Resting on the shelves of some public schools nationwide are two memoirs from LGBTQ+ authors detailing the growing pains they lived through while growing up and finding themselves.
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Aboard the bus, Wes Moore hopes it leads to the governor’s mansion
Days out from Election Day and with a 2-to-1 lead in the polls over his rival, Republican Dan Cox, Moore is still campaigning hard. The idea, according to Moore, is to ensure Marylanders across the state know that the Moore/Miller campaign is not, as his signature phrase goes, “leaving anyone behind.”
Maryland residents head to polls on first day of early voting
James Jackson, a retired veteran from Silver Spring, said the idea of saving democracy was paramount to him. Jackson said the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June made him feel democracy was at risk.
Maryland students, test pilots, fire questions at space station astronauts
The U.S. Naval Test Pilot School partnered Thursday with K-12 schools across southern Maryland to host a question and answer session with astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Board candidates praise school resource officers – but there’s no proof they make schools safer
Amid nationwide concern about school shootings and other violent incidents, all 24 Maryland school districts have employed school resource officers at some time since the 2016-2017 school year, and all but one retain them still.
Answers for Maryland voters on when, where and how to cast a ballot
Early voting in Maryland starts Thursday, Oct. 27, and will run daily from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Thursday, Nov. 3. Maryland residents next can cast their ballots 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. Capital News Service spoke with the Maryland State Board of Elections to answer frequently asked questions regarding voting.
Maryland counties, cities, residents provide free rides to polls
By TIMOTHY DASHIELL ANNAPOLIS– With early voting scheduled to kick off in Maryland Thursday and continue through Nov 3, counties, organizations and even individuals across Maryland are mobilizing initiatives to get as many residents to the polls as they can. In some...
Maryland life expectancy data highlights racial disparities
National life expectancy has decreased for the second year in a row, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Maryland’s life expectancy also fell, according to 2020 statistics from the state, which is the latest available data
Disparate Maryland school board candidates united on teacher shortage concerns
From Maryland’s western panhandle to its Eastern Shore – and from the political right to the left – Maryland’s school board candidates agree that the teacher shortage is one of the key issues they will have to confront if elected.
Elected officials, community leaders urge voters to legalize cannabis
Members of the Maryland House of Delegates and community members, including retired law enforcement and former Baltimore Ravens player Eugene Monroe, said Thursday legalization of recreational cannabis would create new jobs and investment opportunities and save the state money by eliminating the incarceration of thousands of residents annually on marijuana possession charges.
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