William Ford

1 week ago | yahoo.com | William Ford |Bryan P. Sears

Supporters rally behind federal workers who lost jobs at the Department of Education. A federal judge last week ordered them reinstated, in the latest twist in the case. (Photo by Jess Daninhirsch/Capital News Service)A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that would have dismantled the Department of Education, and he ordered the reinstatement of hundreds of department employees who were laid off in a massive March reduction in force.

1 month ago | southernmarylandchronicle.com | William Ford |David Higgins

It was one of the first issues to surface this year, and one of the last to be resolved, but lawmakers Monday approved compromise legislation to trim the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future while keeping much of the multiyear plan intact. The Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act passed Monday evening on largely party-line votes in the House and Senate.

2 months ago | southernmarylandchronicle.com | Christine Condon |William Ford |Danielle J. Brown |David Higgins

Butterflies could soon be appearing on Maryland driver’s licenses.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | William Ford |Danielle J. Brown

An empty State House lobby in this file photo. The halls are much busier this week as lawmakers power into the last three weeks of the session, but some bills have already passed by the wayside. (File photo by Bruce DePuyt/Maryland Matters)Anybody who knows Annapolis knows very few things are ever really dead before Sine Die.