One Maryland lawmaker is lobbying his colleagues for a special session to address police brutality. Del. Julian Ivey, D-Prince George’s, is calling for the special session to begin by July 31 in the wake of several recent police custody deaths ...
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Baltimore’s spending board Wednesday approved issuing $148 million in debt to finance infrastructure work supporting the proposed $5.5 billion Port Covington development. Baltimore’s Board of Estimates, controlled by Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young, who supports the project, approved the first ...
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Welcome to Monday, the 46th anniversary of the publication of “All the President’s Men.” Here are some news items to get your week started. — Trump’s claim of being a New Yorker could hurt his defense. — Social media activity ...
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Reminder to take care of yourself during the ongoing pandemic. It’s good to be back contributing to the Generation J.D. Blog. I hope to write a post soon about my transition to a new firm last year while also completing ...
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Welcome to Monday the 67th anniversary of the Supreme Court upholding the District of Columbia’s criminal prohibition on restaurant’s refusing to serve black customers. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Criminal defense lawyers call resuming ...
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Protesters led by city youth took to downtown Baltimore’s streets Monday to demand justice for people killed during interactions with police across the nation, and an end to what activists call discriminatory policing. Thousands of protesters departed from the Baltimore ...
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Candidates for political office never need help with victory speeches: They have those prepared months in advance. But woe to those candidates who lose. Often they are just winging it, trying to be gracious after a devastating defeat. So for ...
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Welcome to Monday, the 217th anniversary of mortally wounded Navy Capt. John Lawrence’s last command on the U.S.S Chesapeake: “Don’t give up the ship.” Here are some news items to get your week started. — Is the federal government playing ...
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While all of us are eager to return to our pre-pandemic lives, there are aspects of this time that provide good lessons for how to engage more people and learn from one another. With everything canceled, it certainly makes it ...
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Welcome to Tuesday, the 22nd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that most of Ellis Island is in New Jersey, not New York. Here are some news items to get your holiday-shortened week started. — Spain expects chaos when ...
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