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ANNAPOLIS – Legislation that would make it a crime for caregivers — including family members — to intentionally cause severe emotional distress to the physically or mentally disabled adults under their charge was praised Wednesday as a critical amendment to ...

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The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law has established a scholarship to honor the late U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, who graduated from the school in 1976.

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M&T Bank will pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over allegations that a branch manager was terminated because of a pregnancy-related disability. The EEOC filed a federal lawsuit in 2016 alleging that the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A bipartisan group of senators hopes to support small businesses in the legislature this year by boosting access to health insurance, improving government efficiency and taking a look at reforming the state tax code. The Senate Small Business ...

A Baltimore attorney accused of smuggling Suboxone to a client in prison had his case placed on the inactive docket by prosecutors Tuesday. Steven Thurman Mitchell, 55, was charged in Washington County Circuit Court last year with possession of a controlled ...

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Former Maryland lawmaker Cheryl Glenn pleaded guilty to federal corruption and bribery charges on Wednesday.

St. John Properties Inc. said it has signed a full-building lease with an unnamed defense contractor for an 118,000-square-foot office property near Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The lease is at 1500 W. Nursery Road, a four-story Class A office ...

The Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service has received $200,000 from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development for its low-income homeowners’ program. The grant, which was nearly $45,000 more than what MVLS received last year for the program, allowed the ...

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The U.S. Senate was poised to hear opening arguments Wednesday in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, with Democratic House managers set to make their case that Trump abused power and should be removed from office.

ANNAPOLIS — Members of the Maryland legislature’s transit caucus announced Wednesday their support for increased transit funding, oversight for public-private partnerships and studies to expand public transit throughout the state as part of the group’s priorities. This is the transit group’s ...