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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.
After a lengthy partisan debate on the Senate floor Wednesday, Democratic senators moved forward with their proposal to provide relief for taxpayers who were…
Eligible Marylanders could begin receiving RELIEF Act payments from the state by the end of the week, Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) said at…
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) signed a heavily amended version of his billion-dollar COVID-19 relief package into law Monday, authorizing thousands of low-income…
After the House of Delegates nixed a last-minute provision that would’ve included broader stimulus checks for Maryland taxpayers, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R)…
After backlash from Democratic lawmakers and advocates, Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee amended the state’s billion-dollar relief effort Thursday to include…
The Maryland House of Delegates tacked on additional revisions to Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s (R) billion-dollar COVID-19 relief proposal, including a large expansion…
Thousands of Marylanders have fallen behind on their utility bills – and advocates worry that many don’t know they might qualify for government energy…
One Maryland lawmaker wants to change the way several rural counties elect their commissioners, arguing that those counties’ current systems disenfranchise people of color….
Republican state lawmakers want to require that voters show some form of identification before casting their ballots. At a Thursday press conference, Senators Justin…
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) touted the state’s vaccine plan and urged state lawmakers to quickly pass his COVID-19 relief proposal in an…