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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.
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) received high marks – from both sides of the aisle – for his inaugural address that touched on…
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a citizenship question should not be included in the 2020 Census, in a lawsuit joined by Maryland Attorney…
Maryland lawmakers will craft a budget this legislative session in about as favorable an environment as they could hope for, an economist said Tuesday….
Lawmakers, advocates ― and even some small business owners ― gathered in Annapolis on Monday evening, vowing to push for a $15 minimum wage…
Tens of thousands of Marylanders missed paychecks last week as the federal government rolled into the longest shutdown in U.S. history. An estimated $778…
Del. Richard K. Impallaria’s campaign released a robocall in June that purported to highlight the House of Delegates minority whip’s support for the transgender…
When Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D) entered the Senate chamber on Thursday, it was anything but business as usual. Miller started…
The 2019 General Assembly, with its 61 freshman lawmakers, was off to a sleepy start Wednesday. Thirty-eight bills were pre-filed in the House this…
Listing some of the recent headline-grabbing stories of crime and death in Baltimore, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. announced a list of new initiatives…
The Maryland General Assembly kicks off its 439th session on Wednesday with the great expectations that accompany every first year of a four-year legislative…