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By Jimmy Tarlau The writer is a councilmember from Mount Rainier, a former state delegate and treasurer of Our Revolution Maryland. We really do…
By Clifton Broumand The writer is the owner of Man & Machine Inc. in Landover. He is one of the 85,000 small business owners…
By Charlotte Davis and Joel Dunn The writers are, respectively, executive director of the Rural Maryland Council and president and CEO of Chesapeake Conservancy….
When President Barack Obama wore a tan suit in the summer of 2014, he was scowled at for days as the greatest wardrobe malfunction…
By Arkaprava Deb The writer is a psychiatrist and preventive medicine physician in Baltimore. He is also the co-chair for Doctors for America’s Gun Violence…
Maryland has embarked on a transformative course toward a world that runs on green energy. With the recent announcement that a prominent wind energy…
By Sebastian Smoot The writer is a community activist in Montgomery County’s East County. He co-founded the Better Burtonsville Association, the Coalition to Fix…
The offshore wind industry in Maryland is having a coming-out party — and not a moment too soon, with the latest Intergovernmental Panel on…
By Michael Sakata The writer is president and CEO of the Maryland Transportation Builders & Materials Association. Amid the recent debate over Maryland’s plan…
Legal defense funds are private donations for public purchase. They are a form of autobiography that says what the principal(s) does and how much…