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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’s longest-serving House speaker will be honored in the State House and with funeral services next week. Michael E. Busch, who died at the…
A Baltimore podcaster and journalist is testing the state’s prohibition on publicly broadcasting audio recordings of court proceedings. Amelia McDonell-Parry is host of the…
The late Maryland Speaker of the House Michael E. Busch (D) was eulogized Tuesday on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep….
In a session marked by ailing leaders and an ambitious agenda propelled by a younger, more progressive class of Democratic lawmakers, the 439th General…
The 439th General Assembly adjourned a joint session in a moment of silence at midnight Monday night, and the only sound at the moment of…
The steady drumbeat for the resignation of embattled Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh (D) grew even louder Monday night, as the city delegation to…
Embattled Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh (D) vowed Monday morning to eventually return to office, even as a growing number of people call for…
A somber General Assembly got back to work Monday morning, trying to crank through a busy agenda before ending its 90-day session late Monday…
While hundreds of bills will zoom across the desks of the presiding officers of the House and Senate on Monday as the legislature wraps…
A bill that would shift tens of thousands of asbestos cases from circuit court to a mandatory mediation program has provisions that could be…