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Elizabeth Shwe was a Report for America corps member at Maryland Matters through May 2022. She previously covered California state politics during an internship at The Sacramento Bee. She is a 2020 graduate of Princeton University with a degree in political science. At Princeton she was a producer for WPRB 103.3 FM News & Culture section, the station’s only long form podcast-type program. Shwe also wrote for The Daily Princetonian, and tutored with the Petey Greene Program, which offers free tutoring to incarcerated people.
This agreement has been a long time coming for AFSCME Council 3 and the Hogan administration.
After U.S. Department of Justice investigators found that Frederick County Public Schools had “unnecessarily and repeatedly” secluded and physically restrained students with disabilities in violation…
One Md. public school has moved to virtual learning, while the state is urging schools to stay open for in-person instruction.
A dormant court case that could lead to the construction of a natural gas pipeline beneath the Potomac River and Western Maryland Rail Trail…
State school officials said they are planning to release another round of American Rescue Plan funding to child care providers early next year.
An environmental watchdog group filed a lawsuit against the City of Baltimore on Wednesday, seeking immediate remedies to the millions of gallons of partially…
While last week’s special General Assembly session was dominated by votes on congressional redistricting and veto overrides, legislators also voted to adjust the boundaries…
Maryland child care advocates told the comptroller’s workgroup examining pandemic stimulus spending that although the additional money has been critical in stabilizing their industry,…
Maryland’s governors will no longer have a role in parole decisions and counties will be banned from entering into agreements with the federal government…
The Maryland State Board of Education has approved a plan that would allow schools to lift a universal mask mandate if local vaccination rates…