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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.

Jaymi Sterling, a former deputy state’s attorney in St. Mary’s County, announced Wednesday that she is challenging her ex-boss in the GOP primary.

A state senator slammed the comptroller for not acting sooner to make vendor payment information publicly available.

“I’m gonna be honest, I just do not think you can do it in that time frame,” one local elections director said.

The majority of claims in a pair of lawsuits challenging Maryland’s congressional redistricting plan will be allowed to move forward, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Fair housing advocates, local leaders and Democratic gubernatorial candidates urged state lawmakers Tuesday to pass “just cause” legislation that would allow local governments to…

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a redistricting plan from the Baltimore County Council that included just one majority Black council district and ordered…

Legislative boundaries in Maryland are changing — leaving incumbents and challengers alike wondering: Do I live in my district?

Elections lawyer warned that officials might struggle to implement changes that may result from challenges to Maryland’s new legislative map in time for the June 28 primary.

Republican state lawmakers announced legislation Thursday to require voter identification and signature verification, though those measures have repeatedly failed in the General Assembly. Measures…

Challenges to Maryland’s new congressional map could go to trial days before an already pushed-back candidate filing deadline next month.