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Montgomery County high school seniors traveled to Annapolis last week to encourage Maryland lawmakers pass House Bill 628/Senate Bill 557 that would provide free breakfast and lunch in all of the state’s public schools starting in fiscal year 2025.

Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan recently announced more than two dozen organizations are on the receiving end of the funds.

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation hosted its 13th Employee Giving Program as employees awarded a $20,000 grant to 39 Baltimore-area nonprofits.

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation hosted its 13th Employee Giving Program Thursday as 39 employees donated $20,000 each to Baltimore-area nonprofits. Started in the Foundation’s Hawaii office more than 20 years ago, this grant program gives every employee of the foundation, including all administrative and professional staff other than the president/chief executive officer, the opportunity ...

With millions forced to work and learn from home, Covid-19 has laid bare the digital divide across the country, with technological inequality disproportionately affecting poor and minority communities. — Reuters In January Ellie Mitchell started getting a barrage of texts and emails from her Internet service provider, warning her she was running out of data. “The messages kept coming: ‘You’ve used 75%, 80%, 90%...’,” Mitchell, director of youth nonprofit Maryland Out of School Time ...

7 Min Read (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In January Ellie Mitchell started getting a barrage of texts and emails from her internet service provider, warning her she was running out of data. “The messages kept coming: ‘You’ve used 75%, 80%, 90%...’” Mitchell, director of youth nonprofit Maryland Out of School Time Network, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a phone interview. “It felt like we were being held hostage,” said Mitchell, who was working from home in Baltimore, Mary...