Michael W. Green did some math recently. For a family of four to afford housing, health care, child care and other necessities, he calculated that they would need at least $136,500 a year. The U.S.

See more from Canary Media’s “Chart of the week” column. The world is clamoring for more electrons. It’s getting them from solar and wind. Between January and September, the two clean-energy sources ...

In Caroline County, Rich Adams stands to lose some elderberries, and Mark Sandor is worried about data centers. And in Stafford County, concerns include the potential for property values to drop and ...