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5 天之前 · Maryland improves in national rankings in fourth grade, eighth grade reading BY: William J. Ford - January 29, 2025 Maryland standardized reading test scores for fourth graders jumped from 40th in the nation in 2022 to 20th place in 2024, according to the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress report released Wednesday.

2025年1月10日 · Here’s an inconvenient truth: We need to stop worrying about saving the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. I offer this in rebuttal to Kalman Hettleman’s Dec. 16 commentary, “The inconvenient truth about the Blueprint.” This is not a personal attack on Mr. Hettleman, a dedicated, longtime bureaucrat of the familiar Maryland variety that views ever-expanding government and ever-higher ...

2025年1月8日 · Gov. Wes Moore (D) made the rounds Wednesday, as governors do on the first day of the legislative session, sitting for interviews and glad-handing lawmakers. What was missing from the usual Day One drill was an agenda for the next three months.

2025年1月27日 · The looming energy policy debate in the General Assembly might best be described as everything, everywhere, all at once, as lawmakers grapple with surging utility bills and rising energy demand, while still hoping to make a transition to clean energy.

2024年9月3日 · For Maryland’s economy to grow, we need to address the gaps holding us back – unequal access to housing, child care, transportation, education and health care. Budget austerity, by cutting key areas critical to our growth, will only take us backwards.

2024年10月8日 · Most Marylanders oppose increases in state government services and taxes, according to a poll released Tuesday that also found the vast majority expressing concern about their personal finances.

2024年12月31日 · The planet's getting warmer, energy demands are higher and costs are skyrocketing, but policymakers were distracted this year by a fight no one saw coming: a planned power line cutting through central Maryland to power Northern Virginia data centers.

2024年12月13日 · Lawmakers and Gov. Wes Moore (D) are staking out budget positions with less than a month before the start of the 2025 legislative session that will likely revolve around an "enormous" budget problem.

2024年12月30日 · Advocates are right to worry about the future of the proposed Red Line in light of this fall's elections, but Baltimore’s transit future shouldn't hinge on state and federal elections. It's time for a regional transit authority, writes Eric Norton.