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Maryland’s child care providers are struggling to stay afloat, suffering significant losses in revenue due to closures forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, members of…
Two Maryland Senate leaders say the state should hold a “hybrid mail-in preferred” election in November to avoid the long lines and late ballots…
When it comes to how Maryland’s November elections might look, members of the State Board of Elections still have more questions than answers. That’s…
An advisory commission of 13 Northeastern states has approved a recommendation to the Environmental Protection Agency that Pennsylvania’s power plants, whose emissions have been…
Anne Arundel County will get a new lead economic development officer in the wake of financial losses brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, County…
State legislators aren’t happy about the way Maryland’s June 2 primary was handled – and spent two hours on Tuesday afternoon grilling elections officials…
Prince George’s County officials plan to forgo expanding a police training facility and will instead fund a $20 million public health facility, County Executive…
With Maryland’s June 2 primary under intense scrutiny from a slew of state officials, the Maryland State Board of Elections will meet this Thursday…
The deadline for Maryland schools and restaurants to stop using polystyrene foam food containers and cups has been extended from July 1 to Oct….
In late May, the state released data from a survey on how students in Maryland’s local school districts were engaging with distance learning since…