Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, the states with the largest runoff into the Chesapeake Bay, are not on track to meet their goals to restore the nation’s largest estuary by 2025.
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Moore widens lead over Cox in governor’s race
Maryland Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wes Moore holds a 32-percentage-point lead over Republican opponent Dan Cox in the governor’s race on Nov. 8, according to a University of Maryland-Washington Post poll.
Maryland educators eye better pay following new Baltimore County deal
Baltimore County’s $76 million compensation package plan looks to improve teacher pay and increase teacher retention rates.
Maryland teachers quitting, larger exodus could follow
In the last academic school year, 9.1% of Maryland teachers left the profession altogether, according to the state department of education. Consequently, at the beginning of this year, county school systems across the state reported hundreds of teacher vacancies they needed to fill.
Maryland early mail-in vote count moves forward
The number of requested mail-in ballots has already exceeded the unprecedented half a million mail-in ballots in the July primary election.
Moore, Cox join candidates at Eastern Shore campaign event
Approximately 5,000 people attended this year’s J. Millard Tawes Crab & Clam Bake, where booths, signs and hats advertising 2022 political candidates could be spotted throughout the event.
Court considers second Cox effort to halt Maryland early vote count
Just four days before the Maryland State Board of Elections is to begin counting early mail-in ballots, Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox filed another effort to halt the board’s plan to certify the Nov. 8 elections earlier.
Court approves early counting of Maryland mail-in ballots
Prior to the court’s ruling, Maryland election laws only authorized the counting of mail-in ballots on the Thursday after election day.
Release of Adnan Syed focuses attention on Maryland wrongful prosecutions
At least 3,000 exonerated individuals in the U.S. have spent a combined 25,000 years of their lives behind bars due to wrongful prosecution as of March 2022, according to the National Registry of Exonerations.
Abortion providers face increasing attacks, harassment
Although abortion providers work a job that is not inherently dangerous, incidents of violence and harassment against workers in their field have increased in the past year. Because of the frequency of attacks, abortion providers in Maryland are fearful of sharing their last names.