June 23, 2020 By: Pamela Wood and Emily Opilo Read the full article here. Maryland House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones is pushing to repeal the state song, which many Marylanders do not realize is a bloody call to …
Continue ReadingBy: Elizabeth Shwe June 12, 2020 View the full story here. The deadline for Maryland schools and restaurants to stop using polystyrene foam food containers and cups has been extended from July 1 to Oct. 1, the Maryland Department of …
Continue ReadingBy Donna St. George Baltimore Sun May 31, 2020 Read full story here. Schools across the country may be shut down, but school board politics has rarely been as heated in suburban Maryland. Thirteen people are in the running in Tuesday’s …
Continue ReadingBy Guest Commentary Maryland Matters May 27, 2020 Read full story here. Getty Images photo In October 1966, three weeks of rain poured onto a mountain of discarded coal shale that rose a hundred feet over the mining town of …
Continue ReadingBy Adam Pagnucco Seventh State May 25, 2020 Read full story here. It’s common for elected officials to endorse candidates in school board races. What’s decidedly uncommon is for elected officials to issue anti-endorsements – in essence, telling voters NOT to …
Continue ReadingJune 23, 2020 By: Ovetta Wiggins Read the full article here. Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore) said Tuesday that she plans to lead the chorus in calling for the repeal of the state’s Civil War-era state song, which …
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Shwe June 5, 2020 View the full story here. 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 telehealth with the same speed. …
Continue ReadingBy Luke Broadwater and Emily Opilo Baltimore Sun May 30, 2020 Read full story here. Louise Keelty begged elections officials for months to send her a ballot so she could vote in the Baltimore mayor’s race ― just as she …
Continue ReadingBy Guest Commentary Maryland Matters May 25, 2020 Read full story here. A significant number of Montgomery County elected officials have written an open letter to voters about the upcoming at-large Board of Education election in the county. The full text …
Continue Reading‘WE LOST A GIANT LAST NIGHT’: TRAILBLAZER ON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION DIES May 18, 2020 By: Suzanne Pollak Read the full article here. Odessa Shannon, the first African American woman elected to the Montgomery County Board of Education, passed …
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