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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.
Two key committees in the House of Delegates voted back to back on Friday to approve an amended version of a sweeping climate bill…
Maryland Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles has ordered a Baltimore city-owned wastewater treatment plant to curb its discharges and get back in compliance within 48…
Even though the House has its own version of the weighty legislation — chopped into three parts — House leaders have chosen to use the Senate bill as the vehicle to put their own stamp on the state’s climate policy.
Scores on standardized academic proficiency tests taken during the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically fallen since Maryland students were last tested in spring 2019. Only…
Monday was the closest it’s been to a “normal” Crossover Day in three years.
The House of Delegates gave preliminary approval Friday to a bill that would limit the circumstances under which county health officers can be fired….
Maryland’s Senate gave preliminary approval Thursday evening to a measure that would enable Marylanders to receive up to 24 weeks of paid leave per…
Key committees in the Senate and the House moved forward with a measure that would establish a statewide paid family and medical leave program.
Maryland lawmakers are again trying to remove energy generated by burning trash from the state’s “clean energy” classification that qualifies trash incinerators for subsidies paid…
The Maryland Senate passed an extensive climate change bill Monday night that would set the state on track to cut its greenhouse gas emissions…