Second jobs and the truth
By James V. Shuls As a first-grade teacher, I worked a second job. I waited tables. I tended bar. I even did landscaping. I didn’t do it “to make ends meet.” I did it because I could. That’s one of […]
Second jobs and the truth
By Maryland Reporter
By James V. Shuls As a first-grade teacher, I worked a second job. I waited tables. I tended bar. I even did landscaping. I didn’t do it “to make ends meet.” I did it because I could. That’s one of […]
Matory: Once a Democratic candidate, now a conservative Republican for Congress
By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com Four years ago, Liz Matory was a Democratic candidate for the House of Delegates in Montgomery County. After coming in seventh and dead last in a race
Maryland can accelerate jobs and cleaner environment with EV charging stations
By Mahi Reddy Maryland has a clear opportunity before it to become a leader in transportation electrification and 21st century jobs. This week, the Maryland Public Service Commission will consider a forward-looking
Jealous’ prison math doesn’t add up
By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com Reducing mass incarceration and the number of inmates in Maryland prisons has been a key element of Ben Jealous’ Democratic campaign for governor from the start. By
Donald Trump is no Thomas Jefferson
By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com Editorials across the nation were published last week in defense of a free press, and they often quoted Thomas Jefferson to support them. But when he was
In GOP targeted race, Sen. Young joins demonstration at challenger’s fundraiser with Hogan
By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com “Tacky” was how Republican elected officials referred to Democratic Sen. Ron Young’s role in a demonstration Monday outside a noontime fundraiser for his Republican opponent, Craig Giangrande
Key battleground for Md. Senate is on Lower Eastern Shore: Carozza challenges Mathias
Thumbs up at a fundraiser for Sen. Jim Mathias Friday at the Ropewalk Restaurant in Ocean City. From left, Senate President Mike Miller; philanthropist Buddy Jenkins, owner of Thrasher's
Kirwan commission wrangles over who will oversee increased education funding, school reform
By Len Lazarick and Michael Jefferson For MarylandReporter.com As the Maryland Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education moved closer to recommending billion-dollar increases in K-12 funding along with major structural
Hogan beats Jealous 52%-36% in Gonzales poll, but Democrat questions accuracy
In the first media poll since the June 26 primary, pollster Patrick Gonzales finds Republican Gov. Larry Hogan getting over 50% support for the first time against a Democrat.
Maryland grapples with national crisis of mental illness in jails
By Meg Tully MarylandReporter.com A man shot in Silver Spring recently is a stark example of the importance of police training in responding to those in mental health crisis, says the