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With reduced enrollment and revenue due to COVID-19 related capacity limits, plus higher costs for extra staff and cleaning supplies, child care providers in…
With all eyes on the county-level Pennsylvania map as more votes are tallied in the presidential battleground, some lawmakers who spent time getting out…
Preliminary election results showed that more than 55% of voters signed off on creating an election fund that would match small donations for local…
With less than a week until early voting begins in Maryland, voting rights advocates say they’ll be keeping an eye out for voter confusion…
In the middle of the rain on Saturday morning, a group of volunteers and state lawmakers gathered in Southeast Baltimore to knock on doors…
The coronavirus pandemic decimated county budgets across Maryland, with many local governments digging into their own pockets before federal funding was available. Now, the…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested an undocumented immigrant on the grounds of a Montgomery County church last week — and immigrant…
Alison Prost is the new vice president for Environmental Protection and Restoration at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the organization announced this week. Prost has…
Montgomery County may slash an annual inventory fee for businesses in an effort to help hard-hit retailers and restaurateurs in the midst of the…
Maryland’s PTA and the national organization are feuding, with battles over management, alleged hostile work environments and local leader elections. The Maryland PTA filed…