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A longtime top aide to Comptroller Peter Franchot is suddenly out. Leaving is Len Foxwell, Franchot’s chief of staff, who is sometimes credited with the political rebirth of Franchot and as the architect of his transformation from a self-proclaimed Takoma ...

“Someday I look forward to seeing some of you arguing in this courtroom” was a phrase I often heard when I competed in high school mock trial on my Baltimore County Public School trial team. The program was after school, ...

Welcome to Monday, the 206th anniversary of Maryland lawyer Francis Scott Key‘s writing of “The Defence of Fort McHenry,” a poem better known as “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Here are some news items to get your week started. — Causation may ...

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Maryland state senators will have to pick and choose their legislative battles under a set of rule changes for the 2021 General Assembly. The changes for 2021 come after a pandemic-shortened session this year in which there were complaints about ...

State lawmakers are calling for an accounting of how 500,000 COVID-19 tests purchased from South Korea have been used during the ongoing pandemic. The much ballyhooed announcement of the acquisition of those tests has been followed by scant details of ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 22nd anniversary of President Bill Clinton’s public acknowledgment that he had misled people about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Should an International Monetary Fund board ...

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Experts at Johns Hopkins weighed in Thursday on questions arising from seemingly contradictory metrics used to track the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, lead epidemiologist for the Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins, said a lack of clear federal guidance ...

On Aug. 18, 2020, we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States.  This monumental occasion comes in the midst of a global pandemic that has exacerbated challenges and inequities that women in this nation continue to ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 46th anniversary of the final performance of A Little Night Music‘s original broadway run. Here are some news items to start your week. — Some lawyers will receive bonuses despite economic hard times. — Vulnerable inmates ...

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Sen. Andrew Serafini, a western Maryland Republican who built respect among his Republican and Democratic peers as a trusted voice on budgetary issues, will resign effective Aug. 1. Serafini had talked about departing the legislature for well over a year but ...