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Deanna Bracken, special liaison for the Baltimore Police Department's Community Partnerships Unit, holds a tactile keychain given to people who register on a recently launched database for neurodivergent people. The keychain is intended to help officers identify people who are neurodivergent during interactions and find their emergency contact information using a unique identifier number.

Baltimore Police launch ‘neurodivergent individuals database.’ Advocates are wary.

Advocates scrutinized a Baltimore Police database of people with mental health conditions and neurodevelopmental differences, saying the voluntary registry raised privacy concerns.

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Montgomery County Police stop violated 4th Amendment, court rules

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"On Demand" absentee or mail-in ballots are time stamped after being filled out in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on October 31, 2022. (REUTERS/Hannah Beier)

Judge declines to block Trump’s mail-in voting executive order

A U.S. judge declined to immediately block President Donald Trump's executive order tightening rules on mail-in voting.

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Above and at top, otters Mac and Tuck quickly make themselves at home at the Delmarva Discovery Center. Tuck, a rescue otter, makes himself very comfortable in his new spacious home at the Delmarva Discovery Center. The Discovery Center is located in Pocomoke City. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)

Eastern Shore museum to unveil new exhibits at reopening after funding scare

After an initial closure scare, the Delmarva Discovery Museum is gearing up for its grand reopening celebration.

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Harford County officials break ground on a new Special Operations station in Hickory that will centralize emergency response equipment, operations, and offices currently spread across three leased sites in Forest Hill. (Harford County)

Harford breaks ground on special operations building

Harford County has broken ground on an emergency services special operations facility, county officials announced Friday. 

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Mental healthcare gaps persist in MD rural, urban areas

Maryland’s mental healthcare system looks different depending on where you live. And in some corners of the state, it barely exists at all.

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Gov. Wes Moore and Housing Secretary Jake Day shake hands over parts of the administration's housing reform legislation that were signed into law Tuesday. (Photo by Bryan P. Sears/Maryland Matters)

Moore’s housing package among 270+ laws approved at final bill signing

Gov. Wes Moore approved new laws that will encourage housing development around transit hubs and grant developers so-called vesting rights.

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Deanna Bracken, special liaison for the Baltimore Police Department's Community Partnerships Unit, holds a tactile keychain given to people who register on a recently launched database for neurodivergent people. The keychain is intended to help officers identify people who are neurodivergent during interactions and find their emergency contact information using a unique identifier number.

Baltimore Police launch ‘neurodivergent individuals database.’ Advocates are wary.

Advocates scrutinized a Baltimore Police database of people with mental health conditions and neurodevelopmental differences, saying the voluntary registry raised privacy concerns.

The Maryland Supreme Court (formerly the Court of Appeals) building is shown in Annapolis in 2004. (The Daily Record/File Photo)

Montgomery County Police stop violated 4th Amendment, court rules

The Maryland Supreme Court overturned a Montgomery County man’s firearm conviction, ruling that police did not have reasonable suspicion to stop him based on a tip from a friend of the cop.

Ian Roberts was the superintendent of the Millcreek Township School District from August 2020 to June 2023. He is to be sentenced in federal prison for pleading guilty to falsely stating that he was a United States citizen when he was hired in July 2023 as superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)

Prosecution seeks 3-year sentence for former Baltimore educator Ian Roberts

Former Des Moines, Iowa, Superintendent Ian Roberts broke the law to get jobs, warranting a federal prison sentence of three years and one month, prosecutors say.

Above and at top, otters Mac and Tuck quickly make themselves at home at the Delmarva Discovery Center. Tuck, a rescue otter, makes himself very comfortable in his new spacious home at the Delmarva Discovery Center. The Discovery Center is located in Pocomoke City. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)

Eastern Shore museum to unveil new exhibits at reopening after funding scare

After an initial closure scare, the Delmarva Discovery Museum is gearing up for its grand reopening celebration.

Harford County officials break ground on a new Special Operations station in Hickory that will centralize emergency response equipment, operations, and offices currently spread across three leased sites in Forest Hill. (Harford County)

Harford breaks ground on special operations building

Harford County has broken ground on an emergency services special operations facility, county officials announced Friday. 

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"On Demand" absentee or mail-in ballots are time stamped after being filled out in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on October 31, 2022. (REUTERS/Hannah Beier)

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Former President Biden sues DOJ over release of interview audio

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South Carolina Republicans block Trump’s effort to gain more House seats

Republicans faced another setback in their plans to redraw congressional maps, with members of their own party blocking new districts in South Carolina.

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Supreme Court sides with Trump on speech curbs of immigration judges

The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in a dispute involving a free-speech challenge by federal immigration judges.

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