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**FILE** A demonstrator holds a sign during the trial of Police Officer William Porter at Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse on December 16, 2015. (Molly Riley/AFP/Getty Images)

Community, William J. Ford

Marylanders Say Race Relations Worsening: Poll

by William J. Ford February 18, 2019October 31, 2020

Family and friends line up to pay their respects during a Feb. 16 funeral service at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, for five children ages 5 to 15 killed in a car crash in Bowie two weeks prior. (Brigette White/The Washington Informer)

Prince George's County, William J. Ford

Funeral Service Held for 5 Children Killed in Bowie Crash

by William J. Ford February 16, 2019October 31, 2020

Jo Saint-George, an attorney and member of the Maryland State Conference of the NAACP, speaks at a Feb. 14 press conference in support of legislation to create a prescription drug affordability board in the state. Vincent DeMarco (left), president of the Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative, leads a group of health care organizations and advocates supporting the measure. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Politics, William J. Ford

Md. Board Proposes to Slash Prescription Drug Prices

by William J. Ford February 14, 2019October 31, 2020

Maryland Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk speaks at a Feb. 13 press conference about legislation she and state Sen. Brian Feldman (right) propose to give the state an individual health care mandate. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Politics, William J. Ford

Md. Lawmakers Pitch Health-Insurance Down Payment Plan

by William J. Ford February 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Members of the Maryland state Senate vote on Feb. 12 to allow the state's 24 school boards to decide whether to start the academic year before Labor Day, which would overturn Gov. Larry Hogan's executive order issued in 2016 to open schools after the holiday. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Education, Local, William J. Ford

Md. Senate OKs School Choice Calendar

by William J. Ford February 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Maria Wood (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Community, William J. Ford

Many Expressions of Black Love

by William J. Ford February 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Dozens fill a hearing room in Annapolis to testify about proposed legislation to raise Maryland's minimum wage to $15 an hour on Feb. 8. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Politics, William J. Ford

Dozens Speak Out on Fight for $15 Legislation

by William J. Ford February 8, 2019October 31, 2020

Jaime Whitfield-Coffen, principal of Tulip Grove Elementary School, gives last-minute instructions before allowing students and their parents inside the newly renovated building on Sept. 4, the first day of school. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Politics, William J. Ford

Senate Gives Preliminary OK on School System Calendar Choice

by William J. Ford February 7, 2019October 31, 2020

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (center) gives the annual State of the State address inside the House chamber in Annapolis on Jan. 30. (Brigette White/The Washington Informer)

William J. Ford

Senate Committee Reviews Hogan’s School Legislation

by William J. Ford February 7, 2019October 31, 2020

**FILE** Newly inaugurated Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam joins community workers who spent the MLK birthday on Jan. 15 sprucing up the historic Evergreen Cemetery in Richmond, which serves as the final resting place for many prominent African Americans. (Dorothy Rowley/The Washington Informer)

National, Politics, William J. Ford

Northam Clings to Seat Amid Racial Firestorm

by William J. Ford February 6, 2019October 31, 2020