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7AM Newscast

Kansas Republican Senator Sam Brownback will hold a hearing this week on his proposal to replace the federal income tax in the district with a flat tax. The Maryland Senate is expected to take a final vote this week on a politically divisive bill to provide state funding for stem cell research.

8AM Newscast

Kansas Republican Senator Sam Brownback will hold a hearing this week on his proposal to replace the federal income tax in the district with a flat tax. Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer is expected to announce today that he's secured a 260-thousand dollar grant to help Prince George's County prosecute gang members. A computer server containing the personal information of tens of thousands of D-C residents has been hacked by an outsider.

Project Youth Art Reach

For the last five years, Project Youth Art Reach has been working to bring art into the lives of at-risk youth. The Silver Spring-based program finds storytellers, musicians and poets to share their talents with young people in alternative schools and detention centers. WAMUs Sidsel Overgaard recently sat in on a performance at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility.