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With everything that has been going on with the Montgomery County Public Schools boundary analysis study and people being shocked at the racist and…
Gov. Larry Hogan is a victim of his own popularity. He’s unable to translate his poll-tested high standing with the voting public into bending…
The last time the 7th congressional district suffered such a void in leadership was when former Congressman Kweisi Mfume stepped down after a great…
Sometimes you need to leave home in order to appreciate it. While I’ve lived in Maryland for 36 years, my work in health care…
I read with interest Bruce DePuyt’s thoughtful article “Hogan-Franchot Highway Compromise Hailed as ‘Win-Win.’” Despite its title some communities and Montgomery County are clear…
Every new session of the General Assembly is a joyous jumble of the personal and political where the past and the present meet the…
Who would have thought, as the last decade dawned, that a real estate guy name Donald Trump would become president of the United States?…
Editor’s Note: As the year winds down, we’re re-running the 10 most-read pieces of the year in Maryland Matters. Here is #6, which first…
If you hang around politics long enough, you’ll invariably hear a race described by the “lane” each candidate occupies. It’s a simplistic way of…
Recently, Montgomery County enacted the historic Racial Equity and Social Justice Act. This act is part of a growing trend of conversations around the…