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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.
Civil rights groups oppose the council’s redistricting plan, which keeps just one majority Black Baltimore County Council district.
The Maryland Senate confirmed members of an education reform oversight panel Tuesday morning after Republicans sought to delay the appointments, citing concerns about geographic…
As Congress looks to tackle Postal Service delays nationwide, lawmakers convened a hearing in Baltimore about chronic mail delays in the city.
The Maryland Court of Appeals on Friday pushed Maryland’s 2022 primary campaign candidate filing deadline back by a month.
Fair Maps Maryland, an anti-gerrymandering group, and three Republican state delegates announced a petition challenging the state’s new legislative districts Thursday.
Baltimore County officials want a lawsuit against the jurisdiction’s new council districts thrown out.
A bill to ensure Marylanders get a second chance to sign a mail-in ballot oath, required for their vote to be counted, moved forward in the Senate on Monday.
A House bill would allow local governments to expand public campaign finance programs to include more elected offices, including for boards of education.
Republicans on the Anne Arundel County Council voted down a charter amendment that, if approved by voters, would have set up a public campaign financing system.
Political developments from one corner of the state to the other, including some prominent endorsements.