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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 gunman killed five Capital-Gazette employees in the paper’s Annapolis newsroom nearly two years ago, those staffers who survived the shooting called on…
Maryland’s congressional delegation on Thursday called for a review of the state’s recent primary election, adding to mounting bipartisan criticism of elections officials. In…
Maryland has approved $46.1 million in COVID-19 emergency relief grants since the program was established in late March, Commerce Secretary Kelly M. Schulz told…
Maryland’s top elections administrator should retire in the wake of glitches and mishaps surrounding Tuesday’s primary election, Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford (R) said…
More than 41,000 Marylanders voted in-person during Tuesday’s primary, officials said, capping off an unusual and unprecedented election that was mostly conducted by mail….
Advocates say some Baltimore City voters received the wrong ballots for Tuesday’s primary election, and were urging them to vote on a provisional ballot…
Winning the primary in Baltimore essentially guarantees victory for the city’s Democratic politicians, often making for an uncompetitive general election in November. That’s why…
As Tuesday’s unprecedented primary loomed, a ballot dropoff box and elections office in downtown Baltimore closed early Monday due to safety concerns over protests….