William Ford

5 days ago | marylandmatters.org | William Ford

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand Maryland’s decade-old ban on assault weapons, over the objections of four conservative justices who were ready to review a lower court’s defense of the law that they called “dubious” and “questionable.”“I would not wait to decide whether the government can ban the most popular rifle in America.

5 days ago | marylandmatters.org | William Ford

Prince George’s County’s year of cascading special elections is almost over. More than 62,000 Prince George’s County voters had dropped off mail-in ballots as of Friday, ahead of Tuesday’s special election to choose a new county executive and a new District 5 council member, a county election official said.

5 days ago | yahoo.com | William Ford

A drop box in a parking lot next to Prince George’s County Board of Elections on May 30. (Photo by William J. Ford/Maryland Matters)Prince George’s County’s year of cascading special elections is almost over. More than 62,000 Prince George’s County voters had dropped off mail-in ballots as of Friday, ahead of Tuesday’s special election to choose a new county executive and a new District 5 council member, a county election official said.

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

Local school systems straining to comply with the state’s sweeping Blueprint for Maryland’s Future have had to report to both the Maryland Department of Education and the Blueprint’s Accountability and Implementation Board, a setup creating confusion “since the get-go.”Now, more than three years into the process, the two agencies said they are working on a memorandum of understanding that could make things a bit smoother for all concerned.

1 week ago | marylandmatters.org | Bryan P. Sears |Christine Condon |Danielle J. Brown |William Ford

When you wake up Sunday, it will be harder to collect damages from the state for child sexual abuse and easier to find relief at a pick-your-own farm, new rules will start the long process of slowing utility rate increases and a new law will again delay the start of a paid family and medical leave programAnd chromite will be the official state mineral, a fact you can toast with the new official state cocktail, the orange crush.