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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.
It’s been more than six months since Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan (D-Montgomery) raised a red flag over a lack of 911 fee audits from…
The Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission, which is drawing up proposed congressional and legislative maps for the state’s next round of redistricting, appointed an adviser…
With Democratic state elections board member Patrick J. Hogan’s term set to expire at the end of June, the Maryland Democratic Party has nominated…
Baltimore County Executive John A. Olszewski Jr. (D) signed legislation Monday to create his county’s first-ever housing and community development department — an effort…
Democratic leaders from some of Maryland’s largest jurisdictions joined calls for a temporary statewide eviction moratorium in a letter sent this week to Gov….
Members of the Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission convened a virtual introductory meeting Wednesday night — but the data they’ll need to draw their proposed…
After a federal judge vacated the Centers for Disease Control’s nationwide eviction moratorium Wednesday, Maryland fair housing advocates are calling for stronger state-level eviction…
A Confederate monument on the Talbot County courthouse lawn in Easton is racist and unconstitutional, said civil rights groups who filed a federal lawsuit…
Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott (D) is removing some homes from the city’s annual tax sale later this month. Owner-occupied homes that face a…
After tenant relief efforts failed to pass in the Maryland General Assembly, a broad coalition of fair housing advocates, faith organizations and community groups…