John B. King Jr. (D), the former U.S. secretary of Education under President Obama, announced his 2022 gubernatorial bid Tuesday.Education will be one of King’s foremost talking points on the campaign trail, and he touted his lengthy resume as an educator in his announcement.King started his career as a teacher and school administrator, and later became New York State’s commissioner of education before joining the Obama administration.His features audio of President Obama introducing him at a previous event – though not for his campaign for governor. The video also features a still...…John B. King Jr. (D), the former U.S. secretary of Education under President Obama, announced his 2022 gubernatorial bid Tuesday.Education will be one of King’s foremost talking points on the campaign trail, and he touted his lengthy resume as an educator in his announcement.King started his career as a teacher and school administrator, and later became New York State’s commissioner of education before joining the Obama administration.His features audio of President Obama introducing him at a previous event – though not for his campaign for governor. The video also features a still...WW…

Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s redistricting commission — tasked with making recommendations on congressional and legislative maps that he will submit to the General Assembly — finalized its membership Thursday.Hogan (R) named retired federal judge Alexander Williams (D), Howard Community College President Kathleen Hetherington (I), and Walter Olson (R), senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies in Washington, D.C. as the Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission’s co-chairs in January.Since then, the multi-partisan trio has been reviewing...…Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s redistricting commission — tasked with making recommendations on congressional and legislative maps that he will submit to the General Assembly — finalized its membership Thursday.Hogan (R) named retired federal judge Alexander Williams (D), Howard Community College President Kathleen Hetherington (I), and Walter Olson (R), senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies in Washington, D.C. as the Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission’s co-chairs in January.Since then, the multi-partisan trio has been reviewing...WW…

As lawmakers tackle the digital divide during the 2021 legislative session, a new study shows that more than 500,000 Maryland households don’t currently subscribe to wireline broadband services.That means about 23% of Maryland households don’t have high-speed, reliable broadband internet access at home, according to the Abell Foundation’s “” report, which was commissioned by the Community Development Network. Additionally, 18% of all Maryland households don’t have a laptop or desktop computer at home, according to the report.The study’s author, John B. Horrigan, noted that of the roughly...…As lawmakers tackle the digital divide during the 2021 legislative session, a new study shows that more than 500,000 Maryland households don’t currently subscribe to wireline broadband services.That means about 23% of Maryland households don’t have high-speed, reliable broadband internet access at home, according to the Abell Foundation’s “” report, which was commissioned by the Community Development Network. Additionally, 18% of all Maryland households don’t have a laptop or desktop computer at home, according to the report.The study’s author, John B. Horrigan, noted that of the roughly...WW…