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Harry Cokely had been out of prison for two days. In addition to finding a job and staying out of trouble, his first priority after ending his 13-year prison sentence was to lobby the Maryland General Assembly.

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ANNAPOLIS — Amid a sea of Maryland state-flag neckties and toddlers in suits, legislators of the Maryland General Assembly gaveled in for the first day of the 2016 session. Both houses of the Assembly concerned themselves with the formalities of ...

The legislature is considering a bill this year that would lower the BAC requirement for an interlock device to .08 for non-commercial drivers.

ANNAPOLIS — To successfully combat smoking, Anne Arundel Medical Center would need to receive $1 million per year from the county health department, officials said. This year, the center received about $20,000. That gap is part of why the hospital ...

ANNAPOLIS — Shortly after her husband’s death, Roberta Roper enlisted the help of an accountant to file her taxes. That’s when she found out her family was victimized — again. Her husband, Vincent Roper, had died suddenly from a massive ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Ray Rice, Nancy Kopp, the University of Maryland and Carmelo Anthony aren’t just famous Maryland entities — they’ve all left behind valuables or cash in banks or financial organizations, and the state can’t find them to return it. ...

A decline in the number of juveniles securely detained in Maryland is expected to continue, thanks to ongoing modifications and tools in use by the state’s Department of Juvenile Services to standardize the intake process.

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Bookkeeping errors by the Maryland State Police contributed to what looked to be questionable spending and inaccurate handgun records, according to an audit released Tuesday. The audit found the department had been lumping together expenditures in its state accounting records ...

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ANNAPOLIS—Jim Reihl followed a routine over his first 30 years as an oysterman: Get to work before sunrise, harvest until he meets his quota or fatigue sets in, and head back to the docks by 3 p.m. But his routine ...

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