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Bennett Leckrone was a Report for America corps member at Maryland Matters through May 2022. He is a December 2019 graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. Leckrone has interned at The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Columbus Dispatch, PennLive.com, The Dayton Daily News and The Troy Daily News.
A federal judge once described Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District as “reminiscent of a broken-winged pterodactyl, lying prostrate across the center of the state.” On…
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) said in a statement Wednesday that he is deactivating both his Facebook and Instagram accounts “until both its parent…
The vast majority of Marylanders surveyed in a new Goucher College poll had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but were…
Baltimore County residents and civil rights activists said county council members should reject maps proposed by a redistricting commission at a Tuesday evening public…
Fair Maps Maryland, a group formed by a pair of former lawmakers to support maps proposed by the Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission, submitted a…
Maryland’s watermen will be key to fighting climate change and cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, R. David Harden, a Democratic contender in the 1st…
The Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission released a draft delegate district map with both single- and multi-member districts last week, but panelists want more public…
Eastern Shore residents urged members of the Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission to boost representation for people of color in their legislative maps at a…
State lawmakers and voting rights advocates slammed proposed Baltimore County Council districts at a Tuesday press conference, and said the county’s next set of…
Harford County Executive and former state legislator Barry Glassman (R), the lone declared Republican candidate for comptroller, wants to use his lengthy government resume…