Prior to the court’s ruling, Maryland election laws only authorized the counting of mail-in ballots on the Thursday after election day.
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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.
Cox, Moore campaigns heat up as early voting nears
Democratic nominee Wes Moore and his Republican opponent, Dan Cox, have begun campaigning in earnest after being relatively dormant over the past month.
Maryland launches outreach to speed up rollout of new COVID boosters
The boosters are now available at over 850 pharmacies and drugstores, according to the governor’s office, but some chains like Walmart said they are still waiting on doses to arrive.
Former Hogan donors gave Moore four times more than Cox
Democratic nominee for Maryland governor Wes Moore has received nearly four times as much in campaign donations from Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s former financial supporters as has Del. Dan Cox, the Republican nominee.
The Lottery on Your Block
A first-of-its-kind, nationwide investigation of state lotteries by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism found that stores that sell tickets are disproportionately clustered in lower-income communities in every state.
State lottery advertising tells players half of the story
State lotteries spend more than a half-billion dollars a year on pervasive marketing campaigns designed to persuade people to play often, spend more and overlook the long odds of winning.
Basketball’s Mo Creek was ensnared in Ukraine war, then helped by a man he barely knew
Maurice “Mo” Creek one day was a professional basketball player playing in Ukraine. The next day, he was a civilian in the middle of a war zone.
Supreme Court is now surrounded by fencing, but protests continue
The nation’s highest court has been the target of nearly around-the-clock demonstrations since a leaked draft opinion earlier this week indicated that a majority of the Supreme Court may be ready to strike down Roe v. Wade.
Leaked Supreme Court opinion on abortion law causes political uproar
Supporters of the Roe v. Wade ruling and opponents demonstrated for hours on the sidewalk in front of the Supreme Court – protests that certainly were loud enough for justices to hear in their offices.