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Abell Reports are commissioned reports by subject matter experts, academics, and investigative journalists that provide studies of selected issues on the public agenda.
These projects – undertaken with grant funding by academics and nonprofit research and advocacy organizations – advance learning on issues key to Baltimore City.
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In 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a consent decree for the Baltimore Police Department, mandating wide-ranging reforms. In a pair of companion reports, researchers from the University of Maryland examine the current state of community-police relations and how certain initiatives could help to improve them.
Eviction prevention programs, which cover up to three months of past-due rent, are a cost-effective way to stabilize families, pay landlords, and reduce costs to the state. This report examines two different scenarios that would prevent disruptive displacements.
Ten years ago, Maryland’s legislature passed a bill to expedite utilities’ replacement of their natural gas pipes in the name of safety. Since then, Maryland has adopted ambitious climate goals that will require the near elimination of natural gas use in homes by 2045. Yet the state continues to allow utilities to invest billions in replacing pipes, which consumers will have to pay for — with a profit for the utilities — for decades to come.
After decades of broken promises, EPA and the other Bay States now say they are serious about cleaning up the Bay. The key will be holding them accountable.
An examination of this issue—along with potential impacts on recycling rates, employment, beverage sales, and greenhouse gas emissions.
No Child Left Behind’s “free” tutoring program for poor children costs the public millions, but is it working in Baltimore City and Maryland schools?
For teaching re-entering prisoners that to regain faith in society, they must regain faith in themselves.
Medical, educational, and employment crises that afflict thousands of Marylanders with sickle cell disease can be curtailed. So why does the sickle cycle persist? Here’s what experts say can be done.
Header photo courtesy of Venture for America.
