ANNAPOLIS — Starting with a chance in a lottery, black bear hunting in Maryland can be a long process. After winning a license, carefully choosing a location and days outside hunting the bear, the payout can sometimes be as simple ...
Read More »New trial date set, records made public in Capital Gazette trial
A Maryland judge on Thursday scheduled a March trial to determine whether a man who has pleaded guilty to killing five people at a Maryland newspaper is not criminally responsible because of mental illness.
Read More »Supreme Court to weigh move to end program for young immigrants
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is due to hear arguments next week over the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s decision to terminate a program that protects young, undocumented immigrants from deportation. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers, 165 educational institutions (including ...
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Read More »Funding for historically black colleges still held up in Senate
Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Maryland may lose more than $4 million in federal funding if Congress does not reauthorize mandatory spending for those institutions beyond the current academic year.
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Read More »E-scooters on college campuses look like they have a bumpy road ahead
Electric scooters are making their way onto college campuses across the country. But with this new alternative transportation method comes e-scooter-related accidents that campus officials expect to rise. The University of Maryland welcomed an electric fleet at the beginning of ...
Read More »Md. lawmakers, officials, union meet on staffing shortages
ANNAPOLIS — State union employees told lawmakers Tuesday they are concerned that staff shortages — of about 2,600, according to a 2018 study — are causing safety issues, including some injuries, for employees at certain agencies. Maryland lawmakers, state officials ...
Read More »UMD says it has high hopes for the Cool Food Pledge
University of Maryland was the first university to join the Cool Food Pledge, an initiative that requires organizations to reduce their food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2030. The university announced on Aug. 26 that it would cut down ...
Read More »Congress considers striking ‘illegal alien’ from federal laws
WASHINGTON — Just three years ago, the words “oriental” and “negro” were removed from federal laws and regulations, after a bill to ban the offensive words unanimously passed Congress. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, pushed that legislation through, under the ...
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Read More »Defense experts in Gazette shooting don’t have to give notes
ANNAPOLIS — Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Laura Ripken ruled in a hearing Thursday that defense mental health experts in the Capital Gazette shooting trial will not be made to provide their notes from neurological and psychological testing to ...
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Read More »Election to fill Cummings’ seat expected for next year
ANNAPOLIS — The U.S. Constitution requires that vacancies in the House of Representatives be filled by an election. As the 116th Congress is in its first session, which started in January, filling the seat vacated by the death of Elijah ...
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