January 22, 2021 Dear Friend: What an eventful week! Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy; Braving the first full week of the Legislative Session; Saying goodbye (FINALLY!!) to twice-impeached President Trump; Inaugurating President Joe Biden and Vice President …
Continue ReadingJanuary 19, 2021 By: Julia Rentsch Read the full article here. In a 90-day session characterized by distanced meetings, earlier deadlines and restricted visiting procedures for COVID-19 safety, the Maryland General Assembly will hear a slate of environmental bills that …
Continue ReadingJanuary 13, 2021 By: Pamela Wood and Bryn Stole Read the full article here. In the midst of a turbulent time in American politics and with the coronavirus pandemic raging, Maryland’s state lawmakers convened their annual legislative session Wednesday. The …
Continue ReadingJanuary 12, 2021 By: Josh Kurtz Read the full article here. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) listens to retired federal judge Alexander Williams Jr. during a State House news conference Tuesday on redistricting reform. Photo by Jack Andrucyk/Executive Office …
Continue ReadingJanuary 8, 2021 By: Louis Peck Read the full article here. U.S. Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.) spent last summer’s congressional recess focused on notes rather than votes –musical notes, that is. At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic several …
Continue ReadingJanuary 21, 2021 By: Suzanne Pollock Read the full article here. A local eight-year-old is no stranger to doing good deeds and for getting local and attention attention. Cavanaugh Bell of Gaithersburg received the spotlight treatment during Wednesday night’s “Celebrating America” television …
Continue ReadingJanuary 15, 2021 By: Bennett Leckrone Read the full article here. A ballot drop-off box for the June primary outside the Edward Bohrer Recreation Center in Gaithersburg. File photo As lawmakers float ambitious election reforms including permanently expanding mail-in voting, …
Continue ReadingJanuary 13, 2021 By: Josh Kurtz, Bennett Leckrone, and Danielle E. Gaines Read the full article here. The Maryland State House on Tuesday. Lawyers Mall, which has been closed for two years, hasn't quite reopened yet, but it will soon. …
Continue ReadingJanuary 8, 2021 Dear Friend: I'm sure you share my astonishment and disgust at the mob attack on the symbol of our democracy-- the U.S. Capitol. I have walked those hallways as a staffer and as a gun control lobbyist. …
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