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Wednesday, Jan 30 Howard County public schools’ free and reduced meals program, or FARMs, saw a 50 percent increase of applications during the federal government shutdown, according to school system data. | | | |
| What is the polar vortex? It's not a new weather phenomenon — it's an area of frigid air and low atmospheric pressure over each of Earth's poles. But it is making an unusual intrusion into the eastern United States, actually the result of warming at the North Pole. |
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| Over the years, Howard County has become a safe space for interracial couples. |
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| In 1950, Howard County was a primarily rural, predominately white farming community of around 23,000. Since then, the population has grown more than tenfold and diversified. We use Census Bureau data to examine the growth of Howard's largest minority groups. |
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| Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said in his State of the State address that he's cut taxes, but experts say the claim stretches the meaning of a tax break. For instance, businesses and residents saved $240 million because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Other cuts came from Democratic bills Hogan signed. |
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| University of Maryland President Wallace Loh will remain at the helm of the state flagship through June 2020, a reversal that comes three months after he announced plans to retire at the end of this school year. |
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| “I think sometimes people would think that maybe I’d be embarrassed that I started off as an intern now that I’m a GM, that I want to forget that,” Eric DeCosta said. “To be honest with you, I cherish that." |
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