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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.
A bill that would will help deliver primary care, dental screenings and mental health services to students in low-income and underserved communities passed by…
In the middle of the rain on Saturday morning, a group of volunteers and state lawmakers gathered in Southeast Baltimore to knock on doors…
Maryland’s environmental justice commission met for the first time in eight months this week ― and advocates are questioning its effectiveness The meeting followed…
State Board of Education members disagreed Monday about whether schools should reopen, even as some parents, eager for a return to classrooms, are “crying…
Nearly a hundred Marylanders, most without masks, walked around State Circle and Church Circle in Annapolis on Friday evening, urging Republican Gov. Lawrence J….
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested an undocumented immigrant on the grounds of a Montgomery County church last week — and immigrant…
Alison Prost is the new vice president for Environmental Protection and Restoration at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the organization announced this week. Prost has…
A union representative said Maryland college workers are “really disappointed” by the lack of uniformity and transparency of state public universities’ COVID-19-related safety plans….
Maryland’s PTA and the national organization are feuding, with battles over management, alleged hostile work environments and local leader elections. The Maryland PTA filed…
More than five dozen advocacy groups are calling on Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R), Maryland Transportation Secretary Greg Slater and Maryland Transit Administrator…