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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.
In Maryland’s 1st congressional district, Democratic contender Heather R. Mizeur continued to outpace incumbent Rep. Andrew P. Harris (R) fundraising. Mizeur raised more than…
Two weeks into the current fiscal year, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan (R) announced plans for $1 million in spending in the state’s 2023 fiscal…
Sen. George C. Edwards (R-Garrett) announced Tuesday that he won’t seek reelection in 2022, ending a legislative career that spanned decades. Edwards, 73, said…
Multi-member districts should be kept in the state’s next proposed maps because they boost legislative diversity, proponents of that district model said at a…
The field of Democratic challengers vying to unseat Montgomery County State’s Attorney John J. McCarthy (D) in 2022 grew again this week: Perry Paylor,…
The Maryland General Assembly has launched its own commission to draw new congressional and legislative district maps. Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) and…
Members of the Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission heard a familiar appeal from residents of Baltimore City and Anne Arundel and Howard counties at a…
Talbot County officials want a lawsuit seeking removal of the Confederate Talbot Boys monument from the county courthouse grounds dismissed, according to Wednesday court…
Attorney General Brian E. Frosh (D) and other top legal leaders issued a call to action for Maryland attorneys Thursday, urging them to take…
A bipartisan pair of former lawmakers that lost narrow elections in 2018 have formed a nonprofit group to pressure the General Assembly to accept…