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Laura Olson covers the nation’s capital as a senior reporter for States Newsroom, a network of nonprofit outlets that includes Maryland Matters. Her areas of coverage include politics and policy, lobbying, elections, and campaign finance.
States, cities and counties can begin to tap their share of the $350 billion in federal funds intended to spur a national recovery from…
With demand for COVID-19 vaccines dropping in many states, the federal government is changing how those doses are allocated. Under the new policy, doses…
Standing in the same House chamber where a violent mob temporarily disrupted the certification of his victory, President Joe Biden on Wednesday heralded the…
The announcement of which states will lose and gain U.S. House districts in 2023 was the opening bell for the cutthroat, once-a-decade process of…
Fully vaccinated Americans do not need to wear a mask outdoors except in crowded settings, federal health officials said Tuesday as they updated recommendations for how…
Maryland will keep its eight seats in the House of Representatives in the next round of redistricting, Census Bureau officials announced Monday. Maryland joins…
WASHINGTON — A federal advisory panel on Friday recommended that states return to using the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, but also hand…
For the second time, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a measure to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, sending the…
WASHINGTON — Federal and state officials now face trying to reach Americans unable or unwilling to get the COVID-19 vaccine, after meeting President Joe…
WASHINGTON — Florida’s Nova Southeastern University joined a small group of U.S. colleges on April 1, when the private research university announced that it…