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Commerce Secretary Kelly Schulz kicked off her campaign with a brief video posted online, saying she’s been inspired by Marylanders’ perseverance and resiliency in the coronavirus pandemic and wants to help them “chart a better and brighter future.”

Maryland Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford says that after “months of careful reflection,” he won't run for the state’s highest office.

With Maryland’s General Assembly session wrapped up, more potential candidates are coming out with news about their plans to run for an open seat for governor in 2022.

Olszewski would join a growing field sparring to take over when Republican Gov. Larry Hogan leaves office.

Black Press Week Shows Power of African American Newspapers By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Published April 8, 2021   With the theme, “Black Business Challenges Responsibilities and Opportunities Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic,” Black Press publishers, readers, viewers, sponsors, partners, and anyone else tuning in were enlightened about overcoming adversities on many levels The National Newspaper Publishers Association Fund (NNPAF) first virtual Black Press Week...

Share this:  Students participate in a global walkout for Climate Change in downtown Los Angeles, California on March 15, 2019. Young people, inspired by Greta Thunberg, are calling on politicians to act on climate change. Credit: Frederic J Brown/AFP via Getty Images The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on one topic: education. Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get stories like this delivered directly to your inbox. America’s public schools have enormous ...

Leon Bennett/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images; Amy Sussman/KCA2021/Getty Images Yara Shahidi, Jennifer Garner, Edward James Olmos and Anthony Ramos are set to take part in the 90-minute virtual event looking at gaps in public education exacerbated by the COVID-19 epidemic: "The summit is a call to action." CAA announced on Monday that it will host a 90-minute virtual summit on March 18 focused on public education. Presented by the CAA Foundation and CAA Amplify, the agency’s diversi...

That are underperforming. >> maybe you should. >> maybe i should. yes. >> wow. joining us now is john b. king, jr. not our john king, a different one. you were the education secretary during the obama administration. what do you think of that last answer? >> it certainly was hard to watch. more concerning are the policies of this administration. their unwillingness to protect student civil rights, invest in public education, unwillingness to do whats necessary to make our schools safer from gun ...