How to design an aesthetically pleasing website
Designing a website is nowhere near as easy as many people assume. While anyone can access the tools needed to
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Preserve the Baltimore Uprising 2015 Website Is Live
After the fire, twisted steel and ashes are almost all that remained of a senior housing project. (Anthony C. Hayes)
Read moreTravel websites challenge bills trying to get more tax from them
Photo above by kevin dooley with Flickr Creative Commons License By Rebecca Lessner For MarylandReporter.com Online travel sites are challenging
Read moreProminent Dems set up StopPeroutka.com PAC and website
Anne Arundel County Council member Jamie Benoit and a prominent Democratic lawyer have launched a political action committee and website called StopPeroutka.com “dedicated to educating voters on the theocratic policies and bigoted national network of Michael Peroutka,” a Republican running for Anne Arundel County Council in District
Read moreLegislative Watch website provides voting records for Assembly members
The website, Maryland Legislative Watch, has released newly aggregated voting records for each delegate and senator in the General Assembly. Previously, those votes were not available by member, said founder and coordinator Elizabeth Myers.
Read moreMarylandReporter.com ‘Best of Baltimore’ again; SPJ honors website
For the second year in a row, Baltimore magazine has named MarylandReporter.com the best “political website.” Last month, the Washington, D.C. chapter of the Society of Professional Journalist named MarylandReporter.com the winner of its blog category in the chapter’s 2013 Dateline Awards for Excellence in Local Journalism.
Read moreFoundation aims to improve Maryland legislative website
To better understand the state’s challenges to political transparency, the OpenGov Foundation and MarylandReporter.com teamed up to lead a small focus group last Thursday to analyze the access point to all of Maryland’s State House information — the state legislative website. The conclusion? Transparency in Maryland has a long way to go.
Read moreMarylandReporter.com website back up
The MarylandReporter.com website, which was hacked on Monday, is back up and running. The roundups from Tuesday and Wednesday have been posted, as have news stories we’ve been holding. All the standard features of the site should be working, but let us know if something doesn’t seem right.
Read moreLegislature launches new website
The Maryland General Assembly launched its new website Monday, modernizing its look and adding several new features. It also has a new URL web address, but users of the old address will be redirected to the site.
Much of the redesign is simply a repackaging of older features, but it puts many of them directly on the homepage, rather than several clicks away. There are also new personalized tools for tracking specific legislation.
Read moreGeneral Assembly previews revamped website
The Maryland General Assembly is previewing a revamped website for its Internet presence that has looked much the same since it was launched in the late 1990s.
The legislature’s information services staff plans on activating the new site next month, and is seeking comments and questions about the new site, using a feedback link at the bottom of the preview page.
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