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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.

A package of sweeping police reform measures is now law in Maryland, after a series of veto override votes in the State House on…

Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) announced Thursday evening that he’d vetoed the Juvenile Restoration Act, a bill to prohibit life without parole sentences…

Maryland’s Senate moved forward with a bill to let counties to set local income taxes at different rates for lower-income and wealthy residents. The…

The General Assembly has passed a bill to amend the Maryland Constitution and rename the state’s appellate courts. Voters will be able to approve…

Amid a stubborn rise in COVID-19 infections, the Hogan administration moved on Monday to expand vaccine eligibility at the state’s mass vaccination sites. The…

The Maryland General Assembly gave final approval Friday to a $52.4 billion budget that House Appropriations Chairwoman Maggie L. McIntosh (D-Baltimore City) said is…

Maryland spent more than $11.9 million for 500,000 COVID-19 testing kits from South Korea during the early weeks of the pandemic, but a months-long…

Negotiators from the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates finalized details of the state’s 2022 budget on Thursday, approving a plan expected to tally…

A shuttered paper mill in Western Maryland will pay the state $650,000 to settle a lawsuit over pollution from “black liquor” and contaminants associated…

Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R), Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) and House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) announced a coordinated plan…