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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.
Fresh from a series of policy wins, President Joe Biden kicked off the general election campaign season Thursday night with a well-attended rally at…
This is the second time Blair has narrowly lost to Elrich in the Democratic primary for the county’s top government job.
Maryland’s top federal prosecutor announced what he called a series of ‘exceptional action’ that his office will undertake to quell violence in the city of Baltimore.
The Montgomery County Board of Elections is expected to meet Wednesday to certify the recount results.
After a full weekend of ballot counting, the Democratic primary race for Montgomery County executive remains relatively unchanged. With re-counted and audited results from…
Update: After additional ballot-counting and auditing on Saturday, the Montgomery Board of Elections issued a brief statement that the results for early voting have…
In what has been an extended and tumultuous primary season, Frederick County Council President M.C. Keegan-Ayer (D) is headed to a re-election fight in the…
The Maryland State Fraternal Order of Police issued a brief statement this week highlighting the state’s largest police union endorsements in the upcoming general…
As primary results were certified Monday, nearly a month after the July 19 election, the State Board of Elections voted to seek legal action to allow earlier processing of ballots in November.
In a count of additional provisional ballots, Blair received 31 additional votes and Elrich received an additional 24.