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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.
Maryland officials have uncovered a “massive, sophisticated criminal enterprise” that attempted to steal $501 million in unemployment insurance from the state, Gov. Lawrence J….
Maryland will likely roll out an updated unemployment filing system in the fall after claimants spent weeks waiting for benefits earlier this year in…
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh (D) on Friday blasted Republican Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s recent decision to hold a traditional election in…
State lawmakers want to extend Maryland’s moratorium on evictions through January of 2021 as a potential “tsunami of evictions” looms later this month. Maryland’s…
While Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) says requiring voters to apply if they want mail-in ballots will make for a smoother election in…
Maryland received a massive pot of COVID-19 relief money from the federal government, but how much of that money will be spent remains unknown…
Thousands of Marylanders could lose their homes when a federal moratorium on evictions ends later this month – but state officials might be able…
Marylanders will have to fill out an absentee ballot request if they want to vote by mail in the fall, Republican Gov. Lawrence J….
Gender expression and HIV status aren’t currently included in Montgomery County’s anti-discrimination laws, but County Council members are hoping to change that. A bill…
While Republican members of the Maryland State Board of Elections prefer mailing ballot applications to voters for the November election, local election officials say…