The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors has chosen Supervisor Monica Martinez to serve as chair for 2026, making her the first openly LGBTQ+ and Latina person to lead the board. Martinez was ...

Maryland lawmakers elected Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk last month as the new speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, the first immigrant and Afro-Latina to hold the position. Peña-Melnyk ...

Maryland’s House of Delegates has a new speaker — and she’s making history. On Tuesday, Dec. 16, lawmakers officially voted in Joseline Peña-Melnyk, making her the first Afro-Latina and the first ...

The election of a new Maryland House speaker made history, as Del. Joseline Peña-Melnyk becomes the first Afro-Latina and first immigrant to hold the top position in the state House of Delegates. Born ...

Joseline Peña-Melnyk is now Maryland's Speaker of the House following overwhelming approval from her colleagues during a special session Tuesday making her the first Afro-Latina to hold the role. Peña ...

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Six Flags America in Bowie, Maryland has shut its doors for good. The site opened in 1974 as a wildlife center. It was sold, bought, and rebranded several times before Six Flags took over in 1999.