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Reporter

William J. Ford has worked as a newspaper reporter for more than 20 years. Most recently, he spent seven years covering Prince George’s County, some Maryland politics and other local news in the D.C. area for the Washington Informer. While at the paper, Ford received reporting awards from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association and was finalist for beat reporting in 2021 and a 2019 award winner for beat reporting from the D.C. chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Ford previously worked as a correspondent for Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine and for nearly 10 years covering municipalities and other local news for The Morning Call newspaper in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Proposed legislation would allow school boards to transfer funding of more than 1% from a particular budget item following approval of a county governing body.

House and Senate committee chairs say they believe chambers can reach agreement.

The audit shows the department modified its policy to review only 1% of handgun qualification license applications, after an original target of 10%.

‘It does not appear we have the votes to pass it in the Senate,’ Senate President Bill Ferguson says of medical aid-in-dying legislation.

A proposed Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention would cost $10 million to establish.

Senate accepted three floor amendments, including a mandate to distribute information about petitions to direct children to needed services.

Law enforcement officers responded to a call that someone was approaching the State House with a gun.

The 27-year-old legislator serves as the primary sponsor on 18 bills this session with several focused on health, workers’ rights and education.

The House and Senate versions of the bill could be approved within days of each other, then reviewed by the other chamber.

Senate and House committees amend their bills during voting sessions Tuesday.