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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 House of Delegates voted Saturday to approve the Trans Health Equity Act — a bill that just a year ago disappeared from…
The Maryland House of Delegates passed a nearly $62.5 billion budget plan Friday, with nearly $1 billion in additional funding directed to state education…
The Maryland Senate passed a bill Thursday that would lift legal limitations on when survivors of child sexual abuse are able to bring legal…
The Senate Finance Committee on Friday night watered down Gov. Wes Moore’s bill to expedite full implementation of the state’s $15-an-hour minimum wage. The…
Gov. Wes Moore is adding a second sport to his resume this week while also looking at one potential future for a revitalized area around Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Maryland appropriators warned Thursday that legislative ambitions in the first year of a new term under Democratic party rule in Annapolis might have to…
Hogan issues a statement, appears on ‘Face the Nation,’ and releases an op-ed in The New York Times.
Maryland became the first state this week to get federal approval for a plan to reimburse victims of food benefits fraud — and Gov….
Nearly two-dozen cabinet secretaries can now remove “acting” from their titles after being sworn in Thursday night by Gov. Wes Moore. The ceremony in the…
Census survey shows people struggle to pay for food even before pandemic-era SNAP benefits end next month.