A Sharp Learning Curve For New Annapolis Mayor http://www.publicbroadcasting.... download (audio/mpeg, 4.20Mb) Description: Then newly-minted Annapolis Mayor Josh Cohen was roundly criticized after the December snow storm that strangled the capitol city's streets. He said afterward he learned some things. And apparently he did. WYPR's Joel McCord reports.