Maryland TikTok creators reflect on the lack of a creator community in the state that other hotspots have, despite a growing industry of content creators.
Pandemic financially devastated minority-led nonprofits
Tiffany Turner-Allen said she is tired of her nonprofit organization and workers being seen as resilient and coworkers calling themselves martyrs to their community causes.
House rejects amendment to swap redistricting maps
The Maryland House of Delegates on Tuesday rejected an amendment that would have swapped the Democrat-led legislative commission’s congressional redistricting plan for that of the governor’s citizen commission.
Maryland cities surpass national average of mail-in ballots in local elections
While mail-in votes increased during this year’s elections, voter turnout did not see a significant change.
House committee recommends legislative redistricting map
A House of Delegates committee voted to recommend a congressional redistricting plan proposed by the Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission, and the Maryland Senate voted to override several vetoes Monday — the first day of the General Assembly’s 2021 special session.
News coverage of lynchings of Mexicans, Asians and Native Americans followed established patterns
Between 1865 and 1965, there were approximately 200 lynchings of Mexicans, Asians and Native Americans in the U.S., according to an analysis by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism of the Beck-Tolnay inventory of Southern Lynch Victims and the Seguin-Rigby National Data Set of Lynchings in the United States. Other researchers say this may represent a significant undercount of lynchings of Mexicans.
Maryland residents submit most telemarketing call, robocall complaints to FTC per capita
During the 2021 fiscal year, Maryland residents submitted the most complaints to the Federal Trade Commission per 100,000 people regarding telemarketing sales calls and robocalls, according to recent data released by the FTC.
Legislature plans special session on redistricting, vetoes
The Maryland General Assembly plans to convene for a special session Monday to focus on congressional redistricting and overriding vetoes from the 2021 session.
Somerset County Public School has seen “alarming” total positive COVID-19 cases since the start of the school year
Somerset County Public Schools have had high rates of total positive COVID-19 cases, with about 7% of the total population among students testing positive since August 2021. Within Eastern Shore counties, Somerset County has the lowest vaccination rate and highest poverty rate. Somerset County also has the highest population percentage of Black people among Eastern Shore Counties.
Hogan announces COVID measures in face of omicron variant
Maryland is working to increase its capacity to track COVID-19 variants, Gov. Larry Hogan, R, announced Wednesday, as a new variant is being found around the globe, including in the United States.