Emily Hofstaedter
General Assignment ReporterEmily is a general assignment news reporter for WYPR.
Emily began her journalism radio career nestled out on the tundra and on the shores of the sea ice in Nome, Alaska. Out there she covered everything from dog sled racing (mushing), climate change and Indigenous sovereignty. The work she did with her news team covering mishandled sexual assaults has won awards from the Alaska Press Club and led to an update in the Alaska consent statute.
In Alaska she met her now husband, and the two of them ended up in America’s Greatest City! She then spent a year working as a Ben Bagdikian Fellow for Mother Jones magazine doing research and fact-checking while she reported on issues ranging from labor politics, environmental justice and religion.
Emily originally hails from just up the Susquehanna River in Lancaster, PA and so the Chesapeake watershed has always been her home. When she isn’t reporting you might catch her performing with a local theatre troupe, writing poetry or hiking Maryland’s glorious range of trails.
Send her news tips at [email protected] or on Twitter @ehofstaedter!
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An outside law firm found a lack of training and knowledge about heat safety. They also found a culture in which employees were afraid to speak up about safety concerns out of fears over retaliation.
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Robert Phillip Nedd appears to have a gun which he is commanded to drop before police open fire. Worley defended officers’ decision to pursue the man on foot after he fled the scene of a car crash.
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Promising projects are on the horizon but it could still be a while before the city sees new units under the law, says the housing commissioner.
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Jovani Patterson, chairman of People for Elected Accountability and Civic Engagement, thinks that by slashing the size of that office, the city can redirect funding elsewhere. Detractors argue it will decrease representation.
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Vignarajah says that Harborplace redevelopment proponents are already gearing up for a new charter amendment in 2026.
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Justices are mainly considering two things: was the challenge to Question F submitted at the appropriate time and does it, in fact, constitute proper charter material?
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Conaway said that delayed essential court proceedings and affects hundreds of residents including witnesses, jurors and those waiting for childcare custody decisions.
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Dozens of community volunteers planted cages as part of the Great Baltimore Oyster Partnership, a joint project between Waterfront Partnership and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation that has cultivated an estimated 1.6 million oyster spat in Baltimore’s Harbor since 2013.
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What measures can Baltimore City voters watch for on the November ballot?
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The Maryland Supreme Court will hear an appeal from the State Board of Elections, Baltimore City and MCB Real Estate on Monday.
