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I want to tell a story that I don’t think is being told; it’s about competency in government. A story about how to be…
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to highlight the behavioral health challenges facing many of our Maryland neighbors. As someone who has lived and worked in…
With much fanfare among voting rights, electoral reform and good government advocates, H.R. 1 — the For the People Act — has passed the…
On June 25, 2015, Gov. Larry Hogan did irreparable harm to Baltimore when he canceled the Red Line, Baltimore’s planned east-west rail line. Not…
Like everything else in 2020, our elections had to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure people could safely vote. The pandemic has laid…
Editor’s Note: The headline was changed to specify the type of care homes. A few days ago, our new President and Vice President held…
Talent is spread evenly across our population — across all genders, races and socioeconomic backgrounds. But opportunity, sadly, is not. How do you ensure…
Maryland’s COVID-19 vaccination program has been chaotic, inefficient, and contentious. The state recently launched a centralized COVID-19 vaccination registration system for its mass vaccination…
Let’s dispense with the elephant in the room. The Texas energy emergency last month was not a failure of the retail competitive energy market….
“Early in my graduate school experience I went through incredible financial difficulty, a brief period of homelessness escaping domestic violence, and limited food access….