— Baltimore’s attempt to treat drug users with compassion still centers courts and cops (Mobtown Redux/Baltimore Beat)


— ‘It’s easier out here’: Despite extreme temperatures, unhoused Baltimoreans often seek comfort, familiarity in anything but a shelter (Mobtown Redux/Baltimore Beat)


— In Baltimore's drug war, 'public safety' comes before public health. Nearly all of those impacted are Black (Mobtown Redux/Baltimore Beat)


— Baltimore has the highest overdose death rate in the nation. How did it get here? (Mobtown Redux)


— Auditor to review sale of Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly's land for possible conflict after homeless encampment cleared (The Chattanooga Times Free Press)


— ‘This is a war’: Doug Mastriano's ties to election deniers and the Jan. 6 insurrection (The York Dispatch)


— Gaps in oversight law put Pa. children at risk; DA calls for holding people accountable (The York Dispatch/Spotlight PA)


— Has anything changed 50 years after York burned? (The York Dispatch)