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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 majority of Maryland voters want to change how vacancies in the General Assembly are filled, according to a poll commissioned by a coalition…

Maryland families who had to make multiple withdrawals from tax-free college savings accounts shouldn’t face a tax penalty because of errors plaguing the now-discontinued…

Days before a new state law enacting broad restrictions on carrying firearms in public was set to take effect, a federal judge issued a…

Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks received more support Monday in her run for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. According to the Alsobrooks…

Former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon launched her latest bid to return to City Hall on Thursday, with a small group of supporters at Gold…

The first candidate forum for Republicans seeking to replace U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-6th) has been scheduled for the evening of Sept. 20 in…

Two new public employee unions had extra cause to celebrate this Labor Day weekend. New faculty unions at Howard Community College and Frederick Community…

General Assembly

Maryland ranks as one of the best states for workers, but there is still room for improvement, according to an annual ranking from Oxfam,…

The delegate says he hopes to see ‘less violence and less violent rhetoric’ in the future.

Charges were dropped this week against seven protesters from the immigrants’ rights group CASA, who were arrested in Annapolis in April during a demonstration for health…