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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.
Standing outside a red brick home in Dundalk with a newly planted redbud in the front lawn on Monday, Baltimore County Executive John A. Olszewski…
The 2020 census revealed that Latinos grew from 8% of the Maryland population to 12% in the last decade, making representation in government more…
Eighty-four percent of poultry farms in Maryland failed their first state inspection over the last several years, most due to inadequate waste management and…
Maryland’s largest state employee union endorsed former U.S. and Maryland Labor Secretary Tom Perez (D) for governor on Wednesday. AFSCME Council 3 and AFSCME…
In the last month, 6,500 more Maryland public school students tested positive for COVID-19 and 31,800 more students have been quarantined due to close…
Maryland municipal leaders emphasized the need for ample federal and state support if their climate change mitigation and resiliency plans are going to be…
Handling more visitors. Removing barriers to park access. Clearing maintenance backlogs. Alleviating low staffing and irregular funding. Coping with climate change. Those are the…
In the wake of bus driver shortages and student violence in Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Superintendent George Arlotto spoke with lawmakers Tuesday morning about…
The Maryland Association of Boards of Education has sworn in Virginia “Ginny” McGraw, a retired Charles County Public Schools principal, as its new president. …
Just before National Hispanic American Heritage Month ends on Oct. 15, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Perez announced endorsements from nine members of the Congressional…