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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.
A state task force has recommended removing Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot’s oversight of the alcohol industry, which the comptroller has sought to shake up…
Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) is defending his office’s role in alcohol regulation, just as a task force formed to review the agency’s work…
Maryland’s congressional map boundaries are back on the Supreme Court docket. The court on Friday ordered that the case be reheard in March, along…
Things were hectic in the office of Congressman-elect David J. Trone (D-Md.) on Thursday morning. Staffers were getting their emails set up and looking…
Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh (D) has a new chief of staff to kick off the new year. Pugh announced Wednesday that Bruce H….
The former chief spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department will be in front of media cameras again, this time as press secretary for Baltimore…
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) named six additional members to a commission that is charged with rewriting the boundaries of the 6th congressional district after an…
A committee of General Assembly leaders voted new sexual harassment guidelines into effect Thursday, as the first annual report about the number of complaints…
The work of the Commission for Innovation and Excellence in Education, or Kirwan Commission, will continue into 2019 after legislative leaders said it had become…
A commission aimed at restoring public trust in the Baltimore Police Department will ask again for internal affairs records of officers involved in the…