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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.
Maryland health departments are canceling Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine appointments, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug…
Maryland’s 273 bridges and over 2,201 miles of highways that are in poor condition. The extra-long commutes for non-white Marylanders who use public transit….
The Biden administration released a key portion of its budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year Friday, calling for increasing money for schools, public…
Congress had yet to even schedule a hearing on a measure granting statehood to the District of Columbia when a panel of state lawmakers…
With dust from “crossover day” still settling in the Maryland General Assembly, the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs committee took up several House-approved…
More than 70 million Americans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine — and along with that shot, a small paper…
Maryland could lose a $200 million chunk of federal stimulus funding meant to shore up state government, as the result of a provision in…
President Joe Biden is directing states to make all adults eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine by May 1, according to a White House memo…
As the U.S. House passed a $1.9 trillion federal stimulus plan on Wednesday, the Maryland House temporarily slowed work on the state budget ―…
People who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely socialize inside with other vaccinated individuals without wearing masks or maintaining distance, federal health officials…