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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.
In a race where there are so many candidates and so many variables, any spate of negative publicity can have a meaningful impact on the outcome.
The Maryland General Assembly voted on Saturday to override Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s vetoes of abortion access and paid leave bills, enacting the…
A Republican lawmaker tried and failed to extend Maryland’s gasoline tax holiday by amendment on Thursday, and House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County)…
One of the great mysteries of the 2022 legislative session — and the campaign season — came to an end on Wednesday, when Sen….
The City of Baltimore filed a court motion on Friday asking for a judicial review of the state’s recent takeover of the city’s Back…
A statewide paid family and medical leave program got final legislative approval in the Senate on Thursday evening, sending the measure to the governor…
Senate Accepts House Amendments on Climate Bill, Setting Stage for Possible In-Session Veto Override
The Senate gave final approval on Thursday to a wide-ranging climate bill that would set the state on a path to achieve carbon neutral…
If this measure becomes law, Maryland would join nine states and the District of Columbia in offering statewide paid family leave.
The Senate is poised to concur with the House of Delegates’ version of a wide-ranging climate bill that aims to significantly reduce statewide greenhouse…
The Maryland House of Delegates gave preliminary approval to the Climate Solutions Now Act on Monday, with changes that include delaying the date for…