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Maryland Legal Aid has received a $268,280 grant to support legal advice clinics in Baltimore City schools. The grant, which was announced Thursday, came from the Legal Services Corp., an independent nonprofit established by the U.S. Congress to provide financial support for ...

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Amtrak is set to invest $90 million overhauling Baltimore’s Penn Station, but plans for a larger redevelopment may depend on securing local backing. Penn Station Partners proposes a $140 million redevelopment of the historic rail station to include office, hotel ...

A for-profit company that misrepresented itself as a charity supporting service members will pay nearly $300,000 in restitution and cease operations as part of a multistate settlement announced Wednesday by Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh and Maryland Secretary of State John ...

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A claim challenging a person’s involuntary commitment for mental health treatment does not end with the individual’s release from the facility, Maryland’s top court unanimously ruled Tuesday, citing the lasting social stigma and possible “collateral consequences” of having been institutionalized. ...

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Three Maryland biotech companies spun out from Johns Hopkins University's startup incubator will have an influx of capital after their South Korean corporate parent raised $137.1 million in a venture funding round.

With its focus on study abroad and social justice along with a reputation as an innovative school, Goucher College should be a national brand, said Kent Devereaux, who took over as the college’s president last month. Those points may be ...

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The smell of burnt marijuana emanating from a car may give police probable cause to search the vehicle but not to arrest and search the occupant unless the officers had probable cause to suspect he or she possessed at least ...

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Howard County General Hospital, in a bid to retain workers, has signed on as the first employer to participate in a strategy aimed at supplying affordable housing in downtown Columbia. Hospital President Steve Snelgrove said his Johns Hopkins Medicine-affiliated institution ...

A longtime Annapolis lobbyist is taking down his shingle to join a new firm.

A Maryland appeals court has overturned a $45 million jury award to a company that has battled Harford County for nearly 30 years over the right to use its property as a rubble landfill. The state’s intermediate court ruled that ...

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