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Ariana Figueroa

Washington correspondent

Ariana covers the nation’s capital for States Newsroom. Her areas of coverage include politics and policy, lobbying, elections and campaign finance. Before joining States Newsroom, Ariana covered public health and chemical policy on Capitol Hill for E&E News. As a Florida native, she’s worked for the Miami Herald and her hometown paper, the Tampa Bay Times. Her work has also appeared in the Chicago Tribune and NPR. She is a graduate of the University of Florida.

The Department of Labor has typically updated the salary requirement levels every five to nine years since 1938, but after 1975, those updates have been more unpredictable.

High court’s eventual ruling could ultimately guide how local governments across the U.S. address the growing problem of homelessness.

President Biden during his campaign in 2020 promised to nix the Trump administration’s Title IX regulations. 

Former president repeatedly and erroneously suggests there is a surge of nonresidents voting in federal elections.

Plan would set aside $200 million for the new FBI headquarters in Greenbelt.

Democrats in Md.’s congressional delegation score well on the civil rights group’s report card. U.S. Rep. Andy Harris (R) got a zero.

Maryland Democrats were enthusiastic about the president’s speech. U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen said he ‘came out swinging.’

Dig into the details of the partial federal budget deal, agency by agency.

Democratic Senate contenders in Maryland release withering statements about the Kentuckian’s political legacy.

Time is short and the House of Representatives does not return from recess until Wednesday night.