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ANNAPOLIS — Drivers who illegally pass school buses multiple times could face higher fines, and rental-car companies could be held responsible for offenders driving their vehicles under a pair of bills introduced by Delegate Al Carr, D-Montgomery. One bill would ...

ANNAPOLIS — Illegal-drug users in Maryland could partake in recreational use under a bill that would create legal, sanitary illicit-drug use facilities in the state. The bill, proposed by Delegate Dan Morhaim, D-Baltimore County, would create an overdose-prevention and safer ...

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland is ranked as the second-worst state in the nation for teacher classroom autonomy, according to the Learning Policy Institute, and testing mandates are a major contributor to this ranking, according to the Maryland State Education Association.  Lawmakers ...

ANNAPOLIS – When Prince George’s County resident Bonnita Spikes learned her Alzheimer’s medication’s price had skyrocketed to $500, she was no longer able to afford the essential medicine. Diagnosed in 2013, Spikes quit her job after she determined her condition ...

ANNAPOLIS — Legislation supported by Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot and Gov. Larry Hogan would give new powers to the comptroller’s office to combat tax fraud. Testifying Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee, Franchot, a Democrat, asked lawmakers to “give me ...

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  RHODESDALE – Bob Murphy’s Double Trouble Farms may be the most cutting-edge poultry operation on the Eastern Shore right now. But the significance of the farm in Rhodesdale is not the poultry itself. It’s the technology used to repurpose ...

COLLEGE PARK – At some point before April, 70 officers from the Prince George’s County Police Department will go to work with a new piece of gear: body cameras. Advocates hope the PGPD program — smaller in scope than similar ...

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland is one of the least transparent states regarding police misconduct complaints, civil rights advocates said in Annapolis this week. The American Civil Liberties Union and CASA, a Latino and immigrant organization, as well as other civil rights ...

ANNAPOLIS — A bill proposed by the governor would change Maryland’s sexual abuse law to allow law enforcement to more effectively prosecute suspected sex traffickers of children, regardless of whether the trafficker is a relative of the victim. Hogan’s Protecting ...

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ANNAPOLIS – As the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education, a group of Maryland lawmakers gathered in Annapolis Tuesday afternoon to introduce a package of five legislative priorities regarding education. The lawmakers pledged to pass ...

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