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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 hotly contested measure to change how some Maryland counties select their commissioners passed out of the House of Delegates on Wednesday after a…
R. David Harden spent years building economies overseas during his time with the foreign service. Now, the foreign policy strategist wants to do so…
After another round of intense partisan debate and failed Republican amendments Friday, the Maryland House of Delegates approved a proposal to extend relief to…
A proposal to give counties more power over their local income taxes received preliminary approval in the House of Delegates on Thursday after Republican…
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh (D) led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in support of a federal election reform Tuesday. In a…
After Maryland voters overwhelmingly embraced mail-in voting last year, state legislators are looking to permanently expand and improve the state’s absentee ballot system. House…
Members of the Maryland House Ways and Means Committee voted Tuesday night to move forward with a proposal to provide relief for thousands of…
Maryland Department of Labor officials have extended the state’s emergency stay on new foreclosures through the end of March, according to a Tuesday press…
The Maryland Senate approved a measure to expand a tax credit to a broader group of taxpayers Friday, including thousands of immigrants who’ve been…
Because Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. is a Republican, all 24 of Maryland’s local boards of elections are dominated by a Republican majority regardless…