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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.
After years of contributing to global warming and receiving federal tax incentives, the fossil fuel industry would have to pay for their share of…
Some lawmakers are confronting the climate crisis by targeting school buildings, one of the largest energy consumers in local jurisdictions. There are already three…
Maryland’s General Assembly is paying closer attention to communities that have borne the brunt of pollution and other environmental injustices. Senate President Bill Ferguson…
The Maryland Senate on Friday voted to override Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s veto of a monumental education reform bill, culminating years of work…
Maryland labor unions are seeking hazard pay and mandatory health and safety standards for essential workers during emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic. But business…
Many students have experienced academic and social challenges while learning from home, but trying to replicate school for special-needs children has been an especially…
A Senate committee on Wednesday began discussions on a sweeping climate action bill, which would require Maryland to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60%…
The Senate decided Tuesday to indefinitely postpone the vote to override a bill that would ban chlorpyrifos, which means that Republican Gov. Lawrence J….
The House voted Monday to override Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s veto of a multibillion-dollar education reform plan, known as the Blueprint for Maryland’s…
As the $1 billion Relief Act of 2021 went before a House of committee on Thursday, some state lawmakers are pressing to include funding…