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By Kalman R. Hettleman The writer is a member of the Maryland Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education – the Kirwan Commission, a…

By John B. King Jr. The writer is former U.S. secretary of Education under President Obama, a Montgomery County public school parent and Democratic…

Disability Employment

By Nicole LeBlanc The writer, a resident of Silver Spring, is a disability policy and advocacy consultant. As we enter Year 1 of the…

In spite of cries for stricter statewide COVID-19 protocols from lawmakers, Maryland Health Secretary Dennis R. Schrader remained steadfast in the idea that local…

Justice

As it sees a torrent of court-orders and few discharges, the Maryland Department of Health is seeing longer wait times for providing drug and…

Secretary Dennis R. Schrader announced appointments to five new senior positions in the Maryland Department of Health Tuesday morning. Most of Tuesday’s appointees have…

Protections

I am extremely disappointed that the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health division has chosen to do the minimum and just adopt the federal emergency…

Reznik

Marylanders may be hoping to put the pandemic in the past, but many frontline and essential workers are still risking their health and safety…

Despite widely available access to the COVID-19 vaccine, cases across the U.S. have begun to see a small spike, leading many officials to blame…

Emergency Mandates

On June 15, Gov. Larry Hogan announced that Maryland’s coronavirus state of emergency would end today, July 1. This will effectively terminate all emergency…