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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.
Maryland voters will hold the power of the purse this fall ― casting ballots to decide whether the legislature can create a sports betting…
Maryland’s top fiscal leaders agreed Tuesday that state revenues may weather a COVID-ravaged economy better than expected, to the tune of $3.5 billion. But,…
Although Election Day isn’t until Nov. 3, many Marylanders will be voting early or submitting their ballots by mail for the upcoming General Election….
State school superintendents reacted coolly and a leading legislator questioned safety protocols after Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) and the state’s superintendent of…
The Green Party candidate running for a Baltimore City Council seat clinched one decisive victory recently ― 85% of the vote for a union…
Republican Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. said the U.S. Senate should hold off on filling the vacancy created by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death….
The Baltimore businessman who admitted to paying more than $40,000 in bribes to a disgraced Maryland lawmaker in an effort to land a medical…
Leaders in the Maryland General Assembly will seek to reform the Maryland Environmental Service, which has come under scrutiny after making a large severance…
Dr. Bruce Jarrell, who has held the title of interim president at the University of Maryland Baltimore since January, will take the job permanently,…
Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) wants the state to direct a general fund surplus to small businesses coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Franchot announced…