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There’s a discernible hint in the campaign’s airborne message that Gov. Larry Hogan (R) is showing concern despite the advantages of incumbency and the…
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Too bad the 44,468 students from Baltimore County and Baltimore city who missed school Wednesday due to the week’s extreme heat didn’t watch the…
Bedtime reading can cause a loss of sleep. It’s not the time invested nor the text itself, but the afterthoughts that ricochet like a…
An occasional feature in Maryland Matters News on the redistricting front: A U.S. District Court in North Carolina on Monday ruled that the state’s congressional map is…
During the primary season, the business group Empower Montgomery released a scathing report written by the Sage Policy Group criticizing Montgomery County. The Sage Group’s…
By the time he was elected governor in 1986, the super high-profile William Donald Schaefer (D) had been mayor of Baltimore for 15 years…
You recently published a letter from David Hines that noted shortcomings in our current system of plurality voting and discussed alternative methods. Unfortunately, he…
Conventional wisdom suggests Larry Hogan, a popular incumbent running for reelection, might have the upper hand against his Democratic opponent, Ben Jealous. But after…