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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.
The Maryland State Board of Elections will recommend a limited number of voting sites throughout the state for the delayed presidential primary election in…
About 15,000 Maryland state employees who are required to come into work began receiving increased wages Wednesday, albeit at a lower rate than a…
Maryland has a new political party ― but social distancing precautions mean it may take a while for the Working Class Party to form…
Since winter, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has been advocating for federal funding to close “the homework gap” created when millions of students…
The Maryland State Board of Education announced Tuesday night that it would extend the contract for Superintendent Karen B. Salmon for a year, as…
Maryland’s top legislators are calling on Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) to ensure at least some in-person voting opportunities for the presidential primary…
Dozens of planned elections in Maryland ― with their potential to spread the novel coronavirus ― could be postponed after an executive order from…
Attorneys and advocates in Maryland renewed calls for a reduction in the number of inmates at the state’s correctional facilities on Monday, after the…
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) issued a mandatory stay-at-home order on Monday, after a dire weekend that included an outbreak of the novel…
Maryland has joined more than two dozen other states under a stay-at-home directive. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) signed an executive order Monday…