The Local News Network
Maryland General Assembly Primary Election
The Local News Network sent a questionnaire to all 235 General Assembly candidates running in this year’s primaries to get their views.
Local Warming: Climate Change in Maryland
“Local warming: Climate change in Maryland” takes a look at one of the world’s most complex and important issues from a strictly Maryland perspective. Included are stories about the impact of climate change statewide, the state’s plans to address climate change, a Q&A on climate policy and the Trump administration’s likely impact on Maryland climate policy. The project also includes county summaries showing the effects of climate change in every Maryland county, along with a look at what’s expected.
Youth Mental Health: What Works?
“Youth mental health: What Works?” is the Local News Network’s deep dive into the youth mental health crisis in Maryland and beyond, focusing on solutions that have proved to help troubled young people.
School Board Voter Guide
With schools in Maryland facing issues ranging from the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future to classroom cellphone use, voters will go to the polls Nov. 5 to vote for their local Board of Education.
Child care: Missing in Maryland?
“Child care: Missing in Maryland?” is the Local News Network’s comprehensive look at the child care shortages that have developed in most parts of the state since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Behind the Blueprint
“Behind the Blueprint” is the Local News Network’s comprehensive report on the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, the 10-year, multi-billion-dollar plan to remake public education in the state.
Contracted out: How Maryland school districts do business
Maryland’s school districts are required by law to tell the state how they spend their money — and the Local News Network at the University of Maryland took a close look at that data. The records include every business or individual contractor that got $25,000 or more from a school district in a single fiscal year.
Board of Education Race 2022 Coverage
Reporters at the Local News Network produced several in-depth stories about the issues in Maryland’s 2022 school board elections, based largely on a survey of and interviews with the candidates. In addition, student reporters vetted the candidates and produced stories about the ones who didn’t pay taxes on time — and one who had been repeatedly charged with shoplifting.
Board of Education Voter Guide
The Local News Network surveyed all 155 Maryland school board candidates and got responses from 102 of them, which are included in this voter guide to the 2023 board of education elections in the state.
Contact The Local News Network
Jerry Zremski | jzremski@umd.edu