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LIVE AT 12:45: Theater critic @jrousuck joins @tomhallwypr with her review of HADESTOWN, the @TheTonyAwards-winning 2019 musical by @anaismitchell , w/@rachelchavkin directing the touring company at Baltimore's @HippodromeBway thru 4/16.📩midday@wypr.org 🎧wypr.org

LIVE>12:25: "AMERICAN RAMBLE" author & journalist @NKingofDC joins @tomhallwypr to discuss his new chronicle of the 26-day "Walk of Memory and Renewal" he took from DC to NYC. JOIN US: 📲410.662.8780 📩midday@wypr.org 🎧wypr.org

LIVE>12: FORMER MD AGRICULTURE SECRETARY Joseph Bartenfelder joins @tomhallwypr to discuss his tenure under @GovLarryHogan, his successor + top issues facing MD farmers today, from the economy to the environment. JOIN US! 📲410.662.8780 📩midday@wypr.org🎧 wypr.org

Mayor Brandon Scott launched the Group Violence Reduction Strategy in January 2022. Partnering with Youth Advocate Programs Inc. and Roca, its purpose is to reduce violent crime by offering services and mentorship to high-risk individuals. wypr.org/wypr-news/2023…

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski enters council chambers to give his annual budget message. ⁦@WYPR881FM⁩ ⁦@JohnnyOJr⁩

Please join us in saying HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our very own, Sheilah Kast. Thank you for all your work and commitment to public radio! Everyone wish Sheilah a happy birthday in the comments below ❤️

ON NOW: Three advocates from the IMAGE Center for people with disabilities go @OnTheRecordWYPR. We hear about the realities people of color who live with disabilities face, navigating both racist and ableist attitudes and their work for empathy & healing. wypr.org/show/on-the-re…

Our legislative tracker for #MDGA23 has been updated #Maryland Find out what passed - state budget, guns, abortion, public safety, transportation, education, environment, state symbols and holidays, and all the rest... wypr.org/wypr-news/2023…

ICYMI: Baltimore/ARP FUNDS UPDATE: Shamiah Kerney, chief of the Mayor's @recoverbmore, joins @tomhallwypr to discuss how Baltimore is spending the $641 million in federal American Rescue Plan funds. 📩midday@wypr.org 🎧wypr.org/show/midday/20…

ICYMI: CHURCH SEX ABUSE REPORT author @Embry4Delegate, a former Assistant MD Attorney-General, joins @tomhallwypr to discuss her role & key findings in @OAGMaryland's probe of child sex abuse by members of @archbalt.📩midday@wypr.org. 🎧wypr.org/show/midday/20…

A new legal challenge to a 2022 Anne Arundel County law that require guns retailers to insert government-provided pamphlets on suicide prevention may bring the issue to a higher court and set a precedent over how far warning labels can go. wypr.org/wypr-news/2023…

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