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As the academic year comes to a close, the state of Maryland has been working on plans for reopening schools for the upcoming year….
A statewide poll shows that educators, parents and voters are universally concerned about distance learning. Since the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to close in…
On a normal election night in Baltimore, voters quickly have an idea of who their newly elected officials are. Candidates are usually able to…
The lion’s share of Baltimore City ballots from last week’s primary have been counted, the city’s elections director said Tuesday, adding that he expects…
After a gunman killed five Capital-Gazette employees in the paper’s Annapolis newsroom nearly two years ago, those staffers who survived the shooting called on…
As a spring semester disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic comes to a close, Maryland universities are thinking about how to reopen their campuses to…
While school systems throughout Maryland rapidly transitioned to online and distance learning in mid-March, school-based health centers have not been able to shift to…
When Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) issued a stay-at-home order at the end of March, recreational boaters and riverkeepers were obliged to follow…
Maryland’s congressional delegation on Thursday called for a review of the state’s recent primary election, adding to mounting bipartisan criticism of elections officials. In…
Maryland has approved $46.1 million in COVID-19 emergency relief grants since the program was established in late March, Commerce Secretary Kelly M. Schulz told…