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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.
Public schools in the city of Baltimore and Prince George’s County could see a dramatic increase in state funding under newly proposed amendments to…
State elections officials voted Thursday to give Maryland’s largest counties a choice on whether to connect to a new wireless data network in the…
Maryland senators are weighing a bill that would direct an additional $2.5 million to the Office of the Attorney General to fight violent crime…
Students, alumni, professors and supporters packed a House committee room on Tuesday in support of a bill that would end the state’s long-running lawsuit…
Seven nominees to the newly reconfigured Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission got the nod from the Senate Executive Nominations Committee on Monday night, including the…
New members of an oversight board for the controversial private police force at Johns Hopkins University told senators on Monday night that they hope…
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s push for a statewide post-Labor Day school start got another airing in the General Assembly on Friday ― but…
A novel approach to expand Maryland’s sales tax ― with the appealing benefit of generating enough revenue to pay for a 10-year, multi-billion-dollar education…
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) launched a blistering attack on Democratic lawmakers Thursday, accusing them of blocking vital anti-crime legislation for political purposes…
As a group of lawmakers charged with ironing out the finer details of a multibillion-dollar education reform package met to discuss amendments for the…