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The Roman Catholic Church is engaged in a holy war over Joe Biden’s candidacy for president. The breach is more a matter of individual…
Beginning Oct. 1, Maryland will become the first state to ban expanded polystyrene foam, or Styrofoam, food and beverage packaging. There is a growing…
A 495-270-295 “traffic relief” plan was announced on Sept. 21, 2017 by Gov. Larry Hogan and Pete Rahn, then his secretary of Transportation. Their…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, best known as a steely champion of women’s equality, gave voice to the voiceless. And as a legendary Supreme Court justice,…
It took 38 minutes to ride my bicycle from home to a news conference in front of the Dennis Avenue Health Center in Silver…
Several years ago, Gov. Larry Hogan unilaterally canceled the Red Line project that had promised to provide the lynchpin to an integrated transit network…
The gruesome murder of George Floyd opened the chasms of Maryland’s complicit history with police brutality. In the past five years, we’ve witnessed the…
As talks between the White House and Congress stall, Americans are still grappling with the crippling impact of the pandemic. To move our country…
Destructive partisanship in our politics will continue its march and will alternatively deter or consume many of our best and brightest unless we elect…
In “The Pros and Cons of a Special Session” [Maryland Matters, Sept. 9], Josh Kurtz gives his take on whether the Maryland General Assembly…