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Danielle Gaines worked for Maryland Matters from September 2018 to January 2024. She covered government and politics for Maryland Matters for two years before moving into an editing position, ultimately serving as editor-in-chief for nearly three years. Previously, she spent six years at The Frederick News-Post ― as the paper’s principal government and politics reporter for half that time, covering courts and legal affairs before that. She also reported for the now-defunct The Gazette of Politics and Business in Maryland and previously worked as a county government and education reporter at The Merced Sun-Star in California’s Central Valley.
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The changing demographics of Frederick County are at the heart of the race to lead county government there. In the last two decades, the…
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In one of Maryland’s true swing districts, the race to represent District 30 in the state Senate could be decided by predicted trends in…
With the close of voter registration last week, the gap between Republicans and Democrats has grown smaller since the last gubernatorial election in several…
If the Senate Education Health and Environment Committee doesn’t meet again until next year’s legislative session, outgoing Chairwoman Sen. Joan Carter Conway will have…
An out-of-state political committee’s two-year involvement in Maryland elections that went unreported in the state’s campaign finance reporting system despite more than $1 million…
A state commission with the power to subpoena witnesses and documents to unravel the culture of corruption that allowed a task force of sworn…
Internal polling suggests that the tightest Maryland Senate district in 2014 is likely to be tight again. This time around the race to represent…