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The 2020 Democratic presidential race, which, at one point, was brimming with promise with a high water mark of six women contenders, has dwindled…
The Maryland legislature passed an initiative last year positioning the state as one of few across the country making drastic efforts to reduce the…
The next generation in wireless telecommunications is just around the corner, the experts tell us, and the telecom companies that will sell us this…
Serving as a state delegate in the Maryland General Assembly is one of three jobs that I currently have. It’s actually the 26th job…
At the end of 2019 a commission appointed by top officials in Massachusetts delivered recommendations on how to reverse a trend that is ravaging…
On March 17, when many Annapolis denizens will be doing the traditional St. Patrick’s Day pub crawl — or wishing they were — members…
Last August, a 20-year-old Chevy Tahoe SUV careened across two lanes and slammed into me. I never saw it coming. My sister and I…
Clean drinking water is vital for every resident of Maryland. After decades of insufficient investments in drinking water systems and wastewater infrastructure around the…
I’m a small business owner in Frederick. I’ve often been suspicious of new regulations from Annapolis that are touted as business friendly. Right now,…
If Sheila Dixon wins a return engagement as the next mayor of Baltimore – and it appears as if she very well could –…