Maryland top officials frequently cite the state having the “best schools in America” five years in a row, based on a report card in Education Week magazine.
But recent ratings from two other sources, the “Kids Count Index” and Wallethub, indicate that the state’s school system still has room for improvement.
“Democracy is not served well by a method of redistricting that supports distorted districts that were drawn in 2012, seemingly to keep people in power,” said Susan Cochran, president of the League of Women Voters. “We need a fair and open process…with communities kept together. This will result in congressional representatives and their constituents better able to form a constructive relationship.”
Gerrymander Meander takes activists on 225 mile trek through five jurisdictions; the Ray Rice controversy is just one reason why some federal legislators want to strip the NFL of its tax-exempt status; groups seek transportation fund lockbox; Hogan pulls Brown ad that uses Disney’s Pinocchio cartoon; Hillary Clinton to fund-raise for Brown; District 12 race draws conservatives from the Baltimore County portion of the district; Attorney General Gansler, Wicomico sheriff at odds over state gun laws, federal gun rights; Sen. Brinkley seeks hearing on Sunday hunting after horse groups voice safety concern; Arundel girds itself to deal with rise in opiate overdoses; Montgomery County to review policy of complying with all requests from federal immigration authorities to detain prisoners; and does Baltimore City make its leaders ill?
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